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Job Submits Himself to God

Then Job answered the LORD, and said,

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Job Responds to the LORD

Then Job replied to the LORD:

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I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee.

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“I know that you can do anything,
and no one can stop you.

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Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

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You asked, ‘Who is this that questions my wisdom with such ignorance?’
It is I — and I was talking about things I knew nothing about,
things far too wonderful for me.

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Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

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You said, ‘Listen and I will speak!
I have some questions for you,
and you must answer them.’

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I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.

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I had only heard about you before,
but now I have seen you with my own eyes.

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

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I take back everything I said,
and I sit in dust and ashes to show my repentance.”

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The Lord Rebukes Job's Friends

And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.

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Conclusion: The LORD Blesses Job

After the LORD had finished speaking to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite: “I am angry with you and your two friends, for you have not spoken accurately about me, as my servant Job has.

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Therefore take unto you now 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, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.

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So take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. My servant Job will pray for you, and I will accept his prayer on your behalf. I will not treat you as you deserve, for you have not spoken accurately about me, as my servant Job has.”

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So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according as the LORD commanded them: the LORD also accepted Job.

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So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite did as the LORD commanded them, and the LORD accepted Job’s prayer.

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God Blesses Job

And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.

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When Job prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his fortunes. In fact, the LORD gave him twice as much as before!

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Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold.

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Then all his brothers, sisters, and former friends came and feasted with him in his home. And they consoled him and comforted him because of all the trials the LORD had brought against him. And each of them brought him a gift of moneya and a gold ring.

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So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.

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So the LORD blessed Job in the second half of his life even more than in the beginning. For now he had 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 teams of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.

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He had also seven sons and three daughters.

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He also gave Job seven more sons and three more daughters.

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And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Kerenhappuch.

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He named his first daughter Jemimah, the second Keziah, and 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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In all the land no women were as lovely as the daughters of Job. And their father put them into his will along with their brothers.

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After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations.

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Job lived 140 years after that, living to see four generations of his children and grandchildren.

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So Job died, being old and full of days.

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Then he died, an old man who had lived a long, full life.

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