English Standard Version
Job 42:9
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.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite did as the Lord commanded them, and the Lord accepted Job’s prayer.
Context of Job 42:9
7After the Lord had spoken these words to Job, the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite: "My anger burns against you and against your two friends, for you have not spoken of me what is right, as my servant Job has. 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." 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. 10And 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.
Read all of Job 42Job 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 34:31"For has anyone said to God, 'I have borne punishment; I will not offend any more;
- Isaiah 60:14The sons of those who afflicted you shall come bending low to you, and all who despised you shall bow down at your feet; they shall call you the City of the Lord, the Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
- Matthew 7:24"Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
- John 2:5His mother said to the servants, "Do whatever he tells you."
- Acts 9:6But rise and enter the city, and you will be told what you are to do."
- Acts 10:33So I sent for you at once, and you have been kind enough to come. Now therefore we are all here in the presence of God to hear all that you have been commanded by the Lord."
- Hebrews 11:8By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place that he was to receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going.
- Job 22:27You will make your prayer to him, and he will hear you, and you will pay your vows.
- Proverbs 3:11My son, do not despise the Lord's discipline or be weary of his reproof,
- Ecclesiastes 9:7Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart, for God has already approved what you do.
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
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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
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