Job 42

Jobs Repentance and Restoration

1 Then Job answered the Lord and said: Then Job answered the Lord and said:2 I know that You can do everything, And that no purpose of Yours can be withheld from You.3  You asked, Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge? Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, Things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.4 Listen, please, and let me speak; You said, I will question you, and you shall answer Me.5 I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear, But now my eye sees You.6 Therefore I abhor myself, And repent in dust and ashes.7 And so it was, after the Lord had spoken these words to Job, that the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is aroused against you and your two friends, for you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has. 8 Now therefore, take for yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and My servant Job shall pray for you. For I will accept him, lest I deal with you according to your folly; because you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has. 9 So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the Lord commanded them; for the Lord had accepted Job.10 And the Lord restored Jobs losses when he prayed for his friends. Indeed the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.11 Then all his brothers, all his sisters, and all those who had been his acquaintances before, came to him and ate food with him in his house; and they consoled him and comforted him for all the adversity that the Lord had brought upon him. Each one gave him a piece of silver and each a ring of gold.12 Now the Lord blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning; for he had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and one thousand female donkeys.13 He also had seven sons and three daughters.14 And he called the name of the first Jemimah, the name of the second Keziah, and the name of the third Keren-Happuch.15 In all the land were found no women so beautiful as the daughters of Job; and their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers.16 After this Job lived one hundred and forty years, and saw his children and grandchildren for four generations.17 So Job died, old and full of days.

JOB 42

Job's Reply to the [Lord]

No One Can Oppose You

1 Job said:

2 No one can oppose you,
because you have the power
to do what you want.

3  t You asked why I talk so much
when I know so little.
I have talked about things
that are far beyond
my understanding.

4  t You told me to listen
and answer your questions.t

5 I heard about you from others;
now I have seen you
with my own eyes.

6 That's why I hate myself
and sit here in dust and ashes
to show my sorrow.

The [Lord] Corrects //Job's Friends

7 The [Lord] said to Eliphaz:
What my servant Job has said about me is true, but I am angry with you and your two friends for not telling the truth.

8 So I want you to go over to Job and offer seven bulls and seven goats on an altar as a sacrifice to please me.t After this, Job will pray, and I will agree not to punish you for your foolishness.

9 Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar obeyed the [Lord], and he answered Job's prayer.

A Happy Ending

11 Then Job gave a feast for his brothers and sisters and for his old friends. They expressed their sorrow for the suffering the [Lord] had brought on him, and they each gave Job some silver and a gold ring.

12 The [Lord] now blessed Job more than ever; he gave him 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 pair of oxen, and 1,000 donkeys.
13 In addition to seven sons, Job had three daughters, 14 whose names were Jemimah, Keziah, and Keren Happuch.

15 They were the most beautiful women in that part of the world, and Job gave them shares of his property, along with their brothers.
16 Job lived for another 140 years—long enough to see his great-grandchildren have children of their own— 17 and when he finally died, he was very old.