Job 41 1 Canst thou draw out
leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which
thou lettest down?
2 Canst thou put an
hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
3 Will he make many
supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words
unto thee?
4 Will he make a
covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for
ever?
5 Wilt thou play
with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for
thy maidens?
6 Shall the
companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him
among the merchants?
7 Canst thou fill
his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?
8 Lay thine hand
upon him, remember the battle, do no more.
9 Behold, the hope
of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even
at the sight of him?
10 None is so
fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand
before me?
11 Who hath
prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever
is under the whole heaven is mine.
12 I will not
conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely
proportion.
13 Who can discover
the face of his garment? or who can come to him
with his double bridle?
14 Who can open the
doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round
about.
15 His
scales are his pride, shut up together as with
a close seal.
16 One is so near
to another, that no air can come between them.
17 They are joined
one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be
sundered.
18 By his neesings
a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the
eyelids of the morning.
19 Out of his mouth
go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out.
20 Out of his
nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or
caldron.
21 His breath
kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.
22 In his neck
remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before
him.
23 The flakes of
his flesh are joined together: they are firm in
themselves; they cannot be moved.
24 His heart is as
firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone.
25 When he raiseth
up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings
they purify themselves.
26 The sword of him
that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor
the habergeon.
27 He esteemeth
iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.
28 The arrow cannot
make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into
stubble.
29 Darts are
counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a
spear.
30 Sharp stones are
under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the
mire.
31 He maketh the
deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of
ointment.
32 He maketh a path
to shine after him; one would think the deep to
be hoary.
33 Upon earth there
is not his like, who is made without fear.
34 He beholdeth all
high things: he is a king over all the
children of pride.
Job 42 1 Then Job answered the LORD, and said,
2 I know that thou canst do every thing,
and that no thought can be withholden from thee.
3 Who is he that hideth counsel without
knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood
not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
4 Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will
demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
5 I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear:
but now mine eye seeth thee.
6 Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in
dust and ashes.
7 ¶ And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words
unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is
kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye
have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as
my servant Job hath.
8 Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and
seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for
yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall
pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you
after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me
the thing which is right, like my servant Job.
9 So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and
Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according as the LORD commanded them: the LORD also accepted Job.
10 And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for
his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.
11 Then came there unto him all his brethren, and
all his sisters, and all they that had been of his
acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his
house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all
the evil that the LORD had brought upon him: every man also gave him a
piece of money, and every one an earring of gold.
12 So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his
beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six
thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a
thousand she asses.
13 He had also seven sons and three daughters.
14 And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and
the name of the second, Kezia; and the name of the third,
Keren-happuch.
15 And in all the land were no women found so
fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them
inheritance among their brethren.
16 After this lived Job an hundred and forty years,
and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four
generations.
17 So Job died, being old and full of days.
Acts 10 1 There was a certain man
in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band
called the Italian band,
2 A devout man,
and one that feared God with all his house, which gave
much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.
3 He saw in a
vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day an angel
of God coming in to him, and saying unto him, Cornelius.
4 And when he
looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord?
And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come
up for a memorial before God.
5 And now send men
to Joppa, and call for one Simon, whose surname is
Peter:
6 He lodgeth with
one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea side: he
shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do.
7 And when the
angel which spake unto Cornelius was departed, he called
two of his household servants, and a devout soldier of
them that waited on him continually;
8 And when he had
declared all these things unto them, he sent them
to Joppa.
9 ¶ On the morrow,
as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the
city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the
sixth hour:
10 And he became
very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made
ready, he fell into a trance,
11 And saw heaven
opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it
had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let
down to the earth:
12 Wherein were all
manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild
beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.
13 And there came a
voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat.
14 But Peter said,
Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is
common or unclean.
15 And the voice spake
unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that
call not thou common.
16 This was done
thrice: and the vessel was received up again into heaven.
17 Now while Peter
doubted in himself what this vision which he had seen
should mean, behold, the men which were sent from
Cornelius had made enquiry for Simon's house, and stood
before the gate,
18 And called, and
asked whether Simon, which was surnamed Peter, were
lodged there.
19 ¶ While Peter
thought on the vision, the Spirit said unto him, Behold,
three men seek thee.
20 Arise therefore,
and get thee down, and go with them, doubting nothing:
for I have sent them.
21 Then Peter went
down to the men which were sent unto him from Cornelius;
and said, Behold, I am he whom ye seek: what is
the cause wherefore ye are come?
22 And they said,
Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and one that feareth
God, and of good report among all the nation of the Jews,
was warned from God by an holy angel to send for thee
into his house, and to hear words of thee.
23 Then called he
them in, and lodged them. And on the morrow Peter
went away with them, and certain brethren from Joppa
accompanied him.
24 And the morrow
after they entered into Caesarea. And Cornelius waited
for them, and had called together his kinsmen and near
friends.
25 And as Peter was
coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet,
and worshipped him.
26 But Peter took
him up, saying, Stand up; I myself also am a man.
27 And as he talked
with him, he went in, and found many that were come
together.
28 And he said unto
them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man
that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of
another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not
call any man common or unclean.
29 Therefore came I
unto you without gainsaying, as soon as I was sent
for: I ask therefore for what intent ye have sent
for me?
30 And Cornelius
said, Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; and at
the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and behold, a man
stood before me in bright clothing,
31 And said,
Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine alms are had in
remembrance in the sight of God.
32 Send therefore
to Joppa, and call hither Simon, whose surname is Peter;
he is lodged in the house of one Simon a tanner by
the sea side: who, when he cometh, shall speak unto thee.
33 Immediately
therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well done that
thou art come. Now therefore are we all here present
before God, to hear all things that are commanded thee of
God.
34 ¶ Then Peter
opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive
that God is no respecter of persons:
35 But in every
nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is
accepted with him.
36 The word which God
sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by
Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:)
37 That word, I
say, ye know, which was published throughout all
Judaea, and began from Galilee, after the baptism which
John preached;
38 How God anointed
Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who
went about doing good, and healing all that were
oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.
39 And we are
witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of
the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on
a tree:
40 Him God raised
up the third day, and shewed him openly;
41 Not to all the
people, but unto witnesses chosen before of God, even
to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from
the dead.
42 And he commanded
us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is
he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of
quick and dead.
43 To him give all
the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever
believeth in him shall receive remission of sins.
44 ¶ While Peter
yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them
which heard the word.
45 And they of the
circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as
came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was
poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost.
46 For they heard
them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then answered
Peter,
47 Can any man
forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which
have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?
48 And he commanded
them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then prayed
they him to tarry certain days.
Acts 11 1 And the apostles and
brethren that were in Judaea heard that the Gentiles had
also received the word of God.
2 And when Peter
was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the
circumcision contended with him,
3 Saying, Thou
wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them.
4 But Peter
rehearsed the matter from the beginning, and
expounded it by order unto them, saying,
5 I was in the city
of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw a vision, A
certain vessel descend, as it had been a great sheet, let
down from heaven by four corners; and it came even
to me:
6 Upon the which
when I had fastened mine eyes, I considered, and saw
fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and
creeping things, and fowls of the air.
7 And I heard a
voice saying unto me, Arise, Peter; slay and eat.
8 But I said, Not
so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath at any time
entered into my mouth.
9 But the voice
answered me again from heaven, What God hath cleansed, that
call not thou common.
10 And this was
done three times: and all were drawn up again into
heaven.
11 And, behold,
immediately there were three men already come unto the
house where I was, sent from Caesarea unto me.
12 And the Spirit
bade me go with them, nothing doubting. Moreover these
six brethren accompanied me, and we entered into the
man's house:
13 And he shewed us
how he had seen an angel in his house, which stood and
said unto him, Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon,
whose surname is Peter;
14 Who shall tell
thee words, whereby thou and all thy house shall be
saved.
15 And as I began
to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us at the
beginning.
16 Then remembered
I the word of the Lord, how that he said, John indeed
baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the
Holy Ghost.
17 Forasmuch then
as God gave them the like gift as he did unto us,
who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ; what was I, that I
could withstand God?
18 When they heard
these things, they held their peace, and glorified God,
saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted
repentance unto life.
19 ¶ Now they
which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that
arose about Stephen travelled as far as Phenice, and
Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to none but unto
the Jews only.
20 And some of them
were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, which, when they were come
to Antioch, spake unto the Grecians, preaching the Lord
Jesus.
21 And the hand of
the Lord was with them: and a great number believed, and
turned unto the Lord.
22 ¶ Then tidings
of these things came unto the ears of the church which
was in Jerusalem: and they sent forth Barnabas, that he
should go as far as Antioch.
23 Who, when he
came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and
exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would
cleave unto the Lord.
24 For he was a
good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and
much people was added unto the Lord.
25 Then departed
Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek Saul:
26 And when he had
found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to
pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with
the church, and taught much people. And the disciples
were called Christians first in Antioch.
27 ¶ And in these
days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch.
28 And there stood
up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit
that there should be great dearth throughout all the
world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar.
29 Then the
disciples, every man according to his ability, determined
to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judaea:
30 Which also they
did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas
and Saul.
Acts 12 1 Now about that time
Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex
certain of the church.
2 And he killed
James the brother of John with the sword.
3 And because he
saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take
Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.)
4 And when he had
apprehended him, he put him in prison, and
delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to
keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to
the people.
5 Peter therefore
was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing
of the church unto God for him.
6 And when Herod
would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was
sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and
the keepers before the door kept the prison.
7 And, behold, the
angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light
shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and
raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains
fell off from his hands.
8 And the angel
said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals. And
so he did. And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment about
thee, and follow me.
9 And he went out,
and followed him; and wist not that it was true which was
done by the angel; but thought he saw a vision.
10 When they were
past the first and the second ward, they came unto the
iron gate that leadeth unto the city; which opened to
them of his own accord: and they went out, and passed on
through one street; and forthwith the angel departed from
him.
11 And when Peter
was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety,
that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me
out of the hand of Herod, and from all the
expectation of the people of the Jews.
12 And when he had
considered the thing, he came to the house of Mary
the mother of John, whose surname was Mark; where many
were gathered together praying.
13 And as Peter
knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to
hearken, named Rhoda.
14 And when she
knew Peter's voice, she opened not the gate for gladness,
but ran in, and told how Peter stood before the gate.
15 And they said
unto her, Thou art mad. But she constantly affirmed that
it was even so. Then said they, It is his angel.
16 But Peter
continued knocking: and when they had opened the door,
and saw him, they were astonished.
17 But he,
beckoning unto them with the hand to hold their peace,
declared unto them how the Lord had brought him out of
the prison. And he said, Go shew these things unto James,
and to the brethren. And he departed, and went into
another place.
18 Now as soon as
it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers,
what was become of Peter.
19 And when Herod
had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the
keepers, and commanded that they should be put to
death. And he went down from Judaea to Caesarea, and there
abode.
20 ¶ And Herod was
highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: but they
came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the
king's chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because
their country was nourished by the king's country.
21 And upon a set
day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne,
and made an oration unto them.
22 And the people
gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a
god, and not of a man.
23 And immediately
the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God
the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the
ghost.
24 ¶ But the word
of God grew and multiplied.
25 And Barnabas and
Saul returned from Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled their
ministry, and took with them John, whose surname was
Mark.
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