| Holman Christian Standard Bible | International Standard Version |
| 1Then Job replied to the LORD: | 1Job replied to the LORD: |
| 2I know that You can do anything and no plan of Yours can be thwarted. | 2"I know that you can do anything and nothing that you plan is impossible. |
| 3You asked, "Who is this who conceals My counsel with ignorance?" Surely I spoke about things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to 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. |
| 4You said, "Listen now, and I will speak. When I question you, you will inform Me." | 4Listen now, and I will speak for myself; I'll interrogate you and then inform me. |
| 5I had heard rumors about You, but now my eyes have seen You. | 5I've heard you with my ears; and now I've seen you with my eyes. |
| 6Therefore I take back my words and repent in dust and ashes. | 6As a result, I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes." |
| 7After the LORD had finished speaking to Job, He said to Eliphaz the Temanite: "I am angry with you and your two friends, for you have not spoken the truth about Me, 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 take seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. Then My servant Job will pray for you. I will surely accept his prayer and not deal with you as your folly deserves. For you have not spoken the truth about Me, 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. |
| 9Then Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as 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. |
| 10After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his prosperity and doubled his previous possessions. | 10The LORD restored Job's prosperity after he prayed for his friends. The LORD doubled everything that Job had once possessed. |
| 11All his brothers, sisters, and former acquaintances came to his house and dined with him in his house. They sympathized with him and comforted him concerning all the adversity the LORD had brought on him. Each one gave him a qesitah and a gold earring. | 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. |
| 12So the LORD blessed the last part of Job's life more than the first. He owned 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 also had seven sons and three daughters. | 13He also had seven sons and three daughters. |
| 14He named his first daughter Jemimah, his second Keziah, and his third Keren-happuch. | 14He named the first daughter Jemima, the second Keziah, and the name of the third was Keren-happuch. |
| 15No women as beautiful as Job's daughters could be found in all the land, and their father granted them an inheritance with 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. |
| 16Job lived 140 years after this and saw his children and their children to the fourth generation. | 16Job lived 140 years after this, and saw his children and grandchildren to the fourth generation. |
| 17Then Job died, old and full of days. | 17Then Job died at an old age, having lived a full life. |
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