Thematic Bible
Job 42:1 (show verse)
Then Job answered Yahweh and said,
Job 42:2 (show verse)
"I know that you can do all [things], and [any] scheme from you will not be thwarted.
Job 42:3 (show verse)
'Who [is] this darkening counsel without knowledge?' Therefore I uttered, but I did not understand; {things too wonderful for me}, but I did not know.
Job 42:4 (show verse)
'Hear and I will speak; I will question you, then inform me.'
Job 42:5 (show verse)
By the ear's hearing I heard [of] you, but now my eye has seen you.
Job 42:6 (show verse)
Therefore I despise [myself] and repent in dust and ashes."
Ashes » Repenting in
Condemnation » Men under
Conviction of sin » Examples of » Job
Dust » Put on the head in mourning
Humility » Exemplified
Job » A man who lived in uz » Submission of, to God
Repentance » Examples of » Job
Repentance » Should be accompanied by » Self-abhorrence
Repentance » True--exemplified » Job
Sin » Saints » Abhor themselves on account of
Condemnation » Men under
Conviction of sin » Examples of » Job
Dust » Put on the head in mourning
Humility » Exemplified
Job » A man who lived in uz » Submission of, to God
Repentance » Examples of » Job
Repentance » Should be accompanied by » Self-abhorrence
Repentance » True--exemplified » Job
Sin » Saints » Abhor themselves on account of
Job 42:7 (show verse)
{And then} after Yahweh spoke these words to Job, Yahweh said to Eliphaz the Temanite, "{My wrath has been kindled} against you and against [the] two of your friends, for you have not spoken to me what is right as my servant Job [has].
Job 42:8 (show verse)
{So then}, take for yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, and go to my servant Job and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. And my servant Job will pray for you, for {I will certainly accept his prayer}, so that it will not be done with you [according to your] folly, for you have not spoken to me what is right as my servant Job [has]."
Job 42:9 (show verse)
So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite [and] Zophar the Naamathite went and did just as Yahweh had told them, and {Yahweh accepted Job's prayer}.
Job 42:10 (show verse)
Then Yahweh returned Job's fortune when he prayed to him on behalf of his friends. Thus Yahweh increased {all that Job had twice as much as before}.
Blessing » Temporal » From God » Examples of » To job
intercession » Intercessory prayer, examples of » Other instances of
Intercessory prayer » Other instances of
Job » A man who lived in uz » Later blessings and riches of
Job » Unselfish prayer leads to his deliverance
Prayer » Intercessory prayer, examples of » Other instances of
Prayer, answers to » Job
Intercessory prayer » Beneficial to the offerer
Presents » Were given » On restoration to prosperity
intercession » Intercessory prayer, examples of » Other instances of
Intercessory prayer » Other instances of
Job » A man who lived in uz » Later blessings and riches of
Job » Unselfish prayer leads to his deliverance
Prayer » Intercessory prayer, examples of » Other instances of
Prayer, answers to » Job
Intercessory prayer » Beneficial to the offerer
Presents » Were given » On restoration to prosperity
Job 42:11 (show verse)
So all his brothers and all his sisters and all [those who] had known him {before} came to him, and they ate bread with him in his house and showed sympathy to him and comforted him for all the disaster that Yahweh had brought upon him. Then each one gave to him one piece of money, and each one [gave to him] one ornamental ring of gold.
Adorning » Rich apparel » Earrings
Job » Blessings restored
Job » A man who lived in uz » Later blessings and riches of
Love » Instances of » Job's friends
Money » Custom of presenting a piece of
Ornaments » Rich apparel » Earrings
Presents » Things given as » Money
Presents » Were given » On restoration to prosperity
Rings » Were worn » In the ears
Job » Blessings restored
Job » A man who lived in uz » Later blessings and riches of
Love » Instances of » Job's friends
Money » Custom of presenting a piece of
Ornaments » Rich apparel » Earrings
Presents » Things given as » Money
Presents » Were given » On restoration to prosperity
Rings » Were worn » In the ears
Job 42:12 (show verse)
So Yahweh blessed Job's latter days more than his beginning. {Thus he had} fourteen thousand sheep and goats and six thousand camels and a thousand pair of oxen and a thousand female donkeys.
Job 42:13 (show verse)
{And he had} seven sons and three daughters.
Job 42:14 (show verse)
And he called the name of the first Jemimah and the name of the second Keziah and the name of the third Qeren-Happuk.
Job 42:15 (show verse)
And beautiful women were not found in all the land like Job's daughters, and their father gave to them an inheritance in the midst of their brothers.
Job 42:16 (show verse)
And Job lived after this one hundred and forty years, and he saw his sons and his {grandsons} [for] four generations.
Job 42:17 (show verse)
Then Job died old and full of days.