Job 42

1Then Job answered Jehovah, and said,

1And Job said in answer to the Lord,

1Then Job answered the Lord, and said:

2I know that thou canst do all things, And that no purpose of thine can be restrained.

2I see that you are able to do every thing, and to give effect to all your designs.

2I know that thou canst do all things, and no thought is hid from thee.

3Who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore have I uttered that which I understood not, Things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

3Who is this who makes dark the purpose of God by words without knowledge? For I have been talking without knowledge about wonders not to be searched out.

3Who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore I have spoken unwisely, and things that above measure exceeded my knowledge.

4Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak; I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

4Give ear to me, and I will say what is in my mind; I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.

4Hear, and I will speak: I will ask thee, and do thou tell me.

5I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear; But now mine eye seeth thee:

5Word of you had come to my ears, but now my eye has seen you.

5With the hearing of the ear, I have heard thee, but now my eye seeth thee.

6Wherefore I abhor myself, And repent in dust and ashes.

6For this cause I give witness that what I said is false, and in sorrow I take my seat in the dust.

6Therefore I reprehend myself, and do penance in dust and ashes.

7And it was so, that, after Jehovah had spoken these words unto Job, Jehovah said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends; for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.

7And it came about, after he had said these words to Job, that the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, I am very angry with you and your two friends, because you have not said what is right about me, as my servant Job has.

7And after the Lord had spoken these words to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Themanite: My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends, because you have not spoken the thing that is right before me, as my servant Job hath.

8Now therefore, take unto you seven bullocks 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 him will I accept, that I deal not with you after your folly; for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.

8And now, take seven oxen and seven sheep, and go to my servant Job, and give a burned offering for yourselves, and my servant Job will make prayer for you, that I may not send punishment on you; because you have not said what is right about me, as my servant Job has.

8Take unto you therefore seven oxen and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer for yourselves a holocaust, and my servant Job shall pray for you: his face I will accept, that folly be not imputed to you: for you have not spoken right things before me, as my servant Job hath.

9So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according as Jehovah commanded them: and Jehovah accepted Job.

9And Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, went and did as the Lord had said. And the Lord gave ear to Job.

9So Eliphaz the Themanite, and Baldad the Suhite, and Sophar the Naamathite went, and did as the Lord had spoken to them, and the Lord accepted the face of Job.

10And Jehovah turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: and Jehovah gave Job twice as much as he had before.

10And the Lord made up to Job for all his losses, after he had made prayer for his friends: and all Job had before was increased by the Lord twice as much.

10The Lord also was turned at the penance of Job, when he prayed for his friends. And the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.

11Then 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 bemoaned him, and comforted him concerning all the evil that Jehovah had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one a ring of gold.

11And all his brothers and sisters, and his friends of earlier days, came and took food with him in his house; and made clear their grief for him, and gave him comfort for all the evil which the Lord had sent on him; and they all gave him a bit of money and a gold ring.

11And all his brethren came to him, and all his sisters, and all that knew him before, and they ate bread with him in his house: and bemoaned him, and comforted him upon all the evil that God had brought upon him. And every man gave him one ewe, and one earring of gold.

12So Jehovah blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: and he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she-asses.

12And the Lord's blessing was greater on the end of Job's life than on its start: and so he came to have fourteen thousand sheep and goats, and six thousand camels, and two thousand oxen, and a thousand she-asses.

12And the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning. And he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.

13He had also seven sons and three daughters.

13And he had seven sons and three daughters.

13And he had seven sons, and three daughters.

14And he called the name of the first, Jemimah; and the name of the second, Keziah; and the name of the third, Keren-happuch.

14And he gave the first the name of Jemimah, the second Keziah, and the third Keren-happuch;

14And he called the name of one Dies, and the name of the second Cassia, and the name of the third Cornustibii.

15And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.

15And there were no women so beautiful as the daughters of Job in all the earth: and their father gave them a heritage among their brothers.

15And there were not found in all the earth women so beautiful as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.

16And after this Job lived a hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, even four generations.

16And after this Job had a hundred and forty years of life, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations.

16And Job lived after these things, a hundred and forty years, and he saw his children, and his children's children, unto the fourth generation, and he died an old man, and full of days.

17So Job died, being old and full of days.

17And Job came to his end, old and full of days.

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