Job 42

1 Then Job answered the Lord.

Then Job replied to the LORD:

2 “I know you can do anything. No one can prevent you doing what you want.

“I know that You can do all things and that no plan of Yours can be thwarted.

3 You asked, ‘Who is this who questions my wisdom by talking so ignorantly?’ I was speaking about things I didn't understand—things too wonderful for me to know.

You asked, ‘Who is this who conceals My counsel without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.

4 You told me, ‘Listen to me, I am going to speak. I am going to question you, and you must answer me.’

You said, ‘Listen now, and I will speak. I will question you, and you shall inform Me.’

5 Before, I had only heard about you, but now I've seen you for myself.

My ears had heard of You, but now my eyes have seen You.

6 That is why I'm sorry for what I said, and I repent in dust and ashes.”

Therefore I retract my words, and I repent in dust and ashes.”

7 After the Lord had finished speaking to Job he said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “I am angry with you and your two friends because you have not told the truth about me, as my servant Job did.

After the LORD had spoken these words to Job, He said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you and your two friends. For you have not spoken about Me accurately, as My servant Job has.

8 So take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job, and you shall offer a burnt offering for yourselves. My servant Job will pray on your behalf and I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your foolishness, because you have not told the truth about me, as my servant Job did.”

So now, take seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. Then My servant Job will pray for you, for I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken accurately about Me, as My servant Job has.”

9 So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite did what the Lord commanded them, and the Lord accepted Job's prayer.

So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the LORD had told them; and the LORD accepted Job’s request.

10 The Lord restored Job's prosperity when he prayed for his friends, and gave him twice as much as he had before.

After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his prosperity and doubled his former possessions.

11 Then all his brothers and sisters and friends he'd previously known came and ate with him at his home. They showed him sympathy and comforted him because of all the trouble the Lord had caused him. Each one of them gave him money and a gold ring.

All his brothers and sisters and prior acquaintances came and dined with him in his house. They consoled him and comforted him over all the adversity that the LORD had brought upon him. And each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring.

12 The Lord blessed the last part of Job's life more than the first part. Now he owned 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 teams of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.

So the LORD blessed Job’s latter days more than his first. He owned 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.

13 Job also had seven sons and three daughters.

And he also had seven sons and three daughters.

14 Job called the first daughter Jemimah, the second Keziah, and the third Keren-Happuch.

He named his first daughter Jemimah, his second Keziah, and his third Keren-happuch.

15 Nowhere in all the land were there women as beautiful as Job's daughters, and Job gave them the same inheritance as their brothers.

No women as beautiful as Job’s daughters could be found in all the land, and their father granted them an inheritance among their brothers.

16 Job lived 140 years after this, seeing his children, and grandchildren, in fact four generations.

After this, Job lived 140 years and saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.

17 Then Job died at an old age, having lived a very full life.

And so Job died, old and full of years.