Job 41-42

New International Version

41 ^[a]“Can you pull in Leviathan^(A) with a fishhook^(B)
    or tie down its tongue with a rope?
²Can you put a cord through its nose^(C)
    or pierce its jaw with a hook?^(D)
³Will it keep begging you for mercy?^(E)
    Will it speak to you with gentle words?
⁴Will it make an agreement with you
    for you to take it as your slave for life?^(F)
⁵Can you make a pet of it like a bird
    or put it on a leash for the young women in your house?
⁶Will traders barter for it?
    Will they divide it up among the merchants?
⁷Can you fill its hide with harpoons
    or its head with fishing spears?^(G)
⁸If you lay a hand on it,
    you will remember the struggle and never do it again!^(H)
⁹Any hope of subduing it is false;
    the mere sight of it is overpowering.^(I)
¹⁰No one is fierce enough to rouse it.^(J)
    Who then is able to stand against me?^(K)
¹¹Who has a claim against me that I must pay?^(L)
    Everything under heaven belongs to me.^(M)

¹²“I will not fail to speak of Leviathan’s limbs,^(N)
    its strength^(O) and its graceful form.
¹³Who can strip off its outer coat?
    Who can penetrate its double coat of armor^[b]?^(P)
¹⁴Who dares open the doors of its mouth,^(Q)
    ringed about with fearsome teeth?
¹⁵Its back has^[c] rows of shields
    tightly sealed together;^(R)
¹⁶each is so close to the next
    that no air can pass between.
¹⁷They are joined fast to one another;
    they cling together and cannot be parted.
¹⁸Its snorting throws out flashes of light;
    its eyes are like the rays of dawn.^(S)
¹⁹Flames^(T) stream from its mouth;
    sparks of fire shoot out.
²⁰Smoke pours from its nostrils^(U)
    as from a boiling pot over burning reeds.
²¹Its breath^(V) sets coals ablaze,
    and flames dart from its mouth.^(W)
²²Strength^(X) resides in its neck;
    dismay goes before it.
²³The folds of its flesh are tightly joined;
    they are firm and immovable.
²⁴Its chest is hard as rock,
    hard as a lower millstone.^(Y)
²⁵When it rises up, the mighty are terrified;^(Z)
    they retreat before its thrashing.^(AA)
²⁶The sword that reaches it has no effect,
    nor does the spear or the dart or the javelin.^(AB)
²⁷Iron it treats like straw^(AC)
    and bronze like rotten wood.
²⁸Arrows do not make it flee;^(AD)
    slingstones are like chaff to it.
²⁹A club seems to it but a piece of straw;^(AE)
    it laughs^(AF) at the rattling of the lance.
³⁰Its undersides are jagged potsherds,
    leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge.^(AG)
³¹It makes the depths churn like a boiling caldron^(AH)
    and stirs up the sea like a pot of ointment.^(AI)
³²It leaves a glistening wake behind it;
    one would think the deep had white hair.
³³Nothing on earth is its equal^(AJ)—
    a creature without fear.
³⁴It looks down on all that are haughty;^(AK)
    it is king over all that are proud.^(AL)”

Job

42 Then Job replied to the Lord:

²“I know that you can do all things;^(AM)
    no purpose of yours can be thwarted.^(AN)
³You asked, ‘Who is this that obscures my plans without knowledge?’^(AO)
    Surely I spoke of things I did not understand,
    things too wonderful for me to know.^(AP)

⁴“You said, ‘Listen now, and I will speak;
    I will question you,
    and you shall answer me.’^(AQ)
⁵My ears had heard of you^(AR)
    but now my eyes have seen you.^(AS)
⁶Therefore I despise myself^(AT)
    and repent^(AU) in dust and ashes.”^(AV)

Epilogue

⁷After the Lord had said these things to Job^(AW), he said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “I am angry with you and your two friends,^(AX) because you have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has.^(AY) ⁸So now take seven bulls and seven rams^(AZ) and go to my servant Job^(BA) and sacrifice a burnt offering^(BB) for yourselves. My servant Job will pray for you, and I will accept his prayer^(BC) and not deal with you according to your folly.^(BD) You have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has.”^(BE) ⁹So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite^(BF) did what the Lord told them; and the Lord accepted Job’s prayer.^(BG)

¹⁰After Job had prayed for his friends, the Lord restored his fortunes^(BH) and gave him twice as much as he had before.^(BI) ¹¹All his brothers and sisters and everyone who had known him before^(BJ) came and ate with him in his house. They comforted and consoled him over all the trouble the Lord had brought on him,^(BK) and each one gave him a piece of silver^[d] and a gold ring.

¹²The Lord blessed the latter part of Job’s life more than the former part. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen and a thousand donkeys. ¹³And he also had seven sons and three daughters. ¹⁴The first daughter he named Jemimah, the second Keziah and the third Keren-Happuch. ¹⁵Nowhere in all the land were there found women as beautiful as Job’s daughters, and their father granted them an inheritance along with their brothers.

¹⁶After this, Job lived a hundred and forty years; he saw his children and their children to the fourth generation. ¹⁷And so Job died, an old man and full of years.^(BL)

Footnotes

Job 41:1 In Hebrew texts 41:1-8 is numbered 40:25-32, and 41:9-34 is numbered 41:1-26.
Job 41:13 Septuagint; Hebrew double bridle
Job 41:15 Or Its pride is its
Job 42:11 Hebrew him a kesitah; a kesitah was a unit of money of unknown weight and value.

1 Corinthians 14:1-20

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Intelligibility in Worship

14 Follow the way of love^(A) and eagerly desire^(B) gifts of the Spirit,^(C) especially prophecy.^(D) ²For anyone who speaks in a tongue^[a]^(E) does not speak to people but to God. Indeed, no one understands them;^(F) they utter mysteries^(G) by the Spirit. ³But the one who prophesies speaks to people for their strengthening,^(H) encouraging^(I) and comfort. ⁴Anyone who speaks in a tongue^(J) edifies^(K) themselves, but the one who prophesies^(L) edifies the church. ⁵I would like every one of you to speak in tongues,^[b] but I would rather have you prophesy.^(M) The one who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks in tongues,^[c] unless someone interprets, so that the church may be edified.^(N)

⁶Now, brothers and sisters, if I come to you and speak in tongues, what good will I be to you, unless I bring you some revelation^(O) or knowledge^(P) or prophecy or word of instruction?^(Q) ⁷Even in the case of lifeless things that make sounds, such as the pipe or harp, how will anyone know what tune is being played unless there is a distinction in the notes? ⁸Again, if the trumpet does not sound a clear call, who will get ready for battle?^(R) ⁹So it is with you. Unless you speak intelligible words with your tongue, how will anyone know what you are saying? You will just be speaking into the air. ¹⁰Undoubtedly there are all sorts of languages in the world, yet none of them is without meaning. ¹¹If then I do not grasp the meaning of what someone is saying, I am a foreigner to the speaker, and the speaker is a foreigner to me.^(S) ¹²So it is with you. Since you are eager for gifts of the Spirit,^(T) try to excel in those that build up^(U) the church.

¹³For this reason the one who speaks in a tongue should pray that they may interpret what they say.^(V) ¹⁴For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays,^(W) but my mind is unfruitful. ¹⁵So what shall I do? I will pray with my spirit,^(X) but I will also pray with my understanding; I will sing^(Y) with my spirit, but I will also sing with my understanding. ¹⁶Otherwise when you are praising God in the Spirit, how can someone else, who is now put in the position of an inquirer,^[d] say “Amen”^(Z) to your thanksgiving,^(AA) since they do not know what you are saying? ¹⁷You are giving thanks well enough, but no one else is edified.^(AB)

¹⁸I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you. ¹⁹But in the church I would rather speak five intelligible words to instruct others than ten thousand words in a tongue.^(AC)

²⁰Brothers and sisters, stop thinking like children.^(AD) In regard to evil be infants,^(AE) but in your thinking be adults.

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Footnotes

1 Corinthians 14:2 Or in another language; also in verses 4, 13, 14, 19, 26 and 27
1 Corinthians 14:5 Or in other languages; also in verses 6, 18, 22, 23 and 39
1 Corinthians 14:5 Or in other languages; also in verses 6, 18, 22, 23 and 39
1 Corinthians 14:16 The Greek word for inquirer is a technical term for someone not fully initiated into a religion; also in verses 23 and 24.