Job

Then Job answered the LORD, and said,

1Then Job answered the LORD. He said:

2I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee.

2"I know that you can do anything. Nothing you plan can be stopped.

3Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

3You asked, 'Who is this who covers up my plans without knowing anything?' I did speak about things I did not understand. They were too great for me to know.

4Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

4You said, 'Listen now, and I will speak. I will ask you questions, and you will answer me.'

5I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.

5Before, I only heard about you with my ears. But now my own eyes have seen you.

6Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.

6So I take back what I said. I am sorry, and I sit in dust and ashes."

NoteThe old wording is "I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes." Sitting in dust and ashes was how people in Job's time showed deep sorrow or regret.

7And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.

7After the LORD finished speaking to Job, He said to Eliphaz from Teman, "I am angry with you and your two friends. You did not say what is true about me, but my servant Job did.

8Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.

8So take seven bulls and seven rams. Go to my servant Job and offer them up as a burnt offering for yourselves. Then my servant Job will pray for you. I will listen to him, and I will not punish you for your foolish words. You did not say what is true about me, but my servant Job did."

9So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according as the LORD commanded them: the LORD also accepted Job.

9So Eliphaz from Teman, Bildad from Shuah, and Zophar from Naamah went and did what the LORD told them. And the LORD listened to Job's prayer.

10And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.

10When Job prayed for his friends, the LORD gave him back all he had lost. In fact, the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.

NoteThe old wording says God "turned the captivity of Job." Job was never a prisoner. The phrase means God turned his situation around and restored what he had lost.

11Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold.

11Then all his brothers and sisters came to him, along with everyone who had known him before. They ate a meal with him in his house. They were sad with him and comforted him about all the trouble the LORD had brought on him. Each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring.

Note"A piece of money" was a weight of silver used as money. There were no coins yet at this time.

12So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.

12The LORD blessed the last part of Job's life even more than the first part. He had 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 pairs of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.

13He had also seven sons and three daughters.

13He also had seven sons and three daughters.

14And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Kerenhappuch.

14He named his first daughter Jemima, his second Kezia, and his third Kerenhappuch.

15And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.

15In all the land there were no women as beautiful as Job's daughters. Their father gave them land and property, just as he gave to their brothers.

16After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, even four generations.

16After this, Job lived 140 years. He saw his children, and his grandchildren, down to the fourth generation.

17So Job died, being old and full of days.

17Then Job died. He was old and had lived a full life.