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Job Responds to the LORD

Then Job replied to the LORD:

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Job Submits Himself to God

And Job answered Jehovah and said,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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And he had seven sons and three daughters.

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He named his first daughter Jemimah, the second Keziah, and the third Keren-happuch.

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

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

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And Job died, old and full of days.

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Job 42

Job 42