1 This was the answer Job gave to Yahweh:
2 I know that you are all-powerful: what you conceive, you can perform.
3 I was the man who misrepresented your intentions with my ignorant words. You have told me about great works that I cannot understand, about marvels which are beyond me, of which I know nothing.
4 (Listen, please, and let me speak: I am going to ask the questions, and you are to inform me.)
5 Before, I knew you only by hearsay but now, having seen you with my own eyes,
6 I retract what I have said, and repent in dust and ashes.
7 When Yahweh had finished saying this to Job, he said to Eliphaz of Teman, 'I burn with anger against you and your two friends, for not having spoken correctly about me as my servant Job has done.
8 So now find seven bullocks and seven rams, and take them back with you to my servant Job and make a burnt offering for yourselves, while Job, my servant, offers prayers for you. I shall show him favour and shall not inflict my displeasure on you for not having spoken about me correctly, as my servant Job had done.'
9 Eliphaz of Teman, Bildad of Shuah and Zophar of Naamath went away to do as Yahweh had ordered, and Yahweh listened to Job with favour.
10 And Yahweh restored Job's condition, while Job was interceding for his friends. More than that, Yahweh gave him double what he had before.
11 And all his brothers and all his sisters and all his friends of former times came to see him. Over dinner in his house, they showed their sympathy and comforted him for all the evils Yahweh had inflicted on him. Each of them gave him a silver coin, and each a gold ring.
12 Yahweh blessed Job's latter condition even more than his former one. He came to own fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen and a thousand she-donkeys.
13 He had seven sons and three daughters;
14 his first daughter he called 'Turtledove', the second 'Cassia' and the third 'Mascara'.
15 Throughout the land there were no women as beautiful as the daughters of Job. And their father gave them inheritance rights like their brothers.
16 After this, Job lived for another one hundred and forty years, and saw his children and his children's children to the fourth generation.
17 Then, old and full of days, Job died.
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Job 42 concludes the narrative of the book of Job, where Job repents and recognizes God's sovereignty and righteousness. He asks for forgiveness for talking about what he did not understand and intercedes in favor of his friends. God then rebukes Job's friends and instructs them to ask Job for forgiveness for having spoken harm of him.
Proverbs 17:10: "The rebuke penetrates more deeply in the prudent than a hundred whipping at the fool." In this verse, we see that rebuke has more impact on a wise person than punishment in a fool. This principle applies to the situation of Job's friends, who are rebuked by God for talking ill of Him.
James 5:16: "Confess your guilt to each other, and pray for each other, that you will be sore. The prayer made by a righteous can much in its effects." This verse highlights the importance of confession and prayer regarding healing. Job intercedes for his friends, showing that he is willing to forgive them.
Proverbs 16:18: "Superb precedes ruin, and the haughtiness of the Spirit precedes the fall." This verse is applicable to Job, who repents that he has spoken too much and humbles himself before God. He recognizes his smallness and dependence on God.
Matthew 6:14-15: "For if you forgive your offenses to men, your heavenly Father will forgive you to you; But but you do not forgive men to your offenses, nor will you forgive your offenses." This verse emphasizes the importance of forgiveness. Job forgives his friends and intercedes for them, showing his willingness to follow God's principles.
2 Corinthians 5:17: "As soon as one is in Christ, a new creature is; old things have passed; behold, everything has been new." This verse highlights the radical change that can occur in the life of someone who repents and trusts in God. Job experiences this transformation in his life, after going through his afflictions and having a personal encounter with God.
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