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World English Bible

Job 42 (WEBP)

[1] Then Job answered Yahweh:
[2] “I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be restrained.
[3] You asked, ‘Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?’ therefore I have uttered that which I didn’t understand, things too wonderful for me, which I didn’t know.
[4] You said, ‘Listen, now, and I will speak; I will question you, and you will answer me.’
[5] I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you.
[6] Therefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.”
[7] 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] 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] So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went and did what Yahweh commanded them, and Yahweh accepted Job.
[10] Yahweh restored Job’s prosperity when he prayed for his friends. Yahweh gave Job twice as much as he had before.
[11] Then all his brothers, all his sisters, and all those who had been of his acquaintance before, came to him 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] 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] He had also seven sons and three daughters.
[14] He called the name of the first, Jemimah; and the name of the second, Keziah; and the name of the third, Keren Happuch.
[15] 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] After this Job lived one hundred forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, to four generations.
[17] So Job died, being old and full of days.

Job 42:11 Literally, kesitah, a unit of money, probably silver

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Job 42 (KJVS)

[1] Then Job answered the Lord, and said,
[2] I know that thou canst do every thing, And that no thought can be withholden from thee.
[3] Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore have I uttered that I understood not; Things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
[4] Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
[5] I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: But now mine eye seeth thee.
[6] Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent In dust and ashes.
[7] And 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.
[8] Therefore 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.
[9] So 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.
[10] And 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.
[11] Then 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.
[12] So 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.
[13] He had also seven sons and three daughters.
[14] And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Keren-happuch.
[15] And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.
[16] After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, even four generations.
[17] So Job died, being old and full of days.

Job 42:2 Or, no thought of thine can be hindered
Job 42:8 Heb. his face or person
Job 42:9 Heb. the face of Job
Job 42:10 Heb. added to Job unto the double

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Job 42 (BYZ)

[1] Ὑπολαβὼν () δὲ () Ιωβ () λέγει () τῷ () κυρίῳ ()
[2] Οἶδα () ὅτι () πάντα () δύνασαι, () ἀδυνατεῖ () δέ () σοι () οὐθέν. ()
[3] Τίς () γάρ () ἐστιν () ὁ () κρύπτων () σε () βουλήν; () Φειδόμενος () δὲ () ῥημάτων () καὶ () σὲ () οἴεται () κρύπτειν; () Τίς () δὲ () ἀναγγελεῖ () μοι () ἃ () οὐκ () ᾔδειν, () μεγάλα () καὶ () θαυμαστὰ () ἃ () οὐκ () ἠπιστάμην; ()
[4] Ἄκουσον () δέ () μου, () κύριε, () ἵνα () κἀγὼ () λαλήσω· () ἐρωτήσω () δέ () σε, () σὺ () δέ () με () δίδαξον. ()
[5] Ἀκοὴν () μὲν () ὠτὸς () ἤκουόν () σου () τὸ () πρότερον, () νυνὶ () δὲ () ὁ () ὀφθαλμός () μου () ἑόρακέν σε· ()
[6] διὸ () ἐφαύλισα ἐμαυτὸν () καὶ () ἐτάκην, () ἥγημαι () δὲ () ἐμαυτὸν () γῆν () καὶ () σποδόν. ()
[7] Ἐγένετο () δὲ () μετὰ () τὸ () λαλῆσαι () τὸν () κύριον () πάντα () τὰ () ῥήματα () ταῦτα () τῷ () Ιωβ () εἶπεν () ὁ () κύριος () Ελιφας τῷ () Θαιμανίτῃ Ἥμαρτες () σὺ () καὶ () οἱ () δύο () φίλοι () σου· () οὐ () γὰρ () ἐλαλήσατε () ἐνώπιόν () μου () ἀληθὲς () οὐδὲν () ὥσπερ () ὁ () θεράπων () μου () Ιωβ. ()
[8] Νῦν () δὲ () λάβετε () ἑπτὰ () μόσχους () καὶ () ἑπτὰ () κριοὺς καὶ () πορεύθητε () πρὸς () τὸν () θεράποντά () μου () Ιωβ, () καὶ () ποιήσει () κάρπωσιν περὶ () ὑμῶν· () Ιωβ () δὲ () ὁ () θεράπων () μου () εὔξεται () περὶ () ὑμῶν, () ὅτι () εἰ () μὴ () πρόσωπον () αὐτοῦ () λήμψομαι· () εἰ () μὴ () γὰρ () δι’ () αὐτόν, () ἀπώλεσα () ἂν () ὑμᾶς· () οὐ () γὰρ () ἐλαλήσατε () ἀληθὲς () κατὰ () τοῦ () θεράποντός () μου () Ιωβ. ()—
[9] ἐπορεύθη () δὲ () Ελιφας ὁ () Θαιμανίτης καὶ () Βαλδαδ ὁ () Σαυχίτης καὶ () Σωφαρ ὁ () Μιναῖος καὶ () ἐποίησαν () καθὼς () συνέταξεν () αὐτοῖς () ὁ () κύριος, () καὶ () ἔλυσεν () τὴν () ἁμαρτίαν () αὐτοῖς () διὰ () Ιωβ. ()
[10] Ὁ () δὲ () κύριος () ηὔξησεν () τὸν () Ιωβ· () εὐξαμένου () δὲ () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () περὶ () τῶν () φίλων () αὐτοῦ () ἀφῆκεν () αὐτοῖς () τὴν () ἁμαρτίαν· () ἔδωκεν () δὲ () ὁ () κύριος () διπλᾶ () ὅσα () ἦν () ἔμπροσθεν () Ιωβ () εἰς () διπλασιασμόν.
[11] Ἤκουσαν () δὲ () πάντες () οἱ () ἀδελφοὶ () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () αἱ () ἀδελφαὶ () αὐτοῦ () πάντα () τὰ () συμβεβηκότα () αὐτῷ () καὶ () ἦλθον () πρὸς () αὐτὸν () καὶ () πάντες () ὅσοι () ᾔδεισαν () αὐτὸν () ἐκ () πρώτου· () φαγόντες () δὲ () καὶ () πιόντες () παρ’ () αὐτῷ () παρεκάλεσαν () αὐτόν, () καὶ () ἐθαύμασαν () ἐπὶ () πᾶσιν, () οἷς () ἐπήγαγεν () αὐτῷ () ὁ () κύριος· () ἔδωκεν () δὲ () αὐτῷ () ἕκαστος () ἀμνάδα μίαν () καὶ () τετράδραχμον χρυσοῦν () ἄσημον. ()
[12] Ὁ () δὲ () κύριος () εὐλόγησεν () τὰ () ἔσχατα () Ιωβ () ἢ () τὰ () ἔμπροσθεν· () ἦν () δὲ () τὰ () κτήνη () αὐτοῦ () πρόβατα () μύρια () τετρακισχίλια, () κάμηλοι () ἑξακισχίλιαι, ζεύγη () βοῶν () χίλια, () ὄνοι () θήλειαι () νομάδες χίλιαι. ()
[13] Γεννῶνται () δὲ () αὐτῷ () υἱοὶ () ἑπτὰ () καὶ () θυγατέρες () τρεῖς· ()
[14] καὶ () ἐκάλεσεν () τὴν () μὲν () πρώτην () Ἡμέραν, () τὴν () δὲ () δευτέραν () Κασίαν, τὴν () δὲ () τρίτην () Ἀμαλθείας κέρας· ()
[15] καὶ () οὐχ () εὑρέθησαν () κατὰ () τὰς () θυγατέρας () Ιωβ () βελτίους () αὐτῶν () ἐν () τῇ () ὑπ’ () οὐρανόν· () ἔδωκεν () δὲ () αὐταῖς () ὁ () πατὴρ () κληρονομίαν () ἐν () τοῖς () ἀδελφοῖς. ()
[16] Ἔζησεν () δὲ () Ιωβ () μετὰ () τὴν () πληγὴν () ἔτη () ἑκατὸν () ἑβδομήκοντα, () τὰ () δὲ () πάντα () ἔζησεν () ἔτη () διακόσια () τεσσαράκοντα () ὀκτώ· () καὶ () εἶδεν () Ιωβ () τοὺς () υἱοὺς () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () τοὺς () υἱοὺς () τῶν () υἱῶν () αὐτοῦ () τετάρτην () γενεάν· ()
[17] καὶ () ἐτελεύτησεν () Ιωβ () πρεσβύτερος () καὶ () πλήρης () ἡμερῶν. () γέγραπται () δὲ () αὐτὸν () πάλιν () ἀναστήσεσθαι () μεθ’ () ὧν () ὁ () κύριος () ἀνίστησιν. () Οὗτος () ἑρμηνεύεται () ἐκ () τῆς () Συριακῆς βίβλου () ἐν () μὲν () γῇ () κατοικῶν () τῇ () Αυσίτιδι ἐπὶ () τοῖς () ὁρίοις () τῆς () Ιδουμαίας () καὶ () Ἀραβίας, () προυπῆρχεν () δὲ () αὐτῷ () ὄνομα () Ιωβαβ· λαβὼν () δὲ () γυναῖκα () Ἀράβισσαν γεννᾷ () υἱόν, () ᾧ () ὄνομα () Εννων, ἦν () δὲ () αὐτὸς () πατρὸς () μὲν () Ζαρε, τῶν () Ησαυ () υἱῶν () υἱός, () μητρὸς () δὲ () Βοσορρας, ὥστε () εἶναι () αὐτὸν () πέμπτον () ἀπὸ () Αβρααμ. () καὶ () οὗτοι () οἱ () βασιλεῖς () οἱ () βασιλεύσαντες () ἐν () Εδωμ, ἧς () καὶ () αὐτὸς () ἦρξεν () χώρας· () πρῶτος () Βαλακ () ὁ () τοῦ () Βεωρ, καὶ () ὄνομα () τῇ () πόλει () αὐτοῦ () Δενναβα· μετὰ () δὲ () Βαλακ () Ιωβαβ ὁ () καλούμενος () Ιωβ· () μετὰ () δὲ () τοῦτον () Ασομ ὁ () ὑπάρχων () ἡγεμὼν () ἐκ () τῆς () Θαιμανίτιδος χώρας· () μετὰ () δὲ () τοῦτον () Αδαδ υἱὸς () Βαραδ ὁ () ἐκκόψας () Μαδιαμ () ἐν () τῷ () πεδίῳ Μωαβ, καὶ () ὄνομα () τῇ () πόλει () αὐτοῦ () Γεθθαιμ. οἱ () δὲ () ἐλθόντες () πρὸς () αὐτὸν () φίλοι· () Ελιφας τῶν () Ησαυ () υἱῶν () Θαιμανων βασιλεύς, () Βαλδαδ ὁ () Σαυχαίων τύραννος, Σωφαρ ὁ () Μιναίων βασιλεύς. ()

Job 42:17 Originally verses 42:17 and 42:17a–e.

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.