Job 42
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1Then Job answered Yahweh, 2“I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be restrained. 3You asked, ‘Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?’ therefore I have uttered that which I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I didn’t know. 4You said, ‘Listen, now, and I will speak; I will question you, and you will answer me.’ 5I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you. 6Therefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.” 7It was so, that after Yahweh had spoken these words to Job, Yahweh said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you, and against your two friends; for you have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job has. 8Now therefore, take to yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you, for I will accept him, that I not deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job has.” 9So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did what Yahweh commanded them, and Yahweh accepted Job. 10Yahweh turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends. Yahweh gave Job twice as much as he had before. 11Then came there to him all his brothers, and all his sisters, and all those who had been of his acquaintance before, and ate bread with him in his house. They comforted him, and consoled him concerning all the evil that Yahweh had brought on him. Everyone also gave him a piece of money, and everyone a ring of gold. 12So Yahweh blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand female donkeys. 13He had also seven sons and three daughters. 14He called the name of the first, Jemimah; and the name of the second, Keziah; and the name of the third, Keren Happuch. 15In all the land were no women found so beautiful as the daughters of Job. Their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers. 16After this Job lived one hundred forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, to four generations. 17So Job died, being old and full of days.
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“"I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you;"”
Job 42:5
Summary
Job 42 marks the conclusion of the Book of Job, where Job responds to God with humility and repentance. After God’s overwhelming response from the whirlwind, Job acknowledges God’s infinite power and wisdom, confessing that he has spoken of things beyond his understanding. He repents in dust and ashes, demonstrating a changed heart. God then turns to Job’s friends, condemning their false counsel and instructing them to offer sacrifices, with Job interceding on their behalf. This signifies the importance of proper understanding of God and Job’s role as a mediator, reflecting the restoration of relationships. Subsequently, God restores Job's fortunes, doubling his previous wealth, blessing him with more children and long life. The narrative emphasizes themes of restoration, justice, and the sovereignty of God over human affairs.
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