Job 42

1 Then Job replied to Yahweh. [He said],

Then Job answered the Lord.

2 “I know that you can do everything and that no one can stop you from doing what you want to do.

“I know you can do anything. No one can prevent you doing what you want.

3 [You asked me], ‘(Who are you, who by speaking ignorantly, question what I plan to do?/You have no right to question what I plan to do by speaking ignorantly.)’ [RHQ] It is true that I spoke about things that I did not understand, things that are very wonderful/marvelous, and therefore I am not able to know them.

You asked, ‘Who is this who questions my wisdom by talking so ignorantly?’ I was speaking about things I didn't understand—things too wonderful for me to know.

4 You said to me, ‘Listen while I talk to you. I want to ask you some questions, so prepare yourself to answer them.’

You told me, ‘Listen to me, I am going to speak. I am going to question you, and you must answer me.’

5 I had heard about you previously, but now [it is as though] I have seen you with my own eyes.

Before, I had only heard about you, but now I've seen you for myself.

6 Therefore I (am ashamed of/withdraw) what I said, and I sit in dust and ashes to show that I am sorry [for what I said].”

That is why I'm sorry for what I said, and I repent in dust and ashes.”

7 After Yahweh said these things to Job, he said to Eliphaz, “I am angry with you and your two friends, [Bildad and Zophar], because what my servant Job said about me was right/true, but what you have spoken about me was not right/true.

After the Lord had finished speaking to Job he said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “I am angry with you and your two friends because you have not told the truth about me, as my servant Job did.

8 So now you must take to Job seven young bulls and seven rams and [kill them and] burn them on the altar as a sacrifice for yourselves. Then Job will pray for you, and I will do what he requests me to do, [and I will forgive you for speaking wrongly about me]. I will not punish you, even though you deserve to be punished, because what you said about me was not right/true, but what Job said about me was right/true.”

So take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job, and you shall offer a burnt offering for yourselves. My servant Job will pray on your behalf and I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your foolishness, because you have not told the truth about me, as my servant Job did.”

9 So Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar did what Yahweh commanded them to do, and Yahweh did what Job requested him to do [for the three of them].

So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite did what the Lord commanded them, and the Lord accepted Job's prayer.

10 After Job prayed for his three friends, Yahweh [healed him and] caused him to become rich again. Yahweh gave him twice as many things as he had before.

The Lord restored Job's prosperity when he prayed for his friends, and gave him twice as much as he had before.

11 Then all his brothers and sisters, and all the people who had known him before, came to his house, and they ate a meal together. They consoled/comforted [DOU] him because of all the troubles that Yahweh had allowed him to experience.

Then all his brothers and sisters and friends he'd previously known came and ate with him at his home. They showed him sympathy and comforted him because of all the trouble the Lord had caused him. Each one of them gave him money and a gold ring.

12 Then Yahweh blessed Job in the second half of his life more than he had blessed him in the first half of his life. He now acquired/owned 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 2,000 oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.

The Lord blessed the last part of Job's life more than the first part. Now he owned 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 teams of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.

13 And he also had seven [more] sons and three [more] daughters.

Job also had seven sons and three daughters.

14 He named the first daughter Jemimah, he named the second daughter Keziah, and he named the third daughter Keren-Happuch.

Job called the first daughter Jemimah, the second Keziah, and the third Keren-Happuch.

15 In all of [Uz] land there were no young women who were as beautiful as the daughters of Job, and Job declared that they would inherit some of his possessions, just like their brothers would inherit some.

Nowhere in all the land were there women as beautiful as Job's daughters, and Job gave them the same inheritance as their brothers.

16 After that, Job lived 140 more years. Before he died, he (saw/enjoyed being with) his great-great-grandchildren.

Job lived 140 years after this, seeing his children, and grandchildren, in fact four generations.

17 He was very old [DOU] when he died.

Then Job died at an old age, having lived a very full life.