Job 42New King James Version
Job’s Repentance and Restoration
42 Then Job answered theLordand said:
2 “I know that You(A)can do everything,
And that no purposeof Yourscan be withheld from You.
3 You asked,(B)‘Whoisthis who hides counsel without knowledge?’
Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand,
(C)Things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.
4 Listen, please, and let me speak;
You said,(D)‘I will question you, and you shall answer Me.’
5 “I have(E)heard of You by the hearing of the ear,
But now my eye sees You.
6 Therefore I(F)abhor[a]myself,
And repent in dust and ashes.”
7 And so it was, after theLordhad spoken these words to Job, that theLordsaid to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is aroused against you and your two friends, for you have not spoken of Mewhat isright, as My servant Jobhas.8 Now therefore, take for yourselves(G)seven bulls and seven rams,(H)go to My servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and My servant Job shall(I)pray for you. For I will accept[b]him, lest I deal with youaccording to yourfolly; because you have not spoken of Mewhat isright, as My servant Jobhas.”
9 So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the ShuhiteandZophar the Naamathite went and did as theLordcommanded them; for theLordhad[c]accepted Job.10 (J)And theLord[d]restored Job’s losses when he prayed for his friends. Indeed theLordgave Job(K)twice as much as he had before.11 Then(L)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 theLordhad brought upon him. Each one gave him a piece of silver and each a ring of gold.
12 Now theLordblessed(M)the latterdaysof Job more than his beginning; for he had(N)fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and one thousand female donkeys.13 (O)He also had seven sons and three daughters.14 And he called the name of the first[e]Jemimah, the name of the second[f]Keziah, and the name of the third[g]Keren-Happuch.15 In all the land were found no womensobeautiful as the daughters of Job; and their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers.
16 After this Job(P)lived one hundred and forty years, and saw his children and grandchildrenforfour generations.17 So Job died, old and(Q)full of days.
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