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Job 4

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¹ "I had heard of You [only] by the hearing of the ear, But now my [spiritual] eye sees You.

² "Therefore I retract [my words and hate myself] And I repent in dust and ashes."

³ It came about that after the LORD had spoken these words to Job, that the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, "My wrath is kindled against you and against your two friends, for you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has.

⁴ Now therefore, take for yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, and go to My servant Job, and offer up a burnt offering for yourselves, and My servant Job will pray for you. For I will accept him [and his prayer] so that I may not deal with you according to your folly, because you have not spoken of Me the thing that is right, as My servant Job has."

⁵ So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the LORD told them; and the LORD accepted Job's prayer.

⁶ The LORD restored the fortunes of Job when he prayed for his friends, and the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.

⁷ Then all his brothers and sisters and all who had known him before came to him, and they ate bread with him in his house; and they consoled him and comforted him over all the [distressing] adversities that the LORD had brought on him. And each one gave him a piece of money, and each a ring of gold.

⁸ And the LORD blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning; for he had 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.

⁹ He had seven sons and three daughters.

¹⁰ And he called the name of the first [daughter] Jemimah, and the name of the second Keziah, and the name of the third Keren-happuch.

¹¹ In all the land there were found no women so fair as the daughters of Job; and their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers.

¹² After this, Job lived 140 years, and saw his sons and his grandsons, four generations.

¹³ So Job died, an old man and full of days.

¹⁴ [1] Blessed [fortunate, prosperous, and favored by God] is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked [following their advice and example], Nor stand in the path of sinners, Nor sit [down to rest] in the seat of[2] scoffers (ridiculers).

¹⁵ But his delight is in the law of the LORD, And on His law [His precepts and teachings] he [habitually] meditates day and night.

¹⁶ And he will be like a tree firmly planted [and fed] by streams of water, Which yields its fruit in its season; Its leaf does not wither; And in whatever he does, he prospers [and comes to maturity].

¹⁷ The wicked [those who live in disobedience to God's law] are not so, But they are like the chaff [worthless and without substance] which the wind blows away.

¹⁸ Therefore the wicked will not stand [unpunished] in the judgment, Nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

¹⁹ For the LORD knows and fully approves the way of the righteous, But the way of the wicked shall perish.

²⁰ Why are the[1] nations in an[2] uproar [in turmoil against God], And why do the people devise a vain and hopeless plot?

²¹ The kings of the earth take their stand; And the rulers take counsel together Against the LORD and His Anointed (the Davidic King, the Messiah, the Christ), saying,

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1	"I had heard of You [only] by the hearing of the ear, But now my [spiritual] eye sees You.
2	"Therefore I retract [my words and hate myself] And I repent in dust and ashes."
3	It came about that after the LORD had spoken these words to Job, that the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, "My wrath is kindled against you and against your two friends, for you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has.
4	Now therefore, take for yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, and go to My servant Job, and offer up a burnt offering for yourselves, and My servant Job will pray for you. For I will accept him [and his prayer] so that I may not deal with you according to your folly, because you have not spoken of Me the thing that is right, as My servant Job has."
5	So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the LORD told them; and the LORD accepted Job's prayer.
6	The LORD restored the fortunes of Job when he prayed for his friends, and the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.
7	Then all his brothers and sisters and all who had known him before came to him, and they ate bread with him in his house; and they consoled him and comforted him over all the [distressing] adversities that the LORD had brought on him. And each one gave him a piece of money, and each a ring of gold.
8	And the LORD blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning; for he had 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.
9	He had seven sons and three daughters.
10	And he called the name of the first [daughter] Jemimah, and the name of the second Keziah, and the name of the third Keren-happuch.
11	In all the land there were found no women so fair as the daughters of Job; and their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers.
12	After this, Job lived 140 years, and saw his sons and his grandsons, four generations.
13	So Job died, an old man and full of days.
14	[1] Blessed [fortunate, prosperous, and favored by God] is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked [following their advice and example], Nor stand in the path of sinners, Nor sit [down to rest] in the seat of[2] scoffers (ridiculers).
15	But his delight is in the law of the LORD, And on His law [His precepts and teachings] he [habitually] meditates day and night.
16	And he will be like a tree firmly planted [and fed] by streams of water, Which yields its fruit in its season; Its leaf does not wither; And in whatever he does, he prospers [and comes to maturity].
17	The wicked [those who live in disobedience to God's law] are not so, But they are like the chaff [worthless and without substance] which the wind blows away.
18	Therefore the wicked will not stand [unpunished] in the judgment, Nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
19	For the LORD knows and fully approves the way of the righteous, But the way of the wicked shall perish.
20	Why are the[1] nations in an[2] uproar [in turmoil against God], And why do the people devise a vain and hopeless plot?
21	The kings of the earth take their stand; And the rulers take counsel together Against the LORD and His Anointed (the Davidic King, the Messiah, the Christ), saying,

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