Job Submits Himself to the LORD 1 UEB Then Job answered Yahweh and said, BSB BSB: Then Job replied to the LORD:
2 UEB "I know that you can do all things, that no purpose of yours can be stopped. BSB BSB: “I know that You can do all things and that no plan of Yours can be thwarted.
3 UEB 'Who is this who without knowledge conceals plans?' Indeed, I have spoken things that I did not understand, things too difficult for me to understand, which I did not know about. BSB BSB: 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 UEB You said to me, 'Listen, now, and I will speak; I will ask you things, and you will tell me.' BSB BSB: You said, ‘Listen now, and I will speak. I will question you, and you shall inform Me.’
5 UEB I had heard about you by my ear's hearing, but now my eye sees you. BSB BSB: My ears had heard of You, but now my eyes have seen You.
6 UEB So I despise myself; I repent in dust and ashes." BSB BSB: Therefore I despise myself, and I repent in dust and ashes.”
The LORD Rebukes Job’s Friends 8 UEB Now therefore, take for yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering. My servant Job will pray for you, and I will accept his prayer, so that I may not deal with you after your folly. You have not said what is right about me, as my servant Job has done." BSB BSB: 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 UEB So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as Yahweh had commanded them, and Yahweh accepted Job. BSB BSB: 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 prayer.
The LORD Blesses Job 10 UEB When Job prayed for his friends, Yahweh restored his fortunes. Yahweh gave him twice as much as he had possessed before. BSB BSB: After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his prosperity and doubled his former possessions.
11 UEB Then all Job's brothers, and all his sisters, and all who knew him before, came to him and ate food with him in his house. They showed him sympathy and comforted him for all the disasters that Yahweh had brought upon him, and each of them gave Job a piece of silver and a ring of gold. BSB BSB: 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 UEB Yahweh blessed the final end of Job's life more than the first; he had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and one thousand female donkeys. BSB BSB: 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 UEB He also had seven sons and three daughters. BSB BSB: And he also had seven sons and three daughters.
14 UEB He named the first daughter Jemimah, the second Keziah, and the third Keren-Happuch. BSB BSB: He named his first daughter Jemimah, his second Keziah, and his third Keren-happuch.
15 UEB In all the land no women were found as beautiful as Job's daughters. Their father gave them an inheritance along with their brothers. BSB BSB: 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 UEB After this, Job lived 140 years; he saw his sons and his sons' sons, up to four generations. BSB BSB: After this, Job lived 140 years and saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.
17 UEB Then Job died, being old and full of days. BSB BSB: And so Job died, old and full of years.
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