¹ And Job said in answer to the Lord,

^{2 Ref} I see that you are able to do every thing, and to give effect to all your designs.

^{3 Ref} Who is this who makes dark the purpose of God by words without knowledge? For I have been talking without knowledge about wonders not to be searched out.

^{4 Ref} Give ear to me, and I will say what is in my mind; I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.

^{5 Ref} Word of you had come to my ears, but now my eye has seen you.

^{6 Ref} For this cause I give witness that what I said is false, and in sorrow I take my seat in the dust.

^{7 Ref} And it came about, after he had said these words to Job, that the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, I am very angry with you and your two friends, because you have not said what is right about me, as my servant Job has.

^{8 Ref} And now, take seven oxen and seven sheep, and go to my servant Job, and give a burned offering for yourselves, and my servant Job will make prayer for you, that I may not send punishment on you; because you have not said what is right about me, as my servant Job has.

^{9 Ref} And Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, went and did as the Lord had said. And the Lord gave ear to Job.

^{10 Ref} And the Lord made up to Job for all his losses, after he had made prayer for his friends: and all Job had before was increased by the Lord twice as much.

^{11 Ref} And all his brothers and sisters, and his friends of earlier days, came and took food with him in his house; and made clear their grief for him, and gave him comfort for all the evil which the Lord had sent on him; and they all gave him a bit of money and a gold ring.

^{12 Ref} And the Lord's blessing was greater on the end of Job's life than on its start: and so he came to have fourteen thousand sheep and goats, and six thousand camels, and two thousand oxen, and a thousand she-asses.

^{13 Ref} And he had seven sons and three daughters.

¹⁴ And he gave the first the name of Jemimah, the second Keziah, and the third Keren-happuch;

^{15 Ref} And there were no women so beautiful as the daughters of Job in all the earth: and their father gave them a heritage among their brothers.

^{16 Ref} And after this Job had a hundred and forty years of life, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations.

^{17 Ref} And Job came to his end, old and full of days.

¹ And Job answereth Jehovah and saith: --

^{2 Ref} Thou hast known that `for' all things Thou art able, And not withheld from Thee is `any' device:

^{3 Ref} `Who `is' this, hiding counsel without knowledge?' Therefore, I have declared, and understand not, Too wonderful for me, and I know not.

^{4 Ref} `Hear, I pray thee, and I -- I do speak, I ask thee, and cause thou me to know.'

^{5 Ref} By the hearing of the ear I heard Thee, And now mine eye hath seen Thee.

^{6 Ref} Therefore do I loathe `it', And I have repented on dust and ashes.

^{7 Ref} 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.

^{8 Ref} 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.

^{9 Ref} 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.

^{10 Ref} 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.

^{11 Ref} 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.

^{12 Ref} 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.

^{13 Ref} And he hath seven sons and three daughters;

¹⁴ and he calleth the name of the one Jemima, and the name of the second Kezia, and the name of the third Keren-Happuch.

^{15 Ref} 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.

^{16 Ref} And Job liveth after this a hundred and forty years, and seeth his sons, and his sons' sons, four generations;

^{17 Ref} and Job dieth, aged and satisfied `with' days.