Job 42

American Standard Version

1Then JobH347 answered Jehovah, and saidH559,

2I knowH3045 that thou canst do all things,And that no purposeH4209 of thine can be restrained.3Who is this that hideth counselH6098 without knowledgeH1847?ThereforeH3651 have I uttered that which I understoodH995 not,ThingsH6381 too wonderfulH6381 for me, which I knewH3045 not.4HearH8085, I beseech thee, and I will speakH1696;I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.5I had heardH8085 of thee by the hearing of the earH241;But nowH6258 mine eyeH5869 seeth thee:6Wherefore I abhor myself,And repentH5162 in dustH6083 and ashesH665.

7And it wasH1961 so, that, after Jehovah had spokenH1696 these wordsH1697 unto JobH347, Jehovah saidH559 to EliphazH464 the TemaniteH8489, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy twoH8147 friendsH7453; for ye have not spokenH1696 of me the thingH1697 that is right, as my servantH5650 JobH347 hath. 8NowH6258 thereforeH6258, takeH3947 unto you sevenH7651 bullocks and sevenH7651 ramsH352, and goH5927 to my servantH5650 JobH347, and offerH5927 up for yourselves a burnt-offering; and my servantH5650 JobH347 shall prayH6419 for you; for him will I acceptH3947, that I deal not with you after your follyH5039; for ye have not spokenH1696 of me the thing that is right, as my servantH5650 JobH347 hath. 9So EliphazH464 the TemaniteH8489 and BildadH1085 the ShuhiteH7747 and ZopharH6691 the NaamathiteH5284 went, and did according as Jehovah commanded them: and Jehovah accepted JobH347.

10And Jehovah turnedH7725 the captivityH7622 of JobH347, whenH834 he prayedH6419 for his friendsH7453: and Jehovah gave JobH347 twice as much as he had before. 11Then cameH935 there unto him all his brethren, and all his sistersH269, and all they that had been of his acquaintance beforeH6440, and did eatH398 breadH3899 with him in his houseH1004: and they bemoaned him, and comfortedH5162 him concerning all the evilH7451 that Jehovah had broughtH935 upon him: every manH376 also gaveH5414 him a pieceH7192 of moneyH7192, and every oneH259 a ringH5141 of goldH2091. 12So Jehovah blessedH1288 the latterH319 endH319 of JobH347 more than his beginning: and he had fourteen thousandH505 sheepH6629, and sixH8337 thousandH505 camelsH1581, and a thousandH505 yoke of oxenH1241, and a thousandH505 she-asses. 13He had also seven sonsH1121 and threeH7969 daughtersH1323. 14And he calledH7121 the nameH8034 of the first, Jemimah; and the nameH8034 of the secondH8145, Keziah; and the nameH8034 of the thirdH7992, Keren-happuch. 15And in all the landH776 were no womenH802 foundH4672 so fair as the daughtersH1323 of JobH347: and their fatherH1 gaveH5414 them inheritanceH5159 among their brethren. 16And after this JobH347 livedH2421 a hundredH3967 and fortyH705 yearsH8141, and sawH7200 his sonsH1121, and his sons’H1121 sonsH1121, even fourH702 generationsH1755. 17So JobH347 diedH4191, being oldH2205 and full of daysH3117.

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American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain