Job 42
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Then Job answered the Lord and said:
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"I know that you can h do all things,
and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted.
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i 'Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?'
Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand,
things j too wonderful for me, which I did not know.
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'Hear, and I will speak;
k I will question you, and you make it known to me.'
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I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear,
but now my eye sees you;
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therefore I despise myself,
and repent in l dust and ashes."
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After the Lord had spoken these words to Job, the Lord said to Eliphaz m the Temanite: "My anger burns against you and against your two friends, for you have not spoken of me what is right, as my servant Job has.
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Now therefore take n seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and o offer up a burnt offering for yourselves. And my servant Job shall p pray for you, for I will accept his prayer not to deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken of me what is right, as my servant Job has."
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q So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went and did what the Lord had told them, and the Lord accepted Job's prayer.
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And the Lord r restored the fortunes of Job, when he had prayed for his friends. And the Lord gave Job s twice as much as he had before.
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Then came to him all his t brothers and sisters and all who had t known him before, and ate bread with him in his house. And they u showed him sympathy and comforted him for all the evil that the Lord had brought upon him. And each of them gave him v a piece of money and w a ring of gold.
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And the Lord blessed x the latter days of Job more than his beginning. And he had y 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.
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He had also z seven sons and three daughters.
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And he called the name of the first daughter Jemimah, and the name of the second Keziah, and the name of the third Keren-happuch.
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And in all the land there were no women so beautiful as Job's daughters. And their father gave them an inheritance a among their brothers.
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And after this Job lived 140 years, and b saw his sons, and his sons' sons, four generations.
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And Job died, an old man, and c full of days.
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Cross References
Genesis 18:14
Is anything too hard for the Lord ? At the appointed time I will return to you, about this time next year, and Sarah shall have a son.
Matthew 19:26
But Jesus looked at them and said, "With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.
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Job 38:2
Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?
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Psalms 40:5
You have multiplied, O Lord my God, your wondrous deeds and your thoughts toward us; none can compare with you! I will proclaim and tell of them, yet they are more than can be told.
Psalms 131:1
O Lord, my heart is not lifted up; my eyes are not raised too high; I do not occupy myself with things too great and too marvelous for me.
Psalms 139:6
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high; I cannot attain it.
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Job 38:3
Dress for action like a man; I will question you, and you make it known to me.
Job 40:7
Dress for action like a man; I will question you, and you make it known to me.
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Job 30:19
God has cast me into the mire, and I have become like dust and ashes.
Genesis 18:27
Abraham answered and said, "Behold, I have undertaken to speak to the Lord, I who am but dust and ashes.
Job 2:8
And he took a piece of broken pottery with which to scrape himself while he sat in the ashes.
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Job 2:11
Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that had come upon him, they came each from his own place, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. They made an appointment together to come to show him sympathy and comfort him.
1 Chronicles 1:45
Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his place.
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Numbers 23:1
And Balaam said to Balak, "Build for me here seven altars, and prepare for me here seven bulls and seven rams.
1 Chronicles 15:26
And because God helped the Levites who were carrying the ark of the covenant of the Lord, they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.
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Job 1:5
And when the days of the feast had run their course, Job would send and consecrate them, and he would rise early in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job said, "It may be that my children have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts." Thus Job did continually.
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Cross References
Genesis 20:7
Now then, return the man's wife, for he is a prophet, so that he will pray for you, and you shall live. But if you do not return her, know that you shall surely die, you and all who are yours.
1 Samuel 12:23
Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray for you, and I will instruct you in the good and the right way.
James 5:16
Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.
1 John 5:16
If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and God will give him life - to those who commit sins that do not lead to death. There is sin that leads to death; I do not say that one should pray for that.
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Cross References
Job 2:11
Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that had come upon him, they came each from his own place, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. They made an appointment together to come to show him sympathy and comfort him.
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Cross References
Psalms 14:7
Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion! When the Lord restores the fortunes of his people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.
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Isaiah 40:2
Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that her warfare is ended, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received from the Lord 's hand double for all her sins.
Isaiah 61:7
Instead of your shame there shall be a double portion; instead of dishonor they shall rejoice in their lot; therefore in their land they shall possess a double portion; they shall have everlasting joy.
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Job 19:13
He has put my brothers far from me, and those who knew me are wholly estranged from me.
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Job 19:13
He has put my brothers far from me, and those who knew me are wholly estranged from me.
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Job 2:11
Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that had come upon him, they came each from his own place, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. They made an appointment together to come to show him sympathy and comfort him.
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Cross References
Genesis 33:19
And from the sons of Hamor, Shechem's father, he bought for a hundred pieces of money the piece of land on which he had pitched his tent.
Joshua 24:32
As for the bones of Joseph, which the people of Israel brought up from Egypt, they buried them at Shechem, in the piece of land that Jacob bought from the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for a hundred pieces of money. It became an inheritance of the descendants of Joseph.
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Genesis 24:22
When the camels had finished drinking, the man took a gold ring weighing a half shekel, and two bracelets for her arms weighing ten gold shekels.
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Job 8:7
And though your beginning was small, your latter days will be very great.
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Job 42:10
And the Lord restored the fortunes of Job, when he had prayed for his friends. And the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.
Job 1:3
He possessed 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, and 500 female donkeys, and very many servants, so that this man was the greatest of all the people of the east.
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Job 1:2
There were born to him seven sons and three daughters.
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Numbers 27:1 - 8
Then drew near the daughters of Zelophehad the son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh, from the clans of Manasseh the son of Joseph. The names of his daughters were: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
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Genesis 50:23
And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation. The children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were counted as Joseph's own.
Psalms 128:6
May you see your children's children! Peace be upon Israel!
Isaiah 53:10
Yet it was the will of the Lord to crush him; he has put him to grief; when his soul makes an offering for guilt, he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days; the will of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.
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Job 5:26
You shall come to your grave in ripe old age, like a sheaf gathered up in its season.
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