Job 42:1–6; Job 42:10–17

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Job 42:1–6

Job’s Confession and Repentance

Then Job answered the Lord and said:

I know that you can hdo all things,

and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted.

iWho is this that hides counsel without knowledge?

Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand,

things jtoo wonderful for me, which I did not know.

Hear, and I will speak;

kI will question you, and you make it known to me.

I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear,

but now my eye sees you;

therefore I despise myself,

and repent1 in ldust and ashes.


Job 42:10–17

The Lord Restores Job’s Fortunes

10 And the Lord rrestored the fortunes of Job, when he had prayed for his friends. And the Lord gave Job stwice as much as he had before. 11 Then came to him all his tbrothers and sisters and all who had tknown him before, and ate bread with him in his house. And they ushowed him sympathy and comforted him for all the evil1 that the Lord had brought upon him. And each of them gave him va piece of money2 and wa ring of gold.

12 And the Lord blessed xthe latter days of Job more than his beginning. And he had y14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys. 13 He had also zseven sons and three daughters. 14 And he called the name of the first daughter Jemimah, and the name of the second Keziah, and the name of the third Keren-happuch. 15 And in all the land there were no women so beautiful as Job’s daughters. And their father gave them an inheritance aamong their brothers. 16 And after this Job lived 140 years, and bsaw his sons, and his sons’ sons, four generations. 17 And Job died, an old man, and cfull of days.