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JOB 42
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Stones shot from a sling are like bits of
grass.
Clubs are like a blade of grass,
and it laughs at the swish of javelins.
Its belly is covered with scales as sharp as
glass.
It plows up the ground as it drags
through the mud.
“Leviathan makes the water boil with its
commotion.
It stirs the depths like a pot of ointment.
The water glistens in its wake,
making the sea look white.
Nothing on earth is its equal,
no other creature so fearless.
Of all the creatures, it is the proudest.
It is the king of beasts.”
— promises —
from God
“Everything under
heaven is mine.”
JO B 41:11
Job Responds to the LORD
Then Job replied to the Lord:
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2 “I know that you can do anything,
and no one can stop you.
You asked, ‘Who is this that questions
my wisdom with such ignorance?’
It is I—and I was talking about things
I knew nothing about,
things far too wonderful for me.
You said, ‘Listen and I will speak!
I have some questions for you,
and you must answer them.’
I had only heard about you before,
but now I have seen you with my
own eyes.
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I take back everything I said,
and I sit in dust and ashes to show
my repentance.”
Conclusion: The LORD Blesses Job
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 accurately about me, as my servant Job
has. 8 So take seven bulls and seven rams and
go to my servant Job and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. My servant Job will pray for
you, and I will accept his prayer on your behalf.
I will not treat you as you deserve, for you have
not spoken accurately about me, as my servant
Job has.” 9 So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the
Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite did as the
Lord commanded them, and the Lord accepted
Job’s prayer.
10 When Job prayed for his friends, the Lord
restored his fortunes. In fact, the Lord gave
him twice as much as before! 11 Then all his
brothers, sisters, and former friends came and
feasted with him in his home. And they consoled him and comforted him because of all the
trials the Lord had brought against him. And
each of them brought him a gift of money* and
a gold ring.
12 So the Lord blessed Job in the second half
of his life even more than in the beginning. For
now he had 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000
teams of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys. 13 He
also gave Job seven more sons and three more
daughters. 14 He named his first daughter Jemimah, the second Keziah, and the third Kerenhappuch. 15 In all the land no women were as
lovely as the daughters of Job. And their father
put them into his will along with their brothers.
16 Job lived 140 years after that, living to see
four generations of his children and grandchildren. 17 Then he died, an old man who had
lived a long, full life.
42:11 Hebrew a kesitah; the value or weight of the kesitah is
no longer known.