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And he answered, Who made thee a man of authority, and a judge over us? Thinkest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? Then Moses feared and said, Certainly this thing is known.
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And said to Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war which are under our authority, and there lacketh not one man of us.
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And the Queen Esther the daughter of Abihail and Mordecai the Jew wrote with all authority (to confirm this letter of Purim the second time.)
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1 The estimation and authority of Mordecai. And the King Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea.
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But the mighty man had the earth, and he that was in authority, dwelt in it.
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1 Job complaineth of the prosperity of the time past. 7, 21 His authority. 22 Justice and equity. So Job proceeded, and continued his parable, saying,
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1 So long as Saul was enemy to David, all that had any authority under him, to flatter their king (as is the course of the world) did also most cruelly persecute David: against whom he prayeth God to plead and to avenge his cause, 8 that they may be taken in their nets and snares, which they laid for him, that his innocency may be declared, 27 and that the innocent, which taketh part with him, may rejoice and praise the Name of the Lord, that thus delivereth his servant. 28 And so he promiseth to speak forth the justice of the Lord, and to magnify his Name all the days of his life.
A Psalm of David.
Plead thou my cause, O Lord, with them that strive with me: fight thou against them that fight against me.
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When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people sigh.
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The Prophet bewaileth the desolation of Tyre, showing what were the riches, power and authority thereof in times past. The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying,
