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Job Submits Himself to God

And Job answered Jehovah and said,

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Job’s Confession and Repentance

Then Job answered the Lord and said:

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I know that thou canst do everything, and that thou canst be hindered in no thought of thine.

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“I know that you can do all things,
and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted.

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Who is he that obscureth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered what I did not understand; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

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‘Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?’
Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand,
things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.

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Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and inform me.

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‘Hear, and I will speak;
I will question you, and you make it known to me.’

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I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear, but now mine eye seeth thee:

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I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear,
but now my eye sees you;

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Wherefore I abhor [myself], and repent in dust and ashes.

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therefore I despise myself,
and repenta in dust and ashes.”

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The Lord Rebukes Job's Friends

And it came to pass after Jehovah had spoken these words to Job, that Jehovah said to Eliphaz the Temanite, Mine anger is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends; for ye have not spoken rightly of me, like my servant Job.

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The Lord Rebukes Job’s Friends

After the Lord had spoken these words to Job, the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite: “My anger burns against you and against your two friends, for you have not spoken of me what is right, as my servant Job has.

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And now, take for yourselves seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt-offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you, for him will I accept: lest I deal with you [after your] folly, for ye have not spoken of me rightly, like my servant Job.

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Now therefore take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and offer up a burnt offering for yourselves. And my servant Job shall pray for you, for I will accept his prayer not to deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken of me what is right, as my servant Job has.”

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Then Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, went and did according as Jehovah had said unto them; and Jehovah accepted Job.

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So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went and did what the Lord had told them, and the Lord accepted Job’s prayer.

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God Blesses Job

And Jehovah turned the captivity of Job, when he had prayed for his friends; and Jehovah gave Job twice as much as he had before.

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The Lord Restores Job’s Fortunes

And the Lord restored the fortunes of Job, when he had prayed for his friends. And the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.

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And all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, came to him, and they ate bread with him in his house, and they condoled with him, and comforted him concerning all the evil that Jehovah had brought upon him; and every one gave him a piece of money, and every one a golden ring.

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Then came to him all his brothers and sisters and all who had known him before, and ate bread with him in his house. And they showed him sympathy and comforted him for all the evilb that the Lord had brought upon him. And each of them gave him a piece of moneyc and a ring of gold.

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And Jehovah blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning; and he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she-asses.

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And the Lord blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning. And he had 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.

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And he had seven sons and three daughters.

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He had also seven sons and three daughters.

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And he called the name of the first, Jemimah; and the name of the second, Keziah; and the name of the third, Keren-happuch.

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And he called the name of the first daughter Jemimah, and the name of the second Keziah, and the name of the third Keren-happuch.

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And in all the land were no women found [so] fair as the daughters of Job; and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.

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And in all the land there were no women so beautiful as Job’s daughters. And their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers.

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And Job lived after this a hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, four generations.

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And after this Job lived 140 years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, four generations.

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And Job died, old and full of days.

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And Job died, an old man, and full of days.

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