One Year Bible

Job 40:1-42:17

Job Humbles Himself before the Lord

1 And the Lord said to Job:

2“Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty?

Let him who argues with God give an answer.”

3 Then Job answered the Lord:

4“Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You?

I place my hand over my mouth.

5 I have spoken once, but I have no answer —

twice, but I have nothing to add.”

The Lord Challenges Job Again

6 Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:

7“Now brace yourself like a man;

I will question you, and you shall inform Me.

8 Would you really annul My justice?

Would you condemn Me to justify yourself?

9 Do you have an arm like God’s?

Can you thunder with a voice like His?

10 Then adorn yourself with majesty and splendor,

and clothe yourself with honor and glory.

11 Unleash the fury of your wrath;

look on every proud man and bring him low.

12 Look on every proud man and humble him;

trample the wicked where they stand.

13 Bury them together in the dust;

imprison them in the grave.

14 Then I will confess to you

that your own right hand can save you.

15 Look at Behemoth, which I made along with you.

He feeds on grass like an ox.

16 See the strength of his loins

and the power in the muscles of his belly.

17 His tail sways like a cedar;

the sinews of his thighs are tightly knit.

18 His bones are tubes of bronze;

his limbs are rods of iron.

19 He is the foremost of God’s works;

only his Maker can draw the sword against him.

20 The hills yield him their produce,

while all the beasts of the field play nearby.

21 He lies under the lotus plants,

hidden among the reeds of the marsh.

22 The lotus plants conceal him in their shade;

the willows of the brook surround him.

23 Though the river rages, Behemoth is unafraid;

he remains secure, though the Jordan surges to his mouth.

24 Can anyone capture him as he looks on,

or pierce his nose with a snare?’’

The Lord’s Power Shown in Leviathan

1 “ Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook

or tie down his tongue with a rope?

2 Can you put a cord through his nose

or pierce his jaw with a hook?

3 Will he beg you for mercy

or speak to you softly?

4 Will he make a covenant with you

to take him as a slave for life?

5 Can you pet him like a bird

or put him on a leash for your maidens?

6 Will traders barter for him

or divide him among the merchants?

7 Can you fill his hide with harpoons

or his head with fishing spears?

8 If you lay a hand on him,

you will remember the battle and never repeat it!

9 Surely hope of overcoming him is false.

Is not the sight of him overwhelming?

10 No one is so fierce as to rouse Leviathan.

Then who is able to stand against Me?

11 Who has given to Me that I should repay him?

Everything under heaven is Mine.

12 I cannot keep silent about his limbs,

his power and graceful form.

13 Who can strip off his outer coat?

Who can approach him with a bridle?

14 Who can open his jaws,

ringed by his fearsome teeth?

15 His rows of scales are his pride,

tightly sealed together.

16 One scale is so near to another

that no air can pass between them.

17 They are joined to one another;

they clasp and cannot be separated.

18 His snorting flashes with light,

and his eyes are like the rays of dawn.

19 Firebrands stream from his mouth;

fiery sparks shoot forth!

20 Smoke billows from his nostrils

as from a boiling pot over burning reeds.

21 His breath sets coals ablaze,

and flames pour from his mouth.

22 Strength resides in his neck,

and dismay leaps before him.

23 The folds of his flesh are tightly joined;

they are firm and immovable.

24 His chest is as hard as a rock,

as hard as a lower millstone!

25 When Leviathan rises up, the mighty are terrified;

they withdraw before his thrashing.

26 The sword that reaches him has no effect,

nor does the spear or dart or arrow.

27 He regards iron as straw

and bronze as rotten wood.

28 No arrow can make him flee;

slingstones become like chaff to him.

29 A club is regarded as straw,

and he laughs at the sound of the lance.

30 His undersides are jagged potsherds,

spreading out the mud like a threshing sledge.

31 He makes the depths seethe like a cauldron;

he makes the sea like a jar of ointment.

32 He leaves a glistening wake behind him;

one would think the deep had white hair!

33 Nothing on earth is his equal—

a creature devoid of fear!

34 He looks down on all the haughty;

he is king over all the proud.”

Job Submits Himself to the Lord

1 Then Job replied to the Lord:

2“I know that You can do all things

and that no plan of Yours can be thwarted.

3 You asked, ‘Who is this

who conceals My counsel without knowledge?’

Surely I spoke of things I did not understand,

things too wonderful for me to know.

4 You said, ‘Listen now, and I will speak.

I will question you, and you shall inform Me.’

5 My ears had heard of You,

but now my eyes have seen You.

6 Therefore I despise myself,

and I repent in dust and ashes.”

The Lord Rebukes Job’s Friends

7 After the Lord had spoken these words to Job, He said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you and your two friends. For you have not spoken about Me accurately, as My servant Job has. 8So now, take seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. Then My servant Job will pray for you, for I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. 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 went and did as the Lord had told them; and the Lord accepted Job’s prayer.

The Lord Blesses Job

10 After Job had prayed for his friends, the Lord restored his prosperity and doubled his former possessions. 11All his brothers and sisters and prior acquaintances came and dined with him in his house. They consoled him and comforted him over all the adversity that the Lord had brought upon him. And each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring.

12 So the Lord blessed Job’s latter days more than his first. He owned 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys. 13And he also had seven sons and three daughters. 14He named his first daughter Jemimah, his second Keziah, and his third Keren-happuch. 15No women as beautiful as Job’s daughters could be found in all the land, and their father granted them an inheritance among their brothers.

16 After this, Job lived 140 years and saw his children and their children to the fourth generation. 17And so Job died, old and full of years.

2 Corinthians 5:11-21

Ambassadors for Christ

11 Therefore, since we know what it means to fear the Lord, we try to persuade men. What we are is clear to God, and I hope it is clear to your conscience as well. 12We are not commending ourselves to you again. Instead, we are giving you an occasion to be proud of us, so that you can answer those who take pride in appearances rather than in the heart.

13 If we are out of our mind, it is for God; if we are of sound mind, it is for you. 14For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that One died for all, therefore all died. 15And He died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died for them and was raised again.

16 So from now on we regard no one according to the flesh. Although we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. 17Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!

18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: 19that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men’s trespasses against them. And He has committed to us the message of reconciliation.

20 Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ: Be reconciled to God. 21God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.

Psalm 45:1-17

My Heart Is Stirred by a Noble Theme

(1 Kings 3:1–15; 2 Chronicles 1:1–13; Psalm 72:1–20)

1 For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Lilies.” A Maskil of the sons of Korah. A love song.

My heart is stirred by a noble theme

as I recite my verses to the king;

my tongue is the pen of a skillful writer.

2 You are the most handsome of men;

grace has anointed your lips;

therefore God has blessed you forever.

3 Strap your sword at your side, O mighty warrior;

appear in your majesty and splendor.

4 In your splendor ride forth in victory

on behalf of truth and humility and justice;

may your right hand show your awesome deeds.

5 Your arrows pierce the hearts of the king’s foes;

the nations fall beneath your feet.

6 Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever,

and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom.

7 You have loved righteousness

and hated wickedness;

therefore God, your God, has anointed you

above your companions with the oil of joy.

8 All your garments are fragrant

with myrrh and aloes and cassia;

from palaces of ivory the harps make you glad.

9 The daughters of kings are among your honored women;

the queen stands at your right hand,

adorned with the gold of Ophir.

10 Listen, O daughter! Consider and incline your ear:

Forget your people and your father’s house,

11 and the king will desire your beauty;

bow to him, for he is your lord.

12 The Daughter of Tyre will come with a gift;

men of wealth will seek your favor.

13 All glorious is the princess in her chamber;

her gown is embroidered with gold.

14 In colorful garments she is led to the king;

her virgin companions are brought before you.

15 They are led in with joy and gladness;

they enter the palace of the king.

16 Your sons will succeed your fathers;

you will make them princes throughout the land.

17 I will commemorate your name through all generations;

therefore the nations will praise you forever and ever.

Proverbs 22:14

14 The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit;

he who is under the wrath of the Lord will fall into it.

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One Year Bible

Job 40:1-42:17

2 Corinthians 5:11-21

Psalm 45:1-17

Proverbs 22:14