# Job 42 ## Job 42:1 - [KJV] Then Job answered the LORD, and said, - [ASV] Then Job answered Jehovah, and said, - [YLT] And Job answereth Jehovah and saith: -- ### Notes on Job 42:1 - ## Job 42:2 - [KJV] I know that thou canst do every *thing*, and *that* no thought can be withholden from thee. - [ASV] I know that thou canst do all things, And that no purpose of thine can be restrained. - [YLT] Thou hast known that *for* all things Thou art able, And not withheld from Thee is *any* device: ### Notes on Job 42:2 - ## Job 42:3 - [KJV] 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. - [ASV] Who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore have I uttered that which I understood not, Things too wonderful for me, which I knew not. - [YLT] 'Who *is* this, hiding counsel without knowledge?' Therefore, I have declared, and understand not, Too wonderful for me, and I know not. ### Notes on Job 42:3 - ## Job 42:4 - [KJV] Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. - [ASV] Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak; I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. - [YLT] 'Hear, I pray thee, and I -- I do speak, I ask thee, and cause thou me to know.' ### Notes on Job 42:4 - ## Job 42:5 - [KJV] I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee. - [ASV] I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear; But now mine eye seeth thee: - [YLT] By the hearing of the ear I heard Thee, And now mine eye hath seen Thee. ### Notes on Job 42:5 - ## Job 42:6 - [KJV] Wherefore I abhor *myself*, and repent in dust and ashes. - [ASV] Wherefore I abhor *myself*, And repent in dust and ashes. - [YLT] Therefore do I loathe *it*, And I have repented on dust and ashes. ### Notes on Job 42:6 - ## Job 42:7 - [KJV] 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*. - [ASV] And it was so, that, after Jehovah had spoken these words unto Job, Jehovah 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. - [YLT] And it cometh to pass after Jehovah's speaking these words unto Job, that Jehovah saith unto Eliphaz the Temanite, 'Burned hath Mine anger against thee, and against thy two friends, because ye have not spoken concerning Me rightly, like My servant Job. ### Notes on Job 42:7 - ## Job 42:8 - [KJV] 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. - [ASV] Now therefore, take unto you 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, that I deal not with you after your folly; for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath. - [YLT] And now, take to you seven bullocks and seven rams, and go ye unto My servant Job, and ye have caused a burnt-offering to ascend for you; and Job My servant doth pray for you, for surely his face I accept, so as not to do with you folly, because ye have not spoken concerning Me rightly, like My servant Job. ### Notes on Job 42:8 - ## Job 42:9 - [KJV] 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. - [ASV] So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according as Jehovah commanded them: and Jehovah accepted Job. - [YLT] And they go -- Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, Zophar the Naamathite -- and do as Jehovah hath spoken unto them; and Jehovah doth accept the face of Job. ### Notes on Job 42:9 - ## Job 42:10 - [KJV] 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. - [ASV] And Jehovah turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: and Jehovah gave Job twice as much as he had before. - [YLT] And Jehovah hath turned *to* the captivity of Job in his praying for his friends, and Jehovah doth add *to* all that Job hath -- to double. ### Notes on Job 42:10 - ## Job 42:11 - [KJV] 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. - [ASV] 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 concerning all the evil that Jehovah had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one a ring of gold. - [YLT] And come unto him do all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all his former acquaintances, and they eat bread with him in his house, and bemoan him, and comfort him concerning all the evil that Jehovah had brought upon him, and they gave to him each one kesitah, and each one ring of gold. ### Notes on Job 42:11 - ## Job 42:12 - [KJV] 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. - [ASV] So Jehovah blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: And he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she-asses. - [YLT] And Jehovah hath blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning, and he hath fourteen thousand of a flock, and six thousand camels, and a thousand pairs of oxen, and a thousand she-asses. ### Notes on Job 42:12 - ## Job 42:13 - [KJV] He had also seven sons and three daughters. - [ASV] He had also seven sons and three daughters. - [YLT] And he hath seven sons and three daughters; ### Notes on Job 42:13 - ## Job 42:14 - [KJV] And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Kerenhappuch. - [ASV] And he called the name of the first, Jemimah: and the name of the second, Keziah; and the name of the third, Keren-happuch. - [YLT] and he calleth the name of the one Jemima, and the name of the second Kezia, and the name of the third Keren-Happuch. ### Notes on Job 42:14 - ## Job 42:15 - [KJV] 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. - [ASV] 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. - [YLT] And there have not been found women fair as the daughters of Job in all the land, and their father doth give to them an inheritance in the midst of their brethren. ### Notes on Job 42:15 - ## Job 42:16 - [KJV] After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, *even* four generations. - [ASV] And after this Job lived a hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, *even* four generations. - [YLT] And Job liveth after this a hundred and forty years, and seeth his sons, and his sons' sons, four generations; ### Notes on Job 42:16 - ## Job 42:17 - [KJV] So Job died, *being* old and full of days. - [ASV] So Job died, being old and full of days. - [YLT] and Job dieth, aged and satisfied *with* days. ### Notes on Job 42:17 -