Job 42:1-9 ▼

1 Then Job replied to the LORD:

2 I know that You can do anything and no plan of Yours can be thwarted.

3 You 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.

4 You said, “Listen now, and I will speak. When I question you, you will inform Me.”

5 I had heard rumors about You, but now my eyes have seen You.

6 Therefore I take back my words and repent in dust and ashes.

7 After 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.

8 Now 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.”

9 Then 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.