Job 42 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 Then Job answered the LORD, Then Job answered the LORD and said: Then Job replied to the LORD:
2 |I know that you can do everything and that your plans are unstoppable. “I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted. “I know that you can do all things; no purpose of yours can be thwarted.
3 |[You said,] 'Who is this that belittles my advice without having any knowledge [about it]?' Yes, I have stated things I didn't understand, things too mysterious for me to know. ‘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. You asked, ‘Who is this that obscures my plans without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.
4 |[You said,] 'Listen now, and I will speak. I will ask you, and you will teach me.' ‘Hear, and I will speak; I will question you, and you make it known to me.’ “You said, ‘Listen now, and I will speak; I will question you, and you shall answer me.’
5 I had heard about you with my own ears, but now I have seen you with my own eyes. I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you; My ears had heard of you but now my eyes have seen you.
6 That is why I take back what I said, and I sit in dust and ashes to show that I am sorry.| therefore I despise myself, and repent in dust and ashes.” Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes.”
7 After the LORD had said those things to Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz from Teman, |I'm very angry with you and your two friends because you didn't speak what is right about me as my servant Job has done. After 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. After the LORD had said these things to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “I am angry with you and your two friends, because you have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has.
8 So take seven young bulls and seven rams. Go to my servant Job, and make a burnt offering for yourselves. My servant Job will pray for you. Then I will accept his prayer not to treat you as godless fools. After all, you didn't speak what is right about me as my servant Job has done.| Now 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.” So now take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. My servant Job will pray for you, and I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. You have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has.”
9 Then Eliphaz of Teman, Bildad of Shuah, and Zophar of Naama went and did what the LORD had told them to do. And the LORD accepted Job's prayer. So 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. So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite did what the LORD told them; and the LORD accepted Job’s prayer.
10 After Job prayed for his friends, the LORD restored Job's prosperity and gave him twice as much [as he had before]. And 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. After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his fortunes and gave him twice as much as he had before.
11 Then all his brothers and sisters and everyone who had previously known him came to him. They ate with him at his house, sympathized with him, and comforted him for all the evil the LORD had brought to him. Each one gave him some money and a gold ring. Then 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. All his brothers and sisters and everyone who had known him before came and ate with him in his house. They comforted and consoled him over all the trouble the LORD had brought on him, and each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring.
12 The LORD blessed the latter years of Job's life more than the earlier years. He had 14,000 sheep and goats, 6,000 camels, 2,000 oxen, and 1,000 donkeys. And 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. The LORD blessed the latter part of Job’s life more than the former part. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen and a thousand donkeys.
13 He also had seven sons and three daughters. He had also seven sons and three daughters. And he also had seven sons and three daughters.
14 He named the first [daughter] Jemimah, the second Cassia, and the third Keren Happuch. And he called the name of the first daughter Jemimah, and the name of the second Keziah, and the name of the third Keren-happuch. The first daughter he named Jemimah, the second Keziah and the third Keren-Happuch.
15 Nowhere in the whole country could be found women who were as beautiful as Job's daughters. Their father gave them and their brothers an inheritance. And in all the land there were no women so beautiful as Job’s daughters. And their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers. Nowhere in all the land were there found women as beautiful as Job’s daughters, and their father granted them an inheritance along with their brothers.
16 Job lived 140 years after this. He saw his children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. And after this Job lived 140 years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, four generations. After this, Job lived a hundred and forty years; he saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.
17 Then at a very old age, Job died. And Job died, an old man, and full of days. And so Job died, an old man and full of years.
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