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Job

Then Job replied to the Lord:

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Job’s Confession and Repentance

Then Job answered the Lord and said:

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

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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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You asked, ‘Who is this that obscures my plans without knowledge?’
Surely I spoke of things I did not understand,
things too wonderful for me to know.

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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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“You said, ‘Listen now, and I will speak;
I will question you,
and you shall answer 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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My ears had heard of you
but now my eyes have seen you.

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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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Therefore I despise 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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Epilogue

After the Lord had said these things to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “I am angry with you and your two friends, because you have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has.

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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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So now take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. My servant Job will pray for you, and I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. You have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has.”

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

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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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After Job had prayed for his friends, the Lord restored his fortunes and gave him 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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All his brothers and sisters and everyone who had known him before came and ate with him in his house. They comforted and consoled him over all the trouble the Lord had brought on him, and each one gave him a piece of silvera and a gold 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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The Lord blessed the latter part of Job’s life more than the former part. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen and a thousand donkeys.

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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 also had seven sons and three daughters.

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He had also seven sons and three daughters.

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The first daughter he named Jemimah, the second Keziah and 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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Nowhere in all the land were there found women as beautiful as Job’s daughters, and their father granted them an inheritance along with their brothers.

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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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After this, Job lived a hundred and forty years; he saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.

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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 so Job died, an old man and full of years.

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

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