1Job submitteth himself unto God. 7God preferreth Job's cause, and maketh his three friends submit themselves to him. 9He accepteth Job, and doubleth his blessings upon him. 13Job's children. 16His age and death.
1THEN Job answered the LORD, and said,
2I know that athou canst do every thing , and that b1no thought can be withholden from thee.
1Or, no thought of thine can be hindered.
a Ge. 18.14. Je. 32.17,27. Mar. 10.27; 14.36. Is. 43.13. Mat. 19.26. b Ps. 139.2; 94.11. He. 4.13. 1Ch. 28.9. Is. 66.18. Jn. 21.17.
3cWho is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things dtoo wonderful for me, which I knew not.
c ch. 38.2,3. d Ps. 40.5; 139.6; 131.1; 73.22. Pr. 30.2-4. Ro. 11.33.
4Hear, eI beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
e Ge. 18.30,32. Pr. 3.5,6. Is. 45.11. ch. 40.7; 38.3; 34.31,32.
5I have fheard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now gmine eye seeth thee.
f Is. 55.3. Ro. 10.17. g Is. 6.1. Ac. 7.56. Ep. 1.17. Ga. 1.16.
6hWherefore I abhor myself , and repent in idust and ashes.
h Is. 6.5. Ge. 18.27. Eze. 16.63; 36.31. Ps. 51.17; 73.22. Lu. 18.13; 7.37,47. Zec. 12.10. ch. 40.4. Ezr. 9.6. Je. 31.19. Ja. 4.10. 1Ti. 1.13. ch. 2.8. Jonah 3.6. i Da. 9.3. Mat. 11.21.
7¶And it was so , that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to jEliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not kspoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.
j ch. 2.11; 4.1; 8.1; 11.1. k ch. 4; 5; 8; 11; 15; 18; 20; 22. Ps. 51.4.
8Therefore take unto you now lseven bullocks and seven rams, and mgo to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall npray for you: for 2him will I accept: lest I deal with you oafter your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.
2Heb. his face or person, v.9.
l Nu. 23.1. 1Ch. 15.26. He. 10.10,14. Ep. 5.2. m Mat. 5.24. n Eze. 14.14. Ja. 5.14,16. Ge. 20.17. 1Jn. 5.16. o De. 32.6; 4.6. Pr. 8.36.
9So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite pwent, and did according as the LORD commanded them: the LORD also accepted 3Job.
3Heb. the face of Job, Mat. 3.17. Ep. 1.6. 1Pe. 2.5. Pr. 3.11,12.
p Ps. 119.59. ch. 34.31,32.
10And the LORD qturned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD 4gave Job twice as much as he had before.
4Heb. added all that had been to Job unto the double, Zec. 9.12. Is. 40.2.
q Ps. 14.7; 53.6; 85.1; 126.1; 69.33. Pr. 22.4. Lu. 14.11; 23.34. Ge. 20.17.
11rThen came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they sbemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold.
r Pr. 16.7; 14.20. ch. 19.13,14; 30.1. s Ro. 12.15. He. 13.1,3; 12.12. 1Th. 5.14. Is. 35.3. ch. 2.11. Am. 3.6.
12So the LORD tblessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had ufourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.
t ch. 8.7. Ps. 119.71. Mat. 19.29. 1Ti. 6.17. Ja. 5.11. He. 12.11. Is. 61.7. Eze. 36.11. De. 8.16. u v.10. ch. 1.2,3.
13vHe had also seven sons and three daughters.
v Is. 49.17-21. v.10. ch. 1.2.
14And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Keren-happuch.
15And in all the land were no women found wso fair as the daughters of Job: and their father xgave them inheritance among their brethren.
w Ps. 144.12. 1Ki. 1.3. Es. 2.3. x Nu. 27.1-8. Jos. 17.4.
16After this lived Job an yhundred and forty years, and zsaw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations.
y Ps. 91.16. De. 5.16; 6.1,2. Pr. 3.16. z Ge. 50.23. Ps. 128.6. Pr. 17.6.
17aSo Job died, being old and full of days.
a Ge. 15.15; 25.8. ch. 5.26. Pr. 16.32.