Job 42:10

Job 42:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the Lord turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.
• New International Version (NIV)After Job had prayed for his friends, the Lord restored his fortunes and gave him twice as much as he had before.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And the Lord restored Job’s losses when he prayed for his friends. Indeed the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.
• New Living Translation (NLT)When Job prayed for his friends, the Lord restored his fortunes. In fact, the Lord gave him twice as much as before!

Context of Job 42:10

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." 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. And 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. 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 that the Lord had brought upon him. And each of them gave him a piece of money and a ring of gold. 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 42:10 word by word

וַֽיהוָ֗ה שָׁ֚ב אֶת־שְׁב֣וּת אִיּ֔וֹב בְּהִֽתְפַּֽלְל֖וֹ בְּעַ֣ד רֵעֵ֑הוּ וַ֧יֹּסֶף יְהוָ֛ה אֶת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֥ר לְאִיּ֖וֹב לְמִשְׁנֶֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• turnedשׁוּבshûb · to return: rescueH7725
• the captivityשְׁבִיתshebûth shebîyth · captivityH7622
• of Jobאִיּוֹב'îyôb · JobH347
• when he prayedפָּלַלpâlal · to prayH6419
• for his friendsרֵעַrêa‛ rêya‛ · neighborH7453
• gaveיָסַףyâsaph · to addH3254
• twice as muchמִשְׁנֶהmishneh · secondH4932

Cross-references for Job 42:10

• Job 5:18For he wounds, but he binds up; he shatters, but his hands heal.
• Deuteronomy 30:3then the Lord your God will restore your fortunes and have mercy on you, and he will gather you again from all the peoples where the Lord your God has scattered you.
• Psalms 14:7Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion! When the Lord restores the fortunes of his people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.
• Psalms 53:6Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion! When God restores the fortunes of his people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.
• Psalms 126:1When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dream.
• Genesis 20:17Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, and also healed his wife and female slaves so that they bore children.
• Exodus 17:4So Moses cried to the Lord, "What shall I do with this people? They are almost ready to stone me."
• Numbers 12:2And they said, "Has the Lord indeed spoken only through Moses? Has he not spoken through us also?" And the Lord heard it.
• Numbers 14:1Then all the congregation raised a loud cry, and the people wept that night.
• Numbers 16:21"Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment."
• Deuteronomy 9:20And the Lord was so angry with Aaron that he was ready to destroy him. And I prayed for Aaron also at the same time.
• Luke 16:27And he said, 'Then I beg you, father, to send him to my father's house—
• Acts 7:50Did not my hand make all these things?'
• Job 8:6if you are pure and upright, surely then he will rouse himself for you and restore your rightful habitation.
• Job 22:24if you lay gold in the dust, and gold of Ophir among the stones of the torrent-bed,
• Deuteronomy 8:18You shall remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth, that he may confirm his covenant that he swore to your fathers, as it is this day.

Commentaries on Job 42:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10The Lord turned the captivity of Job - The Vulgate has: Dominus quoque conversus est ad poenitentiam Job; "And the Lord turned Job to repentance." The Chaldee: "The Word of the Lord (דיי מימרא meymera dayai ) turned the captivity of Job." There is a remark which these words suggest, which has been rarely, if at all, noticed. It is said that the Lord turned the captivity of Job When He Prayed for His Friends. He had suffered much through the unkindness of…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10And the Load turned the captivity of Job - Restored him to his former prosperity. The language is taken from restoration to country and home after having been a captive in a foreign land. This language is often applied in the Scriptures to the return of the Jews from their captivity in Babylon, and some writers have made use of it as an argument to show that Job lived “after” that event. But this conclusion is unwarranted. The language is so general that…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-17Verses 10-17 In the beginning of this book we had Job's patience under his troubles, for an example; here, for our encouragement to follow that example, we have his happy end. His troubles began in Satan's malice, which God restrained; his restoration began in God's mercy, which Satan could not oppose. Mercy did not return when Job was disputing with his friends, but when he was praying for them. God is served and pleased with our warm devotions, not with…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10Job's fortunes probably included his health (42:16–17). God created humans to bless them, not to do them harm (curse).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. turned ... captivity--proverbial for restored, or amply indemnified him for all he had lost (Eze 16:53; Psa 14:7; Ho 6:11). Thus the future vindication of man, body and soul, against Satan (Job 1:9-12), at the resurrection (Job 19:25-27), has its earnest and adumbration in the temporal vindication of Job at last by Jehovah in person. twice--so to the afflicted literal and spiritual Jerusalem (Is 40:2; 60:7; 61:7; Zec 9:12). As in Job's case, so in…Read the comment

Topics related to Job 42:10

• Blessing
• Intercession
• Job

In the dictionaries

• Job
• Ashes
• Hearing
• Wonderful
• Captive
• Joel (2)
• Mediation; Mediator

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