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Old Testament:  Job 41-42

Job 41

The LORD's Challenge Continues
 1   [1]  "Can you catch Leviathan [1]  with a hook
  or put a noose around its jaw?
 2  Can you tie it with a rope through the nose
  or pierce its jaw with a spike?
 3  Will it beg you for mercy
  or implore you for pity?
 4  Will it agree to work for you,
  to be your slave for life?
 5  Can you make it a pet like a bird,
  or give it to your little girls to play with?
 6  Will merchants try to buy it
  to sell it in their shops?
 7  Will its hide be hurt by spears
  or its head by a harpoon?
 8  If you lay a hand on it,
  you will certainly remember the battle that follows.
  You won't try that again!
 9   [9] No, it is useless to try to capture it.
  The hunter who attempts it will be knocked down.
 10  And since no one dares to disturb it,
  who then can stand up to me?
 11  Who has given me anything that I need to pay back?
  Everything under heaven is mine.

 12  "I want to emphasize Leviathan's limbs
  and its enormous strength and graceful form.
 13  Who can strip off its hide,
  and who can penetrate its double layer of armor? [13] 
 14  Who could pry open its jaws?
  For its teeth are terrible!
 15  Its scales are like rows of shields
  tightly sealed together.
 16  They are so close together
  that no air can get between them.
 17  Each scale sticks tight to the next.
  They interlock and cannot be penetrated.

 18  "When it sneezes, it flashes light!
  Its eyes are like the red of dawn.
 19  Lightning leaps from its mouth;
  flames of fire flash out.
 20  Smoke streams from its nostrils
  like steam from a pot heated over burning rushes.
 21  Its breath would kindle coals,
  for flames shoot from its mouth.

 22  "The tremendous strength in Leviathan's neck
  strikes terror wherever it goes.
 23  Its flesh is hard and firm
  and cannot be penetrated.
 24  Its heart is hard as rock,
  hard as a millstone.
 25  When it rises, the mighty are afraid,
  gripped by terror.
 26  No sword can stop it,
  no spear, dart, or javelin.
 27  Iron is nothing but straw to that creature,
  and bronze is like rotten wood.
 28  Arrows cannot make it flee.
  Stones shot from a sling are like bits of grass.
 29  Clubs are like a blade of grass,
  and it laughs at the swish of javelins.
 30  Its belly is covered with scales as sharp as glass.
  It plows up the ground as it drags through the mud.

 31  "Leviathan makes the water boil with its commotion.
  It stirs the depths like a pot of ointment.
 32  The water glistens in its wake,
  making the sea look white.
 33  Nothing on earth is its equal,
  no other creature so fearless.
 34  Of all the creatures, it is the proudest.
  It is the king of beasts."

Job 42

Job Responds to the LORD
 1  Then Job replied to the LORD:

 2  "I know that you can do anything,
  and no one can stop you.
 3  You asked, `Who is this that questions my wisdom with such ignorance?'
  It is I—and I was talking about things I knew nothing about,
  things far too wonderful for me.
 4  You said, `Listen and I will speak!
  I have some questions for you,
  and you must answer them.'
 5  I had only heard about you before,
  but now I have seen you with my own eyes.
 6  I take back everything I said,
  and I sit in dust and ashes to show my repentance."

Conclusion: The LORD Blesses Job
 7  After the LORD had finished speaking to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite: "I am angry with you and your two friends, for you have not spoken accurately about me, as my servant Job has.  8  So take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. My servant Job will pray for you, and I will accept his prayer on your behalf. I will not treat you as you deserve, for you have not spoken accurately about me, as my servant Job has."  9  So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite did as the LORD commanded them, and the LORD accepted Job's prayer.
   10  When Job prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his fortunes. In fact, the LORD gave him twice as much as before!  11  Then all his brothers, sisters, and former friends came and feasted with him in his home. And they consoled him and comforted him because of all the trials the LORD had brought against him. And each of them brought him a gift of money [11]  and a gold ring.
   12  So the LORD blessed Job in the second half of his life even more than in the beginning. For now he had 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 teams of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.  13  He also gave Job seven more sons and three more daughters.  14  He named his first daughter Jemimah, the second Keziah, and the third Keren-happuch.  15  In all the land no women were as lovely as the daughters of Job. And their father put them into his will along with their brothers.
   16  Job lived 140 years after that, living to see four generations of his children and grandchildren.  17  Then he died, an old man who had lived a long, full life.
<<  41:1a Verses 41:1-8 are numbered 40:25-32 in Hebrew text. 41:1b The identification of Leviathan is disputed, ranging from an earthly creature to a mythical sea monster in ancient literature.
<<  41:9 Verses 41:9-34 are numbered 41:1-26 in Hebrew text.
<<  41:13 As in Greek version; Hebrew reads its bridle?
<<  42:11 Hebrew a kesitah; the value or weight of the kesitah is no longer known.

New Testament:  Acts 16:22-40

Acts 16 : 22-40

   22  A mob quickly formed against Paul and Silas, and the city officials ordered them stripped and beaten with wooden rods.  23  They were severely beaten, and then they were thrown into prison. The jailer was ordered to make sure they didn't escape.  24  So the jailer put them into the inner dungeon and clamped their feet in the stocks.
   25  Around midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening.  26  Suddenly, there was a massive earthquake, and the prison was shaken to its foundations. All the doors immediately flew open, and the chains of every prisoner fell off!  27  The jailer woke up to see the prison doors wide open. He assumed the prisoners had escaped, so he drew his sword to kill himself.  28  But Paul shouted to him, "Stop! Don't kill yourself! We are all here!"
   29  The jailer called for lights and ran to the dungeon and fell down trembling before Paul and Silas.  30  Then he brought them out and asked, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"
   31  They replied, "Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, along with everyone in your household."  32  And they shared the word of the Lord with him and with all who lived in his household.  33  Even at that hour of the night, the jailer cared for them and washed their wounds. Then he and everyone in his household were immediately baptized.  34  He brought them into his house and set a meal before them, and he and his entire household rejoiced because they all believed in God.
   35  The next morning the city officials sent the police to tell the jailer, "Let those men go!"  36  So the jailer told Paul, "The city officials have said you and Silas are free to leave. Go in peace."
   37  But Paul replied, "They have publicly beaten us without a trial and put us in prison—and we are Roman citizens. So now they want us to leave secretly? Certainly not! Let them come themselves to release us!"
   38  When the police reported this, the city officials were alarmed to learn that Paul and Silas were Roman citizens.  39  So they came to the jail and apologized to them. Then they brought them out and begged them to leave the city.  40  When Paul and Silas left the prison, they returned to the home of Lydia. There they met with the believers and encouraged them once more. Then they left town.

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