Job 42

Then Job answered the LORD, and said,

Job, with a humble heart, responded to the Lord, saying,

I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee.

I understand that you have the power to do anything, and no plan of yours can be stopped.

Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

Who is this who clouds your plans without understanding? I've spoken about things beyond my comprehension, about wonders beyond my knowledge.

Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

Please listen, I beg you, let me speak. I will ask you, and you tell me.

I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.

I've only known about you through stories, but now, I've finally seen you with my own eyes.

Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.

That is why I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes.

And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.

After God had spoken to Job, He turned to Eliphaz the Temanite, anger burning in His voice. "I am furious with you and your two friends," He said. "You have not spoken truthfully about me, unlike my faithful servant Job."

Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.

Gather seven bulls and seven rams, and go to my faithful servant, Job. Make a burnt offering for your own redemption. Let Job pray for you, for I will listen to him. Do this to avoid my wrath, for you have not spoken truthfully about me, unlike my servant Job.

So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according as the LORD commanded them: the LORD also accepted Job.

Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar obeyed God's command. They went as directed, and God, in His mercy, accepted Job.

And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.

When Job selflessly prayed for his friends, God was deeply moved. He freed Job from his suffering and blessed him with double the fortune he had lost.

Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold.

All his brothers, sisters, and old friends came to him. They shared a meal in his home, expressing their sorrow and comforting him over all the trouble the Lord had brought on him. Each person gifted him some money and a golden earring.

So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.

In the end, God showered Job with even greater blessings than he had at the start. His wealth was immense, with 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 pairs of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.

He had also seven sons and three daughters.

He was blessed with the joy of seven sons and the grace of three daughters.

And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Kerenhappuch.

He named his first daughter Jemima, his second Kezia, and his third Kerenhappuch.

And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.

In the entire land, no women were as stunningly beautiful as Job's daughters. Their father, filled with love and fairness, ensured they too received a share of the family inheritance, just like their brothers.

After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, even four generations.

After his trials, Job lived for another 140 years, joyfully witnessing the lives of his sons, grandsons, and even great-grandsons, up to four generations.

So Job died, being old and full of days.

Job breathed his last, aged and content, having lived a life rich in experiences.