From Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions -- [representatives] of the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the people of Persia and Erech and Babylon and Shushan, the Dehavites, the Elamites,

Now when the copy of King Artaxerxes' letter [was] read before Rehum, Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went up in haste to Jerusalem against the Jews, and by force of arms made them cease.

This is a copy of the letter that Tattenai sent: The governor of [the region] beyond the River, and Shethar-Boznai, and his companions, the Persians who [were in the region] beyond the River, to Darius the king.

So Haman took the robe and the horse, arrayed Mordecai and led him on horseback through the city square, and proclaimed before him, "Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor!"

He frustrates the devices of the crafty, So that their hands cannot carry out their plans.

He catches the wise in their own craftiness, And the counsel of the cunning comes quickly upon them.

Many seek the ruler's favor, But justice for man [comes] from the LORD.