Job 42

1 Then Job answered Jehovah, and said,

2 I know that thou canst do all things, And that no purpose of thine can be restrained.

3 Who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore have I uttered that which I understood not, Things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

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

5 I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear; But now mine eye seeth thee:

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

7 And it was so, that, after Jehovah had spoken these words unto Job, Jehovah 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.8 Now therefore, take unto you 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, that I deal not with you after your folly; for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.9 So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according as Jehovah commanded them: and Jehovah accepted Job.

10 And Jehovah turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: and Jehovah gave Job twice as much as he had before.11 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 concerning all the evil that Jehovah had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one a ring of gold.12 So 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.13 He had also seven sons and three daughters.14 And he called the name of the first, Jemimah: and the name of the second, Keziah; and the name of the third, Keren-happuch.15 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.16 And after this Job lived a hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, even four generations.17 So Job died, being old and full of days.

Job 42

Job: Nå har jeg sett deg

1 Da svarte Job Herren og sa:

2  t Jeg vet at du makter alt.
Ingen ting er umulig for deg når du vil det.

3  t Hvem skjuler din plan med uforstand?
For jeg har talt uten å forstå
om det som er så underfullt at jeg ikke fatter det.

4 Så hør på det jeg nå sier:
Jeg vil spørre deg, så kan du lære meg.

5 Før hadde jeg bare hørt rykter om deg.
Nå har jeg sett deg med egne øyne.

6 Derfor kaller jeg alt tilbake og angrer
i støv og aske.

Herren velsigner Job

(42,7–17)

9 t Elifas fra Teman, Bildad fra Sjuah og Sofar fra Naama gikk da av sted og gjorde som Herren hadde sagt, og Herren bønnhørte Job.
10  t Herren vendte Jobs skjebne da han ba for vennene sine, og lot ham få dobbelt så mye som han hadde hatt før.

11 Alle hans brødre og søstre og tidligere kjenninger kom til ham. De spiste med ham i hans hus, viste medfølelse og trøstet ham for alt det vonde som Herren hadde latt komme over ham. Hver og en ga ham et pengestykke og en gullring.
12  t Og Herren velsignet Jobs siste år mer enn de første. Han fikk fjorten tusen sauer, seks tusen kameler, tusen par okser og tusen eselhopper. 13 t Han fikk sju sønner og tre døtre. 14 t Den ene datteren kalte han Jemima, den andre Kesia og den tredje Keren-Happuk.

15 t I hele landet fantes ikke vakrere kvinner enn døtrene til Job; og faren ga dem arverett sammen med brødrene.
16  t Deretter levde Job i 140 år og fikk se barn og barnebarn i fire slektsledd. 17 t Så døde Job, gammel og mett av dager.