²³ I will drive him like a peg^(A) into a firm place;^(B) he will become a seat^[a] of honor^(C) for the house of his father.

²⁹ And I confer on you a kingdom,^(A) just as my Father conferred one on me, ³⁰ so that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom^(B) and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.^(C)

¹¹ The words of the wise are like goads, their collected sayings like firmly embedded nails^(A)—given by one shepherd.^[a]

³ Mordecai the Jew was second^(A) in rank^(B) to King Xerxes,^(C) preeminent among the Jews, and held in high esteem by his many fellow Jews, because he worked for the good of his people and spoke up for the welfare of all the Jews.^(D)