Job 42

CHAPTER 42 Job's defense

1 And undertaking, Job [²to the ³ lord ¹says], 2 I know that in all things you are able, [³is powerless ¹and ⁴to you ²nothing]. 3 For who is the one hiding you counsel, and sparing words, and [³you ¹imagines ²to hide]? And who announces to me things which I knew not, great and wonderful, things which I had no knowledge? 4 But hear me, O lord! for I also shall speak. And I will ask you, and you teach me! 5 Hearing indeed in my ear, I heard of you formerly; but now my eye sees you. 6 Therefore I treated [²as worthless ¹myself], and I was melted away; and I esteem myself earth and ashes.

Job Acquitted

7 And it came to pass after the [²speaking ¹ lord] all these words to Job, [³said ¹the ² lord] to Eliphaz the Temanite, You sinned and [²two ³friends ¹your], [³not ¹for ²you spoke ⁵before ⁶me ⁷true ⁴anything], as my attendant Job. 8 And now, take seven calves, and seven rams, and go to my attendant Job! and he shall offer a yield offering for you, for in no way [²of his face ¹shall I receive], for but on account of him I would have destroyed you. [³not ¹For ²you did] speak true concerning my attendant Job. 9 And they went -- Eliphaz the Temanite, and Baldad the Shuhite, and Sophar the Minean. And they went as [³ordered ⁴them ¹the ² lord], and he dismissed their sin because of Job.

The LORD Gives Job Double

10 And the lord increased Job. [³making a vow ¹And ²of his] and because of being his friends he forgave to them the sin. [⁴gave ¹And ²the ³ lord] double, as much as was Job's before, by doubling. 11 [⁶heard ¹And ²all ³his brothers ⁴and ⁵his sisters] all the things coming to pass to him. And came to him even all as many as knew him at first. And eating and drinking with him, they comforted him. And they wondered upon all which [³brought ⁴upon ⁵him ¹the ² lord]. [²they ⁴gave ¹And ⁵to him ³each ⁷ewe-lamb ⁶one], and a four-drachma [²gold ¹piece of unmarked]. 12 And the lord blessed the latter end of Job than the former. [⁴was ¹And ³cattle ²his] -- [³sheep ¹ten thousand ²four thousand], [²camels ¹six thousand], [²teams ³of oxen ¹a thousand], [⁴donkeys ²female ³grazing ¹a thousand]. 13 And there were born to him [²sons ¹seven] and [²daughters ¹three]. 14 And he called the first, Day, and the second, Keziah, and the third, Amalthaia's Horn. 15 And there were not found according to the daughters of Job better than they among the places under heaven. [⁴gave ¹And ⁵to them ²their ³father] an inheritance among the brethren. 16 [³lived ¹And ²Job] after the calamity [³years ¹a hundred ²forty]. And Job saw his sons, and the sons of his sons, to the fourth generation. 17 And Job came to an end an old man and full of days.