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Verse 1

Then Job{H347} answered{H6030} Jehovah,{H3068} and said,{H559}

Verse 2

I know{H3045} that thou canst do{H3201} all things, And that no purpose{H4209} of thine can be restrained.{H1219}

Verse 3

Who is this that hideth{H5956} counsel{H6098} without knowledge?{H1847} Therefore have I uttered{H5046} that which I understood{H995} not, Things too wonderful{H6381} for me, which I knew{H3045} not.

Verse 4

Hear,{H8085} I beseech thee, and I will speak;{H1696} I will demand{H7592} of thee, and declare{H3045} thou unto me.

Verse 5

I had heard{H8085} of thee by the hearing{H8088} of the ear;{H241} But now mine eye{H5869} seeth{H7200} thee:

Verse 6

Wherefore I abhor{H3988} [myself], And repent{H5162} in dust{H6083} and ashes.{H665}

Verse 7

And it was so, that, after{H310} Jehovah{H3068} had spoken{H1696} these words{H1697} unto Job,{H347} Jehovah{H3068} said{H559} to Eliphaz{H464} the Temanite,{H8489} My wrath{H639} is kindled{H2734} against thee, and against thy two{H8147} friends;{H7453} for ye have not spoken{H1696} of me the thing that is right,{H3559} as my servant{H5650} Job{H347} hath.

Verse 8

Now therefore, take{H3947} unto you seven{H7651} bullocks{H6499} and seven{H7651} rams,{H352} and go{H3212} to my servant{H5650} Job,{H347} and offer up{H5927} for yourselves a burnt-offering;{H5930} and my servant{H5650} Job{H347} shall pray{H6419} for you; for him{H6440} will I accept,{H5375} that I deal{H6213} not with you after your folly;{H5039} for ye have not spoken{H1696} of me the thing that is right,{H3559} as my servant{H5650} Job{H347} hath.

Verse 9

So Eliphaz{H464} the Temanite{H8489} and Bildad{H1085} the Shuhite{H7747} and Zophar{H6691} the Naamathite{H5284} went,{H3212} and did{H6213} according as Jehovah{H3068} commanded{H1696} them: and Jehovah{H3068} accepted{H5375} Job.{H6440}

Verse 10

And Jehovah{H3068} turned{H7725} the captivity{H7622} of Job,{H347} when he prayed{H6419} for his friends:{H7453} and Jehovah{H3068} gave{H3254} Job{H347} twice as much{H4932} as he had before.

Verse 11

Then came{H935} there unto him all his brethren,{H251} and all his sisters,{H269} and all they that had been of his acquaintance{H3045} before,{H6440} and did eat{H398} bread{H3899} with him in his house:{H1004} and they bemoaned{H5110} him, and comforted{H5162} him concerning all the evil{H7451} that Jehovah{H3068} had brought{H935} upon him: every man{H376} also gave{H5414} him a{H259} piece of money,{H7192} and every one{H376} a{H259} ring of gold.{H2091}

Verse 12

So Jehovah{H3068} blessed{H1288} the latter end{H319} of Job{H347} more than his beginning:{H7225} And he had fourteen{H702} thousand{H505} sheep,{H6629} and six{H8337} thousand{H505} camels,{H1581} and a thousand{H505} yoke{H6776} of oxen,{H1241} and a thousand{H505} she-asses.{H860}

Verse 13

He had also seven{H7658} sons{H1121} and three{H7969} daughters.{H1323}

Verse 14

And he called{H7121} the name{H8034} of the first,{H259} Jemimah:{H3224} and the name{H8034} of the second,{H8145} Keziah;{H7103} and the name{H8034} of the third,{H7992} Keren-happuch.{H7163}

Verse 15

And in all the land{H776} were no women{H802} found{H4672} so fair{H3303} as the daughters{H1323} of Job:{H347} and their father{H1} gave{H5414} them inheritance{H5159} among{H8432} their brethren.{H251}

Verse 16

And after{H310} this Job{H347} lived{H2421} a hundred{H3967} and forty{H705} years,{H8141} and saw{H7200} his sons,{H1121} and his sons'{H1121} sons,{H1121} [even] four{H702} generations.{H1755}

Verse 17

So Job{H347} died,{H4191} being old{H2205} and full{H7649} of days.{H3117}

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