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    Job 42

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    The seven sons are counted, but the three daughters are named: Jemimah, Keziah, and Keren-happuch. They are also granted an inheritance among their brothers, while the sons remain a number in the household ledger.

    Job answers, and the friends are sent back to himvv. 1–9

    Job’s final reply is brief, chastened, and rather magnificent: he concedes that he had spoken beyond his understanding, then repents in dust and ashes. The LORD’s attention turns to Eliphaz and his two friends, whose speeches have not been accurate. Their remedy is wonderfully uncomfortable: they must bring sacrifices to Job, and Job must pray for them. Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar do exactly as ordered, and the prayer is accepted.

    A restored household, with the daughters in the foregroundvv. 10–17

    After Job prays for the very friends who had been rebuked, his prosperity is restored and doubled. His brothers, sisters, and former acquaintances come to eat in his house, bringing consolation, a piece of silver, and a gold ring apiece. Then comes the curious family portrait: seven sons, three daughters, and names only for the daughters—Jemimah, Keziah, and Keren-happuch—who are praised as the most beautiful women in the land and receive an inheritance among their brothers. Job lives long enough to see four generations, and dies old and full of years.

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    1. Job 42:1Then Job replied to the LORD:

    2. Job 42:2“I know that You can do all things and that no plan of Yours can be thwarted.

    3. Job 42:3You asked, ‘Who is this who conceals My counsel without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.

    4. Job 42:4You said, ‘Listen now, and I will speak. I will question you, and you shall inform Me.’

    5. Job 42:5My ears had heard of You, but now my eyes have seen You.

    6. Job 42:6Therefore I despise myself, and I repent in dust and ashes.”

    7. Job 42:7After the LORD had spoken these words to Job, He said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you and your two friends. For you have not spoken about Me accurately, as My servant Job has.

    8. Job 42:8So now, take seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. Then My servant Job will pray for you, for I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken accurately about Me, as My servant Job has.”

    9. Job 42:9So 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.

    10. Job 42:10After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his prosperity and doubled his former possessions.

    11. Job 42:11All his brothers and sisters and prior acquaintances came and dined with him in his house. They consoled him and comforted him over all the adversity that the LORD had brought upon him. And each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring.

    12. Job 42:12So the LORD blessed Job’s latter days more than his first. He owned 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.

    13. Job 42:13And he also had seven sons and three daughters.

    14. Job 42:14He named his first daughter Jemimah, his second Keziah, and his third Keren-happuch.

    15. Job 42:15No women as beautiful as Job’s daughters could be found in all the land, and their father granted them an inheritance among their brothers.

    16. Job 42:16After this, Job lived 140 years and saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.

    17. Job 42:17And so Job died, old and full of years.

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    • 2Matthew 19:26Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
    • 2Mark 10:27Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God.”
    • 2Genesis 18:14Is anything too difficult for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you—in about a year—and Sarah will have a son.”
    • 2Hebrews 4:12–13For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
    • 2Jeremiah 32:17“Oh, Lord GOD! You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too difficult for You!
    • 10Deuteronomy 30:3then He will restore you from captivity and have compassion on you and gather you from all the nations to which the LORD your God has scattered you.
    • 2Isaiah 46:10I declare the end from the beginning, and from ancient times what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’
    • 10Job 8:6–7if you are pure and upright, even now He will rouse Himself on your behalf and restore your righteous estate.
    • 12Job 8:7Though your beginnings were modest, your latter days will flourish.
    • 2Ephesians 1:11In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,
    • 10Proverbs 22:4The rewards of humility and the fear of the LORD are wealth and honor and life.
    • 12Ecclesiastes 7:8The end of a matter is better than the beginning, and a patient spirit is better than a proud one.
    • 2Psalms 44:21would not God have discovered, since He knows the secrets of the heart?
    • 2Proverbs 19:21Many plans are in a man’s heart, but the purpose of the LORD will prevail.
    • 10Isaiah 40:2“Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her forced labor has been completed; her iniquity has been pardoned. For she has received from the hand of the LORD double for all her sins.”
    • 10Isaiah 61:7Instead of shame, My people will have a double portion, and instead of humiliation, they will rejoice in their share; and so they will inherit a double portion in their land, and everlasting joy will be theirs.

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