| New King James Version | International Standard Version |
| 1Then Job answered the LORD and said: | 1Job replied to the LORD: |
| 2“I know that You can do everything, And that no purpose of Yours can be withheld from You. | 2"I know that you can do anything and nothing that you plan is impossible. |
| 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 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. |
| 4Listen, please, and let me speak; You said, ‘I will question you, and you shall answer Me.’ | 4Listen now, and I will speak for myself; I'll interrogate you and then inform me. |
| 5“I have 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 abhor myself, And repent in dust and ashes.” | 6As a result, I despise myself and repent in 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 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 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.” | 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 as the LORD commanded them; for the LORD had accepted Job. | 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 Job’s losses when he prayed for his friends. Indeed 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 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. | 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. |
| 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. | 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. |
| 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 the first daughter Jemima, the second Keziah, and the name of the third was 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 one could find more beautiful women in the whole land than Job's daughters. Their father gave them their inheritance along 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 grandchildren to the fourth generation. |
| 17So Job died, old and full of days. | 17Then Job died at an old age, having lived a full life. |
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