The one who gives an answer before he listens– that is his folly and his shame.

未曾听完先回答的，便是他的愚昧和羞辱。

未听完就回话的，就是他的愚昧和羞辱。

未听完就回话的，就是他的愚昧和羞辱。

未听先答的人，自显愚昧和羞辱。

不先聆听就回答的，这就是他的愚妄和羞辱。

一个人未听完就回话，就是他的愚妄和羞愧。

未曾聽完先回答的，便是他的愚昧和羞辱。

未聽完就回話的，就是他的愚昧和羞辱。

未聽完就回話的，就是他的愚昧和羞辱。

未聽先答的人，自顯愚昧和羞辱。

不先聆聽就回答的，這就是他的愚妄和羞辱。

話未聽完就先回答的，那是他的愚妄和羞辱。

一個人未聽完就回話，就是他的愚妄和羞愧。

未聽而先應、乃愚乃辱、

言未聽而妄應、拙不藏而貽羞。

人聽言未畢、而先妄應、是為愚拙、必蒙恥辱、

To answer before listening— that is folly and shame.

To answer before listening is foolish and shameful.

If one gives an answer before he hears, it is his folly and shame.

Spouting off before listening to the facts is both shameful and foolish.

The one who gives an answer before he listens— this is foolishness and disgrace for him.

One who gives an answer before he hears, It is foolishness and shame to him.

He who answers a matter before he hears it, It is folly and shame to him.

He that giveth answer before he heareth, It is folly and shame unto him.

The one who gives an answer before he listens— this is foolishness and disgrace for him.

He that answereth a matter before he heareth[ it], it[ is] folly and shame unto him.

He who answers before he hears, that is folly and shame to him.

“ Our law doesn’t condemn a man unless it first hears from him and learns what he is doing, does it?”

You must investigate thoroughly and inquire carefully. If it is indeed true that such a disgraceful thing is being done among you,

It is a snare for a person to rashly cry,“ Holy!” and only afterward to consider what he has vowed.

I was a father to the needy, and I investigated the case of the person I did not know;

Now Mephibosheth, Saul’s grandson, came down to meet the king. From the day the king had left until the day he safely returned, Mephibosheth had not cared for his feet nor trimmed his mustache nor washed his clothes.When he came from Jerusalem to meet the king, the king asked him,“ Why didn’t you go with me, Mephibosheth?”He replied,“ My lord the king, my servant deceived me! I said,‘ Let me get my donkey saddled so that I can ride on it and go with the king,’ for I am lame.But my servant has slandered me to my lord the king. But my lord the king is like an angel of God. Do whatever seems appropriate to you.After all, there was no one in the entire house of my grandfather who did not deserve death from my lord the king. But instead you allowed me to eat at your own table! What further claim do I have to ask the king for anything?”Then the king replied to him,“ Why should you continue speaking like this? You and Ziba will inherit the field together.”Mephibosheth said to the king,“ Let him have the whole thing! My lord the king has returned safely to his house!”

She said,“ If the king is so inclined and if I have met with his approval and if the matter is agreeable to the king and if I am attractive to him, let an edict be written rescinding those recorded intentions of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, which he wrote in order to destroy the Jews who are throughout all the king’s provinces.For how can I watch the calamity that will befall my people, and how can I watch the destruction of my relatives?”King Ahasuerus replied to Queen Esther and to Mordecai the Jew,“ Look, I have already given Haman’s estate to Esther, and he has been hanged on the gallows because he took hostile action against the Jews.Now you write in the king’s name whatever in your opinion is appropriate concerning the Jews and seal it with the king’s signet ring. Any decree that is written in the king’s name and sealed with the king’s signet ring cannot be rescinded.The king’s scribes were quickly summoned– in the third month( that is, the month of Sivan), on the twenty-third day. They wrote out everything that Mordecai instructed to the Jews and to the satraps and the governors and the officials of the provinces all the way from India to Ethiopia– a hundred and twenty-seven provinces in all– to each province in its own script and to each people in their own language, and to the Jews according to their own script and their own language.Mordecai wrote in the name of King Ahasuerus and sealed it with the king’s signet ring. He then sent letters by couriers on horses, who rode royal horses that were very swift.The king thereby allowed the Jews who were in every city to assemble and to stand up for themselves– to destroy, to kill, and to annihilate any army of whatever people or province that should become their adversaries, including their women and children, and to confiscate their property.This was to take place on a certain day throughout all the provinces of King Ahasuerus– namely, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month( that is, the month of Adar).A copy of the edict was to be presented as law throughout each and every province and made known to all peoples, so that the Jews might be prepared on that day to avenge themselves from their enemies.The couriers who were riding the royal horses went forth with the king’s edict without delay. And the law was presented in Susa the citadel as well.Now Mordecai went out from the king’s presence in purple and white royal attire, with a large golden crown and a purple linen mantle. The city of Susa shouted with joy.For the Jews there was radiant happiness and joyous honor.Throughout every province and throughout every city where the king’s edict and his law arrived, the Jews experienced happiness and joy, banquets and holidays. Many of the resident peoples pretended to be Jews, because the fear of the Jews had overcome them.

The king said to Ziba,“ Everything that was Mephibosheth’s now belongs to you.” Ziba replied,“ I bow before you. May I find favor in your sight, my lord the king.”

So the king removed his signet ring from his hand and gave it to Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, who was hostile toward the Jews.The king replied to Haman,“ Keep your money, and do with those people whatever you wish.”So the royal scribes were summoned in the first month, on the thirteenth day of the month. Everything Haman commanded was written to the king’s satraps and governors who were in every province and to the officials of every people, province by province according to its script and people by people according to its language. In the name of King Ahasuerus it was written and sealed with the king’s signet ring.Letters were sent by the runners to all the king’s provinces stating that they should destroy, kill, and annihilate all the Jews, from youth to elderly, both women and children, on a particular day, namely the thirteenth day of the twelfth month( that is, the month of Adar), and to loot and plunder their possessions.A copy of this edict was to be presented as law throughout every province; it was to be made known to all the inhabitants, so that they would be prepared for this day.The messengers scurried forth with the king’s order. The edict was issued in Susa the citadel. While the king and Haman sat down to drink, the city of Susa was in an uproar!

So King Darius issued the written interdict.

When the king heard this, he was very upset and began thinking about how he might rescue Daniel. Until late afternoon he was struggling to find a way to rescue him.