1 T hen Job answered the Lord and said:

Then Job answered Yahweh,

2 “ I know that You can do everything, And that no purpose of Yours can be withheld from You.

“I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be restrained.

3 Y ou asked, ‘Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?’ Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, Things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.

You asked, ‘Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?’ therefore I have uttered that which I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I didn’t know.

4 L isten, please, and let me speak; You said, ‘I will question you, and you shall answer Me.’

You said, ‘Listen, now, and I will speak; I will question you, and you will answer me.’

5 “ I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear, But now my eye sees You.

I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you.

6 T herefore I abhor myself, And repent in dust and ashes.”

Therefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.”

7 A nd so it was, after the Lord had spoken these words to Job, that the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is aroused against you and your two friends, for you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has.

It was so, that after Yahweh had spoken these words to Job, Yahweh said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you, and against your two friends; for you have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job has.

8 N ow therefore, take for yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and My servant Job shall pray for you. For I will accept him, lest I deal with you according to your folly; because you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has. ”

Now therefore, take to yourselves seven bulls 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 I will accept him, that I not deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job has.”

9 S o Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the Lord commanded them; for the Lord had accepted Job.

So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did what Yahweh commanded them, and Yahweh accepted Job.

10 A nd the Lord restored Job’s losses when he prayed for his friends. Indeed the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.

Yahweh turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends. Yahweh gave Job twice as much as he had before.

11 T hen all his brothers, all his sisters, and all those who had been his acquaintances before, came to him and ate food with him in his house; and they consoled him and comforted him for all the adversity that the Lord had brought upon him. Each one gave him a piece of silver and each a ring of gold.

Then came there to him all his brothers, and all his sisters, and all those who had been of his acquaintance before, and ate bread with him in his house. They comforted him, and consoled him concerning all the evil that Yahweh had brought on him. Everyone also gave him a piece of money, and everyone a ring of gold.

12 N ow the Lord blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning; for he had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and one thousand female donkeys.

So Yahweh blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand female donkeys.

13 H e also had seven sons and three daughters.

He had also seven sons and three daughters.

14 A nd he called the name of the first Jemimah, the name of the second Keziah, and the name of the third Keren-Happuch.

He called the name of the first, Jemimah; and the name of the second, Keziah; and the name of the third, Keren Happuch.

15 I n all the land were found no women so beautiful as the daughters of Job; and their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers.

In all the land were no women found so beautiful as the daughters of Job. Their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers.

16 A fter this Job lived one hundred and forty years, and saw his children and grandchildren for four generations.

After this Job lived one hundred forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, to four generations.

17 S o Job died, old and full of days.

So Job died, being old and full of days.