Job 42

1 Then Job responded to Yahweh, and said: —

Then Job replied to the LORD:

2 I know that, all things, thou canst do, and that no purpose can be withholden from thee.

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

3 Who is it that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore, have I declared, but not understood, things too wonderful for me, which I could not 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 Hear thou, I pray thee, and, I, will speak, I will ask thee, and inform thou me.

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

5 By the hearing of the ear, had I heard thee, but, now, mine own eye, hath seen thee.

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

6 For this cause, I tremble and repent, on dust and ashes.

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

7 And it came to pass, after Yahweh had spoken these words unto Job, that Yahweh, said unto Eliphaz the Temanite, Kindled is mine anger against thee and against thy two friends, for ye have not spoken concerning me the thing that is right, like my servant Job.

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 Now, therefore, take unto you seven bullocks and seven rams, and go unto my servant Job, and ye shall offer up an ascending-sacrifice in your own behalf, and, Job my servant, shall pray over you, —for, him, will I accept, that I may not deal out to you disgrace, because ye have not spoken concerning me the thing that is right, like my servant Job.

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 and Bildad the Shuhite [and] Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according to that which Yahweh had spoken unto them, —and Yahweh accepted Job.

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 And, Yahweh himself, turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed in behalf of his friends, —and Yahweh increased all that Job had possessed, unto twice as much.

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

11 Then came unto him all his brethren and all his sisters, and all his former acquaintances, and they did eat bread with him in his house, —and shewed sympathy with him and comforted him, over all the calamity which Yahweh had brought upon him, —and they gave him, every one a weight of money, and every one, a ring of gold.

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 And, Yahweh, blessed the latter end of Job, more than his beginning, —and so he came to have fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she-asses.

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 And he came to have seven sons, and three daughters;

And he also had seven sons and three daughters.

14 and he called the name of the first Jemima, and the name of the second Kezia, —and the name of the third, Keren-happuch.

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

15 And there were found no women so fair as the daughters of Job, in all the land, —and their father gave them an inheritance, in the midst of their brethren.

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 And Job lived, after this, a hundred and forty years, —and saw his sons and his sons’ sons, four generations.

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

17 So Job died, old and satisfied with days.

And so Job died, old and full of years.