Self-interpreting Bible

Job 42

1Job submitteth himself unto God. 7God preferreth Job's cause, and maketh his three friends submit themselves to him. 9He accepteth Job, and doubleth his blessings upon him. 13Job's children. 16His age and death.

1 THEN Job answered the LORD, and said,

2 I know that ^athou canst do every thing, and that ^b¹no thought can be withholden from thee.

a: Ge. 18:14 , Je. 32:17 , Je. 32:27 , Mar. 10:27 , Mar. 14:36 , Is. 43:13 , Mat. 19:26
b: Ps. 139:2 , Ps. 94:11 , He. 4:13 , 1Ch. 28:9 , Is. 66:18 , Jn. 21:17
1: Or, no thought of thine can be hindered.

3 ^cWho is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things ^dtoo wonderful for me, which I knew not.

c: Job 38:2 , Job 38:3
d: Ps. 40:5 , Ps. 139:6 , Ps. 131:1 , Ps. 73:22 , Pr. 30:2 - 4 , Ro. 11:33

4 Hear, ^eI beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

e: Ge. 18:30 , Ge. 18:32 , Pr. 3:5 , Pr. 3:6 , Is. 45:11 , Job 40:7 , Job 38:3 , Job 34:31 , Job 34:32

5 I have ^fheard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now ^gmine eye seeth thee.

f: Is. 55:3 , Ro. 10:17
g: Is. 6:1 , Ac. 7:56 , Ep. 1:17 , Ga. 1:16

6 ^hWherefore I abhor myself, and repent in ⁱdust and ashes.

h: Is. 6:5 , Ge. 18:27 , Eze. 16:63 , Eze. 36:31 , Ps. 51:17 , Ps. 73:22 , Lu. 18:13 , Lu. 7:37 , Lu. 7:47 , Zec. 12:10 , Job 40:4 , Ezr. 9:6 , Je. 31:19 , Ja. 4:10 , 1Ti. 1:13 , Job 2:8 , 3:6
i: Da. 9:3 , Mat. 11:21

7 ¶And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to ^jEliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not ^kspoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.

j: Job 2:11 , Job 4:1 , Job 8:1 , Job 11:1
k: Job 4 , Job 5 , Job 8 , Job 11 , Job 15 , Job 18 , Job 20 , Job 22 , Ps. 51:4

8 Therefore take unto you now ^lseven bullocks and seven rams, and ^mgo to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall ⁿpray for you: for ²him will I accept: lest I deal with you ^oafter your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.

l: Nu. 23:1 , 1Ch. 15:26 , He. 10:10 , He. 10:14 , Ep. 5:2
m: Mat. 5:24
n: Eze. 14:14 , Ja. 5:14 , Ja. 5:16 , Ge. 20:17 , 1Jn. 5:16
2: Heb. his face or person, v.9. , Job 42:9
o: De. 32:6 , De. 4:6 , Pr. 8:36

9 So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite ^pwent, and did according as the LORD commanded them: the LORD also accepted ³Job.

p: Ps. 119:59 , Job 34:31 , Job 34:32
3: Heb. the face of Job, Mat. 3.17. Ep. 1.6. 1Pe. 2.5. Pr. 3.11,12. , Mat. 3:17 , Ep. 1:6 , 1Pe. 2:5 , Pr. 3:11 , Pr. 3:12

10 And the LORD ^qturned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD ⁴gave Job twice as much as he had before.

q: Ps. 14:7 , Ps. 53:6 , Ps. 85:1 , Ps. 126:1 , Ps. 69:33 , Pr. 22:4 , Lu. 14:11 , Lu. 23:34 , Ge. 20:17
4: Heb. added all that had been to Job unto the double, Zec. 9.12. Is. 40.2. , Zec. 9:12 , Is. 40:2

11 ^rThen 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 ^sbemoaned 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.

r: Pr. 16:7 , Pr. 14:20 , Job 19:13 , Job 19:14 , Job 30:1
s: Ro. 12:15 , He. 13:1 , He. 13:3 , He. 12:12 , 1Th. 5:14 , Is. 35:3 , Job 2:11 , Am. 3:6

12 So the LORD ^tblessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had ^ufourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.

t: Job 8:7 , Ps. 119:71 , Mat. 19:29 , 1Ti. 6:17 , Ja. 5:11 , He. 12:11 , Is. 61:7 , Eze. 36:11 , De. 8:16
u: Job 42:10 , Job 1:2 , Job 1:3

13 ^vHe had also seven sons and three daughters.

v: Is. 49:17 - 21 , Job 42:10 , Job 1:2

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 ^wso fair as the daughters of Job: and their father ^xgave them inheritance among their brethren.

w: Ps. 144:12 , 1Ki. 1:3 , Es. 2:3
x: Nu. 27:1 - 8 , Jos. 17:4

16 After this lived Job an ^yhundred and forty years, and ^zsaw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations.

y: Ps. 91:16 , De. 5:16 , De. 6:1 , De. 6:2 , Pr. 3:16
z: Ge. 50:23 , Ps. 128:6 , Pr. 17:6

17 ^aSo Job died, being old and full of days.

a: Ge. 15:15 , Ge. 25:8 , Job 5:26 , Pr. 16:32