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| 1Then Job answered the LORD and said: | 1Job replied to the LORD: |
| 2“I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted. | 2"I know that you can do anything and nothing that you plan is impossible. |
| 3‘Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?’ Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know. | 3You asked, 'Who is this that darkens counsel without knowledge?' Well now, I have talked about what I don't understand— awesome things beyond me that I don't know. |
| 4‘Hear, and I will speak; I will question you, and you make it known to me.’ | 4Listen now, and I will speak for myself; I'll interrogate you and then inform me. |
| 5I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you; | 5I've heard you with my ears; and now I've seen you with my eyes. |
| 6therefore I despise myself, and repent in dust and ashes.” | 6As a result, I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes." |
| 7After the LORD had spoken these words to Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz 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. | 7After these words had been spoken by the LORD to Job, the LORD spoke to Eliphaz from Teman: "My anger is burning against you along with your two friends, since you haven't spoken correctly about me, as did my servant Job. |
| 8Now therefore take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and offer up a burnt offering for yourselves. And my servant Job shall 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.” | 8So take seven bulls and seven rams and bring them to my servant Job. And bring a whole burnt offering for yourselves and my servant Job will pray for you. I'll encourage him by not responding as your disgraceful folly deserves, since you didn't speak about me correctly as did my servant Job. |
| 9So 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. | 9So Eliphaz from Teman, Bildad from Shuah, and Zophar from Naamath did precisely as the LORD had spoken to them, because the LORD showed favor to Job. |
| 10And 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. | 10The LORD restored Job's prosperity after he prayed for his friends. The LORD doubled everything that Job had once possessed. |
| 11Then came to him all his brothers and sisters and all who had known him before, and ate bread with him in his house. And they showed him sympathy and comforted him for all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him. And each of them gave him a piece of money and a ring of gold. | 11Then all his brothers and sisters and all those who knew him before arrived. They ate food with him in his house, mourned for him, and consoled him for all the trouble that the LORD had brought and placed on him. Some gave him gold bullion and some brought gold earrings. |
| 12And the LORD blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning. And he had 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys. | 12The LORD blessed Job during the latter part of his life more than the former, since he owned 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 teams of oxen and 1,000 female donkeys. |
| 13He had also seven sons and three daughters. | 13He also had seven sons and three daughters. |
| 14And he called the name of the first daughter Jemimah, and the name of the second Keziah, and the name of the third Keren-happuch. | 14He named the first daughter Jemima, the second Keziah, and the name of the third was Keren-happuch. |
| 15And in all the land there were no women so beautiful as Job’s daughters. And their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers. | 15No one could find more beautiful women in the whole land than Job's daughters. Their father gave them their inheritance along with their brothers. |
| 16And after this Job lived 140 years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, four generations. | 16Job lived 140 years after this, and saw his children and grandchildren to the fourth generation. |
| 17And Job died, an old man, and full of days. | 17Then Job died at an old age, having lived a full life. |
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