Job 42 | Strong's Bible

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CHAPTER 42

Then Job

replied

to the LORD:

“I know

that

You can do

all things

and that no

plan

of Yours

can be thwarted.

You asked, ‘Who

is this

who conceals

My counsel

without

knowledge?’

Surely

I spoke of things

I did not

understand,

things too wonderful

for

me to know.

You said, ‘Listen

now,

and I

will speak.

I will question you,

and you shall answer Me.’

My ears

had heard of You,

but now

my eyes

have seen You.

Therefore

I retract my words,

and I repent

in

dust

and ashes.”

After

the LORD

had spoken

these

words

to

Job,

He

said

to

Eliphaz

the Temanite,

“My wrath

is kindled

against you

and your two

friends.

For

you have not

spoken

about Me

accurately,

as My servant

Job has.

So now,

take

seven

bulls

and seven

rams,

go

to

My servant

Job,

and sacrifice

a burnt offering

for yourselves.

Then My servant

Job

will pray

for you,

for

I will accept

his prayer

and not

deal

with you

according to your folly.

For

you have not

spoken

accurately

about Me,

as My servant

Job has."

So Eliphaz

the Temanite,

Bildad

the Shuhite,

and Zophar

the Naamathite

went

and did

as

the LORD

had told them;

and the LORD

accepted

Job’s request.

After Job

had prayed

for

his friends,

the LORD

restored

his prosperity

and doubled

his

former possessions.

All

his brothers

and sisters

and prior

acquaintances

came

and dined

with him

in his house.

They consoled

him

and comforted

him

over

all

the adversity

that

the LORD

had brought

upon him.

And each

one gave

him

a

piece of silver

and a

gold

ring.

So the LORD

blessed

Job's

latter days

more than his first.

He owned

14,000

sheep,

6,000

camels,

1,000

yoke

of oxen,

and 1,000

female donkeys.

And he also had

seven

sons

and three

daughters.

He named

his first

daughter Jemimah,

his second

Keziah,

and his third

Keren-happuch.

No

women

as beautiful

as Job’s

daughters

could be found

in all

the land,

and their father

granted

them

an inheritance

among

their brothers.

After

this,

Job

lived

140

years

and saw

his children

and their

children

to the fourth

generation.

And so Job

died,

old

and full

of years.

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