1Then Job replied to the Lord:2‘I know that you can do all things; no purpose of yours can be thwarted.3You 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.4‘You said, “Listen now, and I will speak; I will question you, and you shall answer me.”5My ears had heard of you but now my eyes have seen you.6Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes.’
Epilogue
7After 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.8So 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.’9So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite did what the Lord told them; and the Lord accepted Job’s prayer.10After Job had prayed for his friends, the Lord restored his fortunes and gave him twice as much as he had before.11All 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 silver[1] and a gold ring.12The 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.13And he also had seven sons and three daughters.14The first daughter he named Jemimah, the second Keziah and the third Keren-Happuch.15Nowhere 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.16After this, Job lived a hundred and forty years; he saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.17And so Job died, an old man and full of years.
Job 42
English Standard Version
Job’s Confession and Repentance
1Then Job answered the Lord and said:2“I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted. (Ge 18:14; Mt 19:26)3‘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. (Job 38:2; Ps 40:5; Ps 131:1; Ps 139:6)4‘Hear, and I will speak; I will question you, and you make it known to me.’ (Job 38:3; Job 40:7)5I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you;6therefore I despise myself, and repent[1] in dust and ashes.” (Ge 18:27; Job 2:8; Job 30:19)
The Lord Rebukes Job’s Friends
7After 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. (1Ch 1:45; Job 2:11)8Now 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.” (Ge 20:7; Nu 23:1; 1Sa 12:23; 1Ch 15:26; Job 1:5; Jas 5:16; 1Jo 5:16)9So 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. (Job 2:11)
The Lord Restores Job’s Fortunes
10And 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. (Ps 14:7; Isa 40:2; Isa 61:7)11Then 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 evil[2] that the Lord had brought upon him. And each of them gave him a piece of money[3] and a ring of gold. (Ge 24:22; Ge 33:19; Jos 24:32; Job 2:11; Job 19:13)12And 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. (Job 1:3; Job 8:7; Job 42:10)13He had also seven sons and three daughters. (Job 1:2)14And he called the name of the first daughter Jemimah, and the name of the second Keziah, and the name of the third Keren-happuch.15And in all the land there were no women so beautiful as Job’s daughters. And their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers. (Nu 27:1)16And after this Job lived 140 years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, four generations. (Ge 50:23; Ps 128:6; Isa 53:10)17And Job died, an old man, and full of days. (Job 5:26)