Job 42
42
Job Speaks: I Admit That I Was Wrong
1Then Job answered the Lord,
2“I know that you can do everything
and that your plans are unstoppable.
3“⌞You said,⌟ ‘Who is this that belittles my advice
without having any knowledge ⌞about it⌟?’
Yes, I have stated things I didn’t understand,
things too mysterious for me to know.
4“⌞You said,⌟ ‘Listen now, and I will speak.
I will ask you, and you will teach me.’
5I had heard about you with my own ears,
but now I have seen you with my own eyes.
6That is why I take back what I said,
and I sit in dust and ashes to show that I am sorry.”
Job’s Life Is Restored
7After the Lord had said those things to Job, the Lord said to Eliphaz from Teman, “I’m very angry with you and your two friends because you didn’t speak what is right about me as my servant Job has done. 8So take seven young bulls and seven rams. Go to my servant Job, and make a burnt offering for yourselves. My servant Job will pray for you. Then I will accept his prayer not to treat you as godless fools. After all, you didn’t speak what is right about me as my servant Job has done.”
9Then Eliphaz of Teman, Bildad of Shuah, and Zophar of Naama went and did what the Lord had told them to do. And the Lord accepted Job’s prayer.
10After Job prayed for his friends, the Lord restored Job’s prosperity and gave him twice as much ⌞as he had before⌟. 11Then all his brothers and sisters and everyone who had previously known him came to him. They ate with him at his house, sympathized with him, and comforted him for all the evil the Lord had brought to him. Each one gave him some money and a gold ring.
12The Lord blessed the latter years of Job’s life more than the earlier years. He had 14,000 sheep and goats, 6,000 camels, 2,000 oxen, and 1,000 donkeys. 13He also had seven sons and three daughters. 14He named the first ⌞daughter⌟ Jemimah, the second Cassia, and the third Keren Happuch. 15Nowhere in the whole country could be found women who were as beautiful as Job’s daughters. Their father gave them and their brothers an inheritance.
16Job lived 140 years after this. He saw his children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.#42:16 Or “grandchildren, four generations.” 17Then at a very old age, Job died.
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Job 42
42
Job Replies to the Lord
1Then Job replied to the Lord:
2I # Alt Hb tradition reads You know that You can do anything
and no plan of Yours can be thwarted. # Gn 18:14; Jr 23:20; Mt 19:26
3You asked, “Who is this who conceals My counsel with ignorance? ” # Jb 34:35; 35:16; 38:2
Surely I spoke about things I did not understand,
things too wonderful for me to # Lit me, and I did not know. # Ps 40:5; 131:1; 139:6
4You said, “Listen now, and I will speak.
When I question # Jb 38:3; 40:7 you, you will inform Me.”
5I had heard rumors about You,
but now my eyes # Jb 19:27; Ps 123:1-2; 141:8 have seen You.
6Therefore I take back my words
and repent in dust and ashes. # LXX reads I despise myself and melt; I consider myself dust and ashes
7After the Lord had finished speaking # Lit speaking these words to Job, He said to Eliphaz the Temanite: “I am angry with you and your two friends, for you have not spoken the truth about Me, as My servant Job has. 8Now take seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. Then My servant Job will pray for you. # Gn 20:17; Nm 23:1; 1Jn 5:16 I will surely accept his prayer and not deal with you as your folly deserves. For you have not spoken the truth about Me, as My servant Job has.” 9Then 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.
God Restores Job
10After Job had prayed for his friends, the Lord restored his prosperity and doubled his previous possessions. # Ps 14:7; Is 40:2; Mt 5:44 11All his brothers, sisters, and former acquaintances # Jb 2:11; 19:13 came to his house and dined with him in his house. They sympathized with him and comforted him concerning all the adversity the Lord had brought on him. Each one gave him a qesitah # The value of the currency is unknown. # Gn 33:19; Jos 24:32 and a gold earring. # Gn 24:22; 35:4; Hs 2:13
12So the Lord blessed the last part of Job’s life more than the first. He owned 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys. 13He also had seven sons and three daughters. 14He named his first daughter Jemimah, his second Keziah, and his third Keren-happuch. # Ps 45:8; Sg 2:14; Jr 4:30 15No women as beautiful as Job’s daughters could be found in all the land, and their father granted them an inheritance with their brothers.
16Job lived 140 years after this and saw his children and their children to the fourth generation. 17Then Job died, old and full of days. # Gn 25:8; 35:29; 1Ch 29:28
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