Job 42

1 Then Job answered Yahweh,

2 “I know that you can do all things,
and that no purpose of yours can be restrained.
3 You asked, ‘Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?’
therefore I have uttered that which I did not understand,
things too wonderful for me, which I didn’t know.
4 You said, ‘Listen, now, and I will speak;
I will question you, and you will answer me.’
5 I had 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 It was so, that after Yahweh had spoken these words to Job, Yahweh said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you, and against your two friends; for you have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job has.

8 Now therefore, take to yourselves seven bulls 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 I will accept him, that I not deal with you according to your folly.For you have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job has.”

9 So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did what Yahweh commanded them, and Yahweh accepted Job.
10 Yahweh turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends. Yahweh gave Job twice as much as he had before.

11 Then came there to him all his brothers, and all his sisters, and all those who had been of his acquaintance before, and ate bread with him in his house. They comforted him, and consoled him concerning all the evil that Yahweh had brought on him.Everyone also gave him a piece of money,t and everyone a ring of gold.
12 So Yahweh blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand female donkeys.13 He had also seven sons and three daughters.14 He called the name of the first, Jemimah; and the name of the second, Keziah; and the name of the third, Keren Happuch.15 In all the land were no women found so beautiful as the daughters of Job. Their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers.16 After this Job lived one hundred forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, to four generations.

17 So Job died, being old and full of days.

Job 42

Job’s Confession

1 Then Job answered the Lord:

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

3 you asked,t
‘Who is this who darkens counsel
without knowledge?’
Butt I have declared without understandingt
things too wonderful for me to know.t

4 You said,t
‘Pay attention, and I will speak;
I will question you, and you will answer me.’

5 I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear,
but now my eye has seen you.s

6 Therefore I despise myself,t
and I repent in dust and ashes!

VII. The Epilogue (42:7-17)

7 After the Lord had spoken these things to Job, het said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My anger is stirred upt against you and your two friends, because you have not spoken about me what is right,t as my servant Job has.

8 So now taket seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. And my servant Job will intercedet for you, and I will respect him,t so that I do not deal with yout according to your folly,t because you have not spoken about me what is right, as my servant Job has.”s

9 So they went, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, and did just as the Lord had told them; and the Lord had respect for Job.t
10 So the Lordt restored what Job had losts after he prayed for his friends,t and the Lord doubledt all that had belonged to Job.

11 So they came to him, all his brothers and sisters and all who had known him before, and they dinedt with him in his house. They comforted him and consoled him for all the trouble the Lord had brought on him, and each one gave him a piece of silverts and a gold ring.s
12 So the Lord blessed the second part of Job’s life more than the first. He had 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.13 And he also had seven sonst and three daughters.14 The first daughter he named Jemimah,s the second Keziah,s and the third Keren-Happuch.s

15 Nowhere in all the land could women be found who were as beautiful as Job’s daughters, and their father granted them an inheritance alongside their brothers.
16 After this Job lived 140 years; he saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.

17 And so Job died, old and full of days.