◀ All Reading Plans / Old/New Testament / Job 25-27 Acts 12 (New International Version)
Listen to Job 25-27, Acts 12 Audio Print Print Page Options Settings
Previous Prev Day
July 3, 2026 Use the calendar to view readings from this plan.
Next DayNext

Old/New Testament

Each day includes a passage from both the Old Testament and New Testament.
Duration: 365 days
New International Version (NIV)
Version
Job 25-27

Bildad

25 Then Bildad the Shuhite(A) replied:

2 “Dominion and awe belong to God;(B)
    he establishes order in the heights of heaven.(C)
3 Can his forces be numbered?
    On whom does his light not rise?(D)
4 How then can a mortal be righteous before God?
    How can one born of woman be pure?(E)
5 If even the moon(F) is not bright
    and the stars are not pure in his eyes,(G)
6 how much less a mortal, who is but a maggot—
    a human being,(H) who is only a worm!”(I)

Job

26 Then Job replied:

2 “How you have helped the powerless!(J)
    How you have saved the arm that is feeble!(K)
3 What advice you have offered to one without wisdom!
    And what great insight(L) you have displayed!
4 Who has helped you utter these words?
    And whose spirit spoke from your mouth?(M)

5 “The dead are in deep anguish,(N)
    those beneath the waters and all that live in them.
6 The realm of the dead(O) is naked before God;
    Destruction[a](P) lies uncovered.(Q)
7 He spreads out the northern skies(R) over empty space;
    he suspends the earth over nothing.(S)
8 He wraps up the waters(T) in his clouds,(U)
    yet the clouds do not burst under their weight.
9 He covers the face of the full moon,
    spreading his clouds(V) over it.
10 He marks out the horizon on the face of the waters(W)
    for a boundary between light and darkness.(X)
11 The pillars of the heavens quake,(Y)
    aghast at his rebuke.
12 By his power he churned up the sea;(Z)
    by his wisdom(AA) he cut Rahab(AB) to pieces.
13 By his breath the skies(AC) became fair;
    his hand pierced the gliding serpent.(AD)
14 And these are but the outer fringe of his works;
    how faint the whisper(AE) we hear of him!(AF)
    Who then can understand the thunder of his power?”(AG)

Job’s Final Word to His Friends

27 And Job continued his discourse:(AH)

2 “As surely as God lives, who has denied me justice,(AI)
    the Almighty,(AJ) who has made my life bitter,(AK)
3 as long as I have life within me,
    the breath of God(AL) in my nostrils,
4 my lips will not say anything wicked,
    and my tongue will not utter lies.(AM)
5 I will never admit you are in the right;
    till I die, I will not deny my integrity.(AN)
6 I will maintain my innocence(AO) and never let go of it;
    my conscience(AP) will not reproach me as long as I live.(AQ)

7 “May my enemy be like the wicked,(AR)
    my adversary(AS) like the unjust!
8 For what hope have the godless(AT) when they are cut off,
    when God takes away their life?(AU)
9 Does God listen to their cry
    when distress comes upon them?(AV)
10 Will they find delight in the Almighty?(AW)
    Will they call on God at all times?

11 “I will teach you about the power of God;
    the ways(AX) of the Almighty I will not conceal.(AY)
12 You have all seen this yourselves.
    Why then this meaningless talk?

13 “Here is the fate God allots to the wicked,
    the heritage a ruthless man receives from the Almighty:(AZ)
14 However many his children,(BA) their fate is the sword;(BB)
    his offspring will never have enough to eat.(BC)
15 The plague will bury those who survive him,
    and their widows will not weep for them.(BD)
16 Though he heaps up silver like dust(BE)
    and clothes like piles of clay,(BF)
17 what he lays up(BG) the righteous will wear,(BH)
    and the innocent will divide his silver.(BI)
18 The house(BJ) he builds is like a moth’s cocoon,(BK)
    like a hut(BL) made by a watchman.
19 He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more;(BM)
    when he opens his eyes, all is gone.(BN)
20 Terrors(BO) overtake him like a flood;(BP)
    a tempest snatches him away in the night.(BQ)
21 The east wind(BR) carries him off, and he is gone;(BS)
    it sweeps him out of his place.(BT)
22 It hurls itself against him without mercy(BU)
    as he flees headlong(BV) from its power.(BW)
23 It claps its hands(BX) in derision
    and hisses him out of his place.”(BY)

Footnotes

  1. Job 26:6 Hebrew Abaddon

Cross references

  1. Job 25:1 : S Job 8:1
  2. Job 25:2 : S Job 9:4; Ps 47:9; 89:18; Zec 9:7; Rev 1:6
  3. Job 25:2 : S 2Ch 20:6; S Job 11:8; S 16:19
  4. Job 25:3 : Mt 5:45; Jas 1:17
  5. Job 25:4 : S Job 4:17
  6. Job 25:5 : Job 31:26
  7. Job 25:5 : S Job 4:18
  8. Job 25:6 : Ps 80:17; 144:3; Eze 2:1
  9. Job 25:6 : S Job 4:19; S 7:5
  10. Job 26:2 : Job 6:12
  11. Job 26:2 : S Job 4:3
  12. Job 26:3 : Job 34:35
  13. Job 26:4 : 1Ki 22:24
  14. Job 26:5 : Ps 88:10; Isa 14:9; 26:14
  15. Job 26:6 : Ps 139:8
  16. Job 26:6 : S Job 20:26; S Rev 9:11
  17. Job 26:6 : Job 10:22; 11:8; 38:17; 41:11; Ps 139:11-12; Pr 15:11; S Heb 4:13
  18. Job 26:7 : Job 9:8
  19. Job 26:7 : Job 38:6; Ps 104:5; Pr 3:19-20; 8:27; Isa 40:22
  20. Job 26:8 : Pr 30:4
  21. Job 26:8 : S Ge 1:2; Job 36:27; 37:11; Ps 147:8
  22. Job 26:9 : S 2Sa 22:10; S Job 22:14
  23. Job 26:10 : Pr 8:27, 29; Isa 40:22
  24. Job 26:10 : S Ge 1:4; S Job 28:3; 38:8-11
  25. Job 26:11 : S 2Sa 22:8
  26. Job 26:12 : S Ex 14:21
  27. Job 26:12 : Job 12:13
  28. Job 26:12 : S Job 9:13
  29. Job 26:13 : Job 9:8
  30. Job 26:13 : Isa 27:1
  31. Job 26:14 : Job 4:12
  32. Job 26:14 : Job 42:5; Hab 3:2; 1Co 13:12
  33. Job 26:14 : S Job 9:6
  34. Job 27:1 : Job 29:1
  35. Job 27:2 : S Job 6:29; S 9:24; Isa 45:9; 49:4, 14
  36. Job 27:2 : Job 23:16
  37. Job 27:2 : S 1Sa 1:10; S Job 7:19; S 10:1
  38. Job 27:3 : S Ge 2:7; Job 32:8; 33:4; 34:14; S Ps 144:4
  39. Job 27:4 : S Job 6:28; S 12:16; S 16:17
  40. Job 27:5 : S Job 2:9; S 10:7; S 32:2
  41. Job 27:6 : Job 29:14; Ps 119:121; 132:9; Isa 59:17; 61:10
  42. Job 27:6 : S Ac 23:1; Ro 2:15
  43. Job 27:6 : S Job 2:3; S 10:7; S 23:10; S 34:17
  44. Job 27:7 : S Job 8:22
  45. Job 27:7 : Job 31:35
  46. Job 27:8 : S Job 8:13
  47. Job 27:8 : S Nu 16:22; S Job 8:22; S 11:20; Lk 12:20
  48. Job 27:9 : S Dt 1:45; S 1Sa 8:18; S Job 15:31
  49. Job 27:10 : S Job 22:26
  50. Job 27:11 : Job 36:23
  51. Job 27:11 : ver 13
  52. Job 27:13 : S Job 16:19; S 20:29
  53. Job 27:14 : S Job 5:4
  54. Job 27:14 : S Job 15:22; S La 2:22
  55. Job 27:14 : S Job 4:11
  56. Job 27:15 : Ps 78:64
  57. Job 27:16 : S 1Ki 10:27
  58. Job 27:16 : Zec 9:3
  59. Job 27:17 : Ps 39:6; 49:10; Ecc 2:26
  60. Job 27:17 : S Job 7:8; Pr 13:22; 28:8; Ecc 2:26
  61. Job 27:17 : Ex 3:22; S Job 3:15
  62. Job 27:18 : S Job 8:22
  63. Job 27:18 : S Job 8:14
  64. Job 27:18 : Isa 1:8; 24:20
  65. Job 27:19 : S Job 3:13; S 7:8
  66. Job 27:19 : S Job 14:20
  67. Job 27:20 : S Job 6:4
  68. Job 27:20 : S Job 15:21
  69. Job 27:20 : S Job 20:8
  70. Job 27:21 : Job 38:24; Jer 13:24; 22:22
  71. Job 27:21 : Job 30:22
  72. Job 27:21 : S Job 7:10
  73. Job 27:22 : Jer 13:14; Eze 5:11; 24:14
  74. Job 27:22 : 2Ki 7:15
  75. Job 27:22 : S Job 11:20
  76. Job 27:23 : S Nu 24:10; Na 3:19
  77. Job 27:23 : S Job 7:10
Acts 12

Peter’s Miraculous Escape From Prison

12 It was about this time that King Herod(A) arrested some who belonged to the church, intending to persecute them. 2 He had James, the brother of John,(B) put to death with the sword.(C) 3 When he saw that this met with approval among the Jews,(D) he proceeded to seize Peter also. This happened during the Festival of Unleavened Bread.(E) 4 After arresting him, he put him in prison, handing him over to be guarded by four squads of four soldiers each. Herod intended to bring him out for public trial after the Passover.(F)

5 So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was earnestly praying to God for him.(G)

6 The night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains,(H) and sentries stood guard at the entrance. 7 Suddenly an angel(I) of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side and woke him up. “Quick, get up!” he said, and the chains fell off Peter’s wrists.(J)

8 Then the angel said to him, “Put on your clothes and sandals.” And Peter did so. “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me,” the angel told him. 9 Peter followed him out of the prison, but he had no idea that what the angel was doing was really happening; he thought he was seeing a vision.(K) 10 They passed the first and second guards and came to the iron gate leading to the city. It opened for them by itself,(L) and they went through it. When they had walked the length of one street, suddenly the angel left him.

11 Then Peter came to himself(M) and said, “Now I know without a doubt that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me(N) from Herod’s clutches and from everything the Jewish people were hoping would happen.”

12 When this had dawned on him, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, also called Mark,(O) where many people had gathered and were praying.(P) 13 Peter knocked at the outer entrance, and a servant named Rhoda came to answer the door.(Q) 14 When she recognized Peter’s voice, she was so overjoyed(R) she ran back without opening it and exclaimed, “Peter is at the door!”

15 “You’re out of your mind,” they told her. When she kept insisting that it was so, they said, “It must be his angel.”(S)

16 But Peter kept on knocking, and when they opened the door and saw him, they were astonished. 17 Peter motioned with his hand(T) for them to be quiet and described how the Lord had brought him out of prison. “Tell James(U) and the other brothers and sisters(V) about this,” he said, and then he left for another place.

18 In the morning, there was no small commotion among the soldiers as to what had become of Peter. 19 After Herod had a thorough search made for him and did not find him, he cross-examined the guards and ordered that they be executed.(W)

Herod’s Death

Then Herod went from Judea to Caesarea(X) and stayed there. 20 He had been quarreling with the people of Tyre and Sidon;(Y) they now joined together and sought an audience with him. After securing the support of Blastus, a trusted personal servant of the king, they asked for peace, because they depended on the king’s country for their food supply.(Z)

21 On the appointed day Herod, wearing his royal robes, sat on his throne and delivered a public address to the people. 22 They shouted, “This is the voice of a god, not of a man.” 23 Immediately, because Herod did not give praise to God, an angel(AA) of the Lord struck him down,(AB) and he was eaten by worms and died.

24 But the word of God(AC) continued to spread and flourish.(AD)

Barnabas and Saul Sent Off

25 When Barnabas(AE) and Saul had finished their mission,(AF) they returned from[a] Jerusalem, taking with them John, also called Mark.(AG)

Footnotes

  1. Acts 12:25 Some manuscripts to

Cross references

  1. Acts 12:1 : S Mt 14:1
  2. Acts 12:2 : S Mt 4:21
  3. Acts 12:2 : Mk 10:39
  4. Acts 12:3 : Ac 24:27; 25:9
  5. Acts 12:3 : Ex 12:15; 23:15; Ac 20:6
  6. Acts 12:4 : S Jn 11:55
  7. Acts 12:5 : S Ac 1:14; Ro 15:30, 31; Eph 6:18
  8. Acts 12:6 : Ac 21:33
  9. Acts 12:7 : S Ac 5:19
  10. Acts 12:7 : Ps 107:14; Ac 16:26
  11. Acts 12:9 : S Ac 9:10
  12. Acts 12:10 : Ac 5:19; 16:26
  13. Acts 12:11 : Lk 15:17
  14. Acts 12:11 : Ps 34:7; Da 3:28; 6:22; 2Co 1:10; 2Pe 2:9
  15. Acts 12:12 : ver 25; Ac 13:5, 13; 15:37, 39; Col 4:10; 2Ti 4:11; Phm 24; 1Pe 5:13
  16. Acts 12:12 : ver 5
  17. Acts 12:13 : Jn 18:16, 17
  18. Acts 12:14 : Lk 24:41
  19. Acts 12:15 : S Mt 18:10
  20. Acts 12:17 : Ac 13:16; 19:33; 21:40
  21. Acts 12:17 : S Ac 15:13
  22. Acts 12:17 : S Ac 1:16
  23. Acts 12:19 : Ac 16:27
  24. Acts 12:19 : S Ac 8:40
  25. Acts 12:20 : S Mt 11:21
  26. Acts 12:20 : 1Ki 5:9, 11; Eze 27:17
  27. Acts 12:23 : S Ac 5:19
  28. Acts 12:23 : 1Sa 25:38; 2Sa 24:16, 17; 2Ki 19:35
  29. Acts 12:24 : S Heb 4:12
  30. Acts 12:24 : Ac 6:7; 19:20
  31. Acts 12:25 : S Ac 4:36
  32. Acts 12:25 : Ac 11:30
  33. Acts 12:25 : S ver 12
New International Version (NIV)

Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

Prev Day Prev Day
Top
Next Day Next Day