So Esther called for Hathach, one of the king’s eunuchs who had been placed at her service, and instructed him to find out the cause and reason for Mordecai’s behavior.

How delightful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much better is your love than wine; the fragrance of your perfume is better than any spice!

“As for you, O king, while you were in your bed your thoughts turned to future things. The revealer of mysteries has made known to you what will take place.

What am I going to do with you, O Ephraim? What am I going to do with you, O Judah? For your faithfulness is as fleeting as the morning mist; it disappears as quickly as dawn’s dew!

Then I asked one nearby, “What are these, sir?” The angelic messenger who replied to me said, “I will show you what these are.”

The man asked him, “What is your name?” He answered, “Jacob.”

Pharaoh will summon you and say, ‘What is your occupation?’

His sister stationed herself at a distance to find out what would happen to him.

The Lord said to him, “What is that in your hand?” He said, “A staff.”

So the people murmured against Moses, saying, “What can we drink?”

David replied, “What have I done now? Can’t I say anything?”

When the messengers returned to the king, he asked them, “Why have you returned?”

How painful are honest words! But what does your reproof prove?

“What is mankind that you make so much of them, and that you pay attention to them?

“Refrain from talking with me so that I may speak; then let come to me what may.

Why do I put myself in peril, and take my life in my hands?

What do you know that we don’t know? What do you understand that we don’t understand?

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

Will there be an end to your windy words? Or what provokes you that you answer?

For what is his interest in his home after his death, when the number of his months has been broken off?