Job Submits Himself to the LORD 1 ULT And Job answered Yahweh and said, BSB BSB: Then Job replied to the LORD:
2 ULT “I know that you are able{ to do} everything, and no plan is withheld from you. BSB BSB: “I know that You can do all things and that no plan of Yours can be thwarted.
3 ULT ‘Who is this, concealing counsel without knowledge?’ Therefore I have declared, but I did not understand,{ things} too wonderful for me, and I did not know. 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 ULT ‘Listen, now, and I will speak; I will question you, and you will inform me.’ BSB BSB: You said, ‘Listen now, and I will speak. I will question you, and you shall inform Me.’
5 ULT With the hearing of my ear I had heard{ about} you, but now my eye sees you. BSB BSB: My ears had heard of You, but now my eyes have seen You.
6 ULT Therefore I despise, and 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 ULT So now take for yourselves seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. And Job my servant will pray for you; I will surely lift his face, lest I deal with you{ according to your} folly. For you have not said what is right about me like my servant Job.” 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 ULT And Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite{ and} Zophar the Naamathite went and did as Yahweh had spoken to them, and Yahweh lifted the face of 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 ULT And Yahweh turned the captivity of Job when he prayed for his friends, and Yahweh added{ to} all that{ was} to Job to double. BSB BSB: After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his prosperity and doubled his former possessions.
11 ULT And all of his brothers and all of his sisters and all of the ones knowing him before came to him, and they ate bread with him in his house. And they consoled him and comforted him for all of the troubles that Yahweh had brought upon him, and they each gave one kesitah to him and each{ gave} one earring 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 ULT And Yahweh blessed the finish of Job more than his start. And it was to him 14, 000 sheep and 6, 000 camels and 1, 000 yoke of oxen and 1, 000 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 ULT And it was to him seven sons and three daughters. BSB BSB: And he also had seven sons and three daughters.
14 ULT And he called the name of the first Jemimah and the name of the second Keziah and the name of the third Keren- Happuch. BSB BSB: He named his first daughter Jemimah, his second Keziah, and his third Keren-happuch.
15 ULT And one was not found{ among} women{ as} beautiful as the daughters of Job in all of the land. And their father gave an inheritance to them in the midst of 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 ULT And Job lived 140 years after this, and he saw his sons and the sons of his sons,{ to} four generations. BSB BSB: After this, Job lived 140 years and saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.
17 ULT And Job died, old and full of days. BSB BSB: And so Job died, old and full of years.
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