Job 42
42
Job’s Repentance and Restoration
1Then Job answered the Lord and said:
2“I know that You #Gen. 18:14; (Matt. 19:26; Mark 10:27; 14:36; Luke 18:27)can do everything,
And that no purpose of Yours can be withheld from You.
3You asked, #Job 38:2‘Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?’
Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand,
#Ps. 40:5; 131:1; 139:6Things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.
4Listen, please, and let me speak;
You said, #Job 38:3; 40:7‘I will question you, and you shall answer Me.’
5“I have #Job 26:14; (Rom. 10:17)heard of You by the hearing of the ear,
But now my eye sees You.
6Therefore I #Ezra 9:6; Job 40:4abhor myself,
And repent in dust and ashes.”
7And so it was, after the Lord had spoken these words to Job, that the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is aroused against you and your two friends, for you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has. 8Now therefore, take for yourselves #Num. 23:1seven bulls and seven rams, #(Matt. 5:24)go to My servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and My servant Job shall #Gen. 20:17; (James 5:15, 16; 1 John 5:16)pray for you. For I will accept him, lest I deal with you according to your folly; because you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has.”
9So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the Lord commanded them; for the Lord had accepted Job. 10#Deut. 30:3; Ps. 14:7; 85:1–3; 126:1And the Lord restored Job’s losses when he prayed for his friends. Indeed the Lord gave Job #Is. 40:2twice as much as he had before. 11Then #Job 19:13all his brothers, all his sisters, and all those who had been his acquaintances before, came to him and ate food with him in his house; and they consoled him and comforted him for all the adversity that the Lord had brought upon him. Each one gave him a piece of silver and each a ring of gold.
12Now the Lord blessed #Job 1:10; 8:7; James 5:11the latter days of Job more than his beginning; for he had #Job 1:3fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and one thousand female donkeys. 13#Job 1:2He also had seven sons and three daughters. 14And he called the name of the first Jemimah, the name of the second Keziah, and the name of the third Keren-Happuch. 15In all the land were found no women so beautiful as the daughters of Job; and their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers.
16After this Job #Job 5:26; Prov. 3:16lived one hundred and forty years, and saw his children and grandchildren for four generations. 17So Job died, old and #Gen. 15:15; 25:8; Job 5:26full of days.
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Job 42
42
Job’s Reply
1Job replied to the Lord,
2“I know that you can do anything.
No one can keep you from doing what you plan to do.
3You asked me, ‘Who do you think you are to disagree with my plans?
You do not know what you are talking about.’
I spoke about things I didn’t completely understand.
I talked about things that were too wonderful for me to know.
4“You said, ‘Listen now, and I will speak.
I will ask you some questions.
Then I want you to answer me.’
5My ears had heard about you.
But now my own eyes have seen you.
6So I hate myself.
I’m really sorry for what I said about you.
That’s why I’m sitting in dust and ashes.”
The Story Ends
7After the Lord finished speaking to Job, he spoke to Eliphaz the Temanite. He said, “I am angry with you and your two friends. You have not said what is true about me, as my servant Job has. 8So now get seven bulls and seven rams. Go to my servant Job. Then sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. My servant Job will pray for you. And I will accept his prayer. I will not punish you for saying the foolish things you said. You have not said what is true about me, as my servant Job has.” 9So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite did what the Lord told them to do. And the Lord accepted Job’s prayer.
10After Job had prayed for his friends, the Lord made him successful again. He gave him twice as much as he had before. 11All his brothers and sisters and everyone who had known him before came to see him. They ate with him in his house. They showed their concern for him. They comforted him because of all the troubles the Lord had brought on him. Each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring.
12The Lord blessed the last part of Job’s life even more than the first part. He gave Job 14,000 sheep and 6,000 camels. He gave him 1,000 pairs of oxen and 1,000 donkeys. 13Job also had seven sons and three daughters. 14He named the first daughter Jemimah. He named the second Keziah. And he named the third Keren-Happuch. 15Job’s daughters were more beautiful than any other women in the whole land. Their father gave them a share of property along with their brothers.
16After all of that happened, Job lived for 140 years. He saw his children, his grandchildren and his great-grandchildren. 17And so Job died. He had lived for a very long time.
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