Job 42:9

Job 42:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according as the Lord commanded them: the Lord also accepted Job.
• New International Version (NIV)So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite did what the Lord told them; and the Lord accepted Job’s prayer.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So 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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the Lord commanded them; for the Lord had accepted Job.

Context of Job 42:9

7When the Lord had spoken to Job, he said this to Eliphaz, the man from Teman: ‘I am very angry with you and with your two friends. The things that my servant Job has said about me are true. But the things that you said were not right. 8You three men must now go to Job. Take seven bulls and seven male sheep with you. Burn them as sacrifices for yourselves. After you have done that, my servant Job will pray for you. I will answer his prayer. Then I will not punish you as you deserve because of your foolish words. My servant Job has spoken the truth about me, but you have not.’ So Eliphaz, the man from Teman, Bildad, the man from Shuah, and Zophar, the man from Naamah, did what the Lord had told them to do. And the Lord answered Job's prayer. 10After Job prayed for his three friends, the Lord made him a rich man again. He gave Job twice as many things as he had before. 11Then Job's brothers and sisters came to eat a big meal with him in his house. People who had been Job's friends came also. They all told him that they were sad about his troubles. They were upset because the Lord had caused him to suffer. Each of them gave Job a piece of silver and a gold ring.

Job 42:9 word by word

וַיֵּלְכוּ֩ אֱלִיפַ֨ז הַתֵּֽימָנִ֜י וּבִלְדַּ֣ד הַשּׁוּחִ֗י צֹפַר֙ הַנַּ֣עֲמָתִ֔י וַֽיַּעֲשׂ֔וּ כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר דִּבֶּ֥ר אֲלֵיהֶ֖ם יְהוָ֑ה וַיִּשָּׂ֥א יְהוָ֖ה אֶת־פְּנֵ֥י אִיּֽוֹב׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• So Eliphazאֱלִיפַז'ĕlîyphaz · EliphazH464
• the Temaniteתֵּימָנִיtêymânîy · TemaniteH8489
• and Bildadבִּלְדַּדbildad · BildadH1085
• the Shuhiteשׁוּחִיshûchîy · ShuhiteH7747
• Zopharצוֹפַרtsôphar · ZopharH6691
• the Naamathiteנַעֲמָתִיna‛ămâthîy · NaamathiteH5284
• wentיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• and didעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• according as the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• commandedדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• also acceptedנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: vowH5375
• Jobאִיּוֹב'îyôb · JobH347
• Jobפָּנֶהpânîym · face: kindnessH6440

Cross-references for Job 42:9

• Job 34:31Someone could say to God, “I am guilty, and I have received my punishment. But I will not do any more wrong things.
• Isaiah 60:14The descendants of your cruel enemies will come to you. They will bend down low in front of you. Everybody who insulted you before will now give you honour. They will call you, ‘The City of the Lord, Zion that is home for Israel's Holy God.’
• Matthew 7:24Jesus then said, ‘Some people listen to my message and they obey it. Those people are like a wise man who built his house on rock.
• John 2:5His mother said to the servants, ‘Do whatever he tells you to do.’
• Acts 9:6Now you must get up and go into the city. Someone there will tell you what you must do.’
• Acts 10:33So I sent some men immediately to bring you here. Thank you that you agreed to come. Now we are all here together, and God is with us. We are ready to listen to your message. Please tell us everything that the Lord God has told you to say.’
• Hebrews 11:8Abraham also believed God. When God told him to leave his home, he obeyed God. He left his home to go to another country, but he did not know where he was going. It was the place that God had promised to give to Abraham.
• Job 22:27You will pray to him, and he will answer you. You will do the things that you have promised to him.
• Proverbs 3:11My child, if the Lord warns you that you have done something wrong, accept it. Do not be upset if he warns you.
• Ecclesiastes 9:7So be happy as you eat your food. Be happy as you drink your wine. God is pleased with you as you do these things.

Commentaries on Job 42:9

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9The Lord also accepted Job - Margin, as in Job 42:8, “the face of.” The meaning is, that he accepted his prayers and offerings in behalf of his friends.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-9Verses 7-9 After the Lord had convinced and humbled Job, and brought him to repentance, he owned him, comforted him, and put honour upon him. The devil had undertaken to prove Job a hypocrite, and his three friends had condemned him as a wicked man; but if God say, Well done, thou good and faithful servant, it is of little consequence who says otherwise. Job's friends had wronged God, by making prosperity a mark of the true church, and affliction a…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-9The LORD made Job the "mediator" that Job had hoped to find for himself and that Elihu wanted to be (9:33; 16:19–21; 19:25; 32:1–37:24). go to My servant Job: God wanted Job’s friends to make peace with Job before they offered their gifts (Matthew 5:23–24). My servant Job will pray for you: He had also prayed for his children (1:5; compare James 5:16; 1 John 5:16). When the LORD accepted Job’s prayer, it ironically fulfilled Eliphaz’s promise (Job…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. The forgiving spirit of Job foreshadows the love of Jesus Christ and of Christians to enemies (Mt 5:44; Lu 23:34; Ac 7:60; 16:24, 28, 30, 31).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 42:9

• Eliphaz
• Intercession
• Zophar

In the dictionaries

• Job
• Ashes
• Hearing
• Wonderful
• Accept; Acceptable; Acceptation
• Mediation; Mediator
• Shuhite
• Naamathite
• Zophar

Commentaries on Job 42

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings