| New King James Version | Christian Standard Bible |
| 1Then Job answered the LORD and said: | 1Then Job replied to the LORD: |
| 2“I know that You can do everything, And that no purpose of Yours can be withheld from You. | 2I know that you can do anything and no plan of yours can be thwarted. |
| 3You asked, ‘Who is this who 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 who conceals my counsel with ignorance?" Surely I spoke about things I did not understand, things too wondrous for me to know. |
| 4Listen, please, and let me speak; You said, ‘I will question you, and you shall answer Me.’ | 4You said, "Listen now, and I will speak. When I question you, you will inform me." |
| 5“I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear, But now my eye sees You. | 5I had heard reports about you, but now my eyes have seen you. |
| 6Therefore I abhor myself, And repent in dust and ashes.” | 6Therefore, I reject my words and am sorry for them; I am dust and ashes. |
| 7And so it was, after the LORD had spoken these words to Job, that the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is aroused against you and your two friends, for you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has. | 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. |
| 8Now therefore, take for yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and My servant Job shall pray for you. For I will accept him, lest I deal with you according to your folly; because you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has.” | 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." |
| 9So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the LORD commanded them; for the LORD had accepted 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. |
| 10And the LORD restored Job’s losses when he prayed for his friends. Indeed the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before. | 10After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his fortunes and doubled his previous possessions. |
| 11Then all his brothers, all his sisters, and all those who had been his acquaintances before, came to him and ate food with him in his house; and they consoled him and comforted him for all the adversity that the LORD had brought upon him. Each one gave him a piece of silver and each a ring of gold. | 11All his brothers, sisters, and former acquaintances came to him 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 piece of silver and a gold earring. |
| 12Now the LORD blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning; for he had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and one thousand female donkeys. | 12So the LORD blessed the last part of Job's life more than the first. He owned fourteen thousand sheep and goats, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and one thousand female donkeys. |
| 13He also had seven sons and three daughters. | 13He also had seven sons and three daughters. |
| 14And he called the name of the first Jemimah, the name of the second Keziah, and the name of the third Keren-Happuch. | 14He named his first daughter Jemimah, his second Keziah, and his third Keren-happuch. |
| 15In all the land were found no women so beautiful as the daughters of Job; and their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers. | 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. |
| 16After this Job lived one hundred and forty years, and saw his children and grandchildren for four generations. | 16Job lived 140 years after this and saw his children and their children to the fourth generation. |
| 17So Job died, old and full of days. | 17Then Job died, old and full of days. |
| The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved. | The Christian Standard Bible. Copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. |
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