Category: Job

Piper: “It’s very hard to navigate your way through those chapters and determine what is true and what is not”

November 24, 2025

“How then will you comfort me with empty nothings? There is nothing left of your answers but falsehood.” Job 21:34 (in our Bible reading plan today.) John Piper in an episode of “Ask Pastor John:” The big picture of Job is that there was a man who was, in one sense, blameless in God’s sight. … More Piper: “It’s very hard to navigate your way through those chapters and determine what is true and what is not”

November 24 Job 21:22-34

November 24, 2025

November 24  Job 21:22-34 (ESV) 22 Will any teach God knowledge, seeing that he judges those who are on high? 23 One dies in his full vigor, being wholly at ease and secure, 24 his pails [1] full of milk and the marrow of his bones moist. 25 Another dies in bitterness of soul, never having tasted of prosperity. 26 They … More November 24 Job 21:22-34

November 24 Daniel 9

November 24, 2025

November 24  Daniel 9 (ESV) Daniel’s Prayer for His People 9:1 In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, by descent a Mede, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans— 2 in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, perceived in the books the number of years that, according to the … More November 24 Daniel 9

November 23 Job 21:1-21

November 23, 2025

November 23 Job 21:1-21 (ESV) Job Replies: The Wicked Do Prosper 21:1 Then Job answered and said: 2 “Keep listening to my words, and let this be your comfort. 3 Bear with me, and I will speak, and after I have spoken, mock on. 4 As for me, is my complaint against man? Why should I not be impatient? … More November 23 Job 21:1-21

November 23 Daniel 7-8

November 23, 2025

November 23 Daniel 7-8 (ESV) Daniel’s Vision of the Four Beasts 7:1 In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel saw a dream and visions of his head as he lay in his bed. Then he wrote down the dream and told the sum of the matter. 2 Daniel declared, [1] “I saw in my vision by … More November 23 Daniel 7-8

November 22 Job 20

November 22, 2025

November 22  Job 20 (ESV) Zophar Speaks: The Wicked Will Suffer 20:1 Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said: 2 “Therefore my thoughts answer me, because of my haste within me. 3 I hear censure that insults me, and out of my understanding a spirit answers me. 4 Do you not know this from of old, since man was … More November 22 Job 20

November 21 Job 19

November 21, 2025

November 21  Job 19 (ESV) Job Replies: My Redeemer Lives 19:1 Then Job answered and said: 2 “How long will you torment me and break me in pieces with words? 3 These ten times you have cast reproach upon me; are you not ashamed to wrong me? 4 And even if it be true that I have erred, my … More November 21 Job 19