Job 42 Geneva Bible (1599)
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- Original 16th-century spelling.
1 Then Iob answered the Lord, and sayd,
1 Then Job answered Yahweh:
2 I knowe that thou canst doe all things, and that there is no thought hidde from thee.
2 “I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be restrained.
3 Who is hee that hideth counsell without knowledge? therefore haue I spoken that I vnderstood not, euen things too wonderfull for me, and which I knew not.
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 Heare, I beseech thee, and I will speake: I will demaunde of thee, and declare thou vnto me.
4 You said, ‘Listen, now, and I will speak; I will question you, and you will answer me.’
5 I haue heard of thee by the hearing of the eare, but now mine eye seeth thee.
5 I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you.
6 Therefore I abhorre my selfe, and repent in dust and ashes.
6 Therefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.”
7 Now after that the Lord had spoken these wordes vnto Iob, ye Lord also said vnto Eliphaz ye Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for yee haue not spoken of me the thing that is right, like my seruant Iob.
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 Therefore take vnto you nowe seuen bullockes, and seuen rammes, and go to my seruant Iob, and offer vp for your selues a burnt offring, and my seruant Iob shall pray for you: for I wil accept him, least I should put you to shame, because ye haue not spoken of me the thing, which is right, like my seruant Iob.
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 according as the Lord had saide vnto them, and the Lord accepted Iob.
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 Then the Lord turned the captiuitie of Iob, when he prayed for his friends: also the Lord gaue Iob twise so much as he had before.
10 Yahweh restored Job’s prosperity when he prayed for his friends. Yahweh gave Job twice as much as he had before.
11 Then came vnto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had bene of his acquaintance before, and did eate bread with him in his house, and had compassion of him, and comforted him for al the euil, that the Lord had brought vpon him, and euery man gaue him a piece of money, and euery one an earing of golde.
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 the Lord blessed the last dayes of Iob more then the first: for he had foureteene thousand sheepe, and sixe thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand shee asses.
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 seue sonnes, and three daughters.
13 He had also seven sons and three daughters.
14 And he called the name of one Iemimah, and the name of the seconde Keziah, and the name of the third Keren-happuch.
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 lande were no women found so faire as the daughters of Iob, and their father gaue them inheritaunce among their brethren.
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 And after this liued Iob an hundreth and fourtie yeres, and sawe his sonnes, and his sonnes sonnes, euen foure generations.
16 After this Job lived one hundred forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, to four generations.
17 So Iob dyed, being old, and full of dayes.
17 So Job died, being old and full of days.
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Keren-happuch
The third of the three daughters born to Job after his restoration, who received an inheritance among her brothers.
Cited in the guide: Job 42:14
Keziah
The second of the three daughters born to Job after his restoration, who received an inheritance among her brothers.
Cited in the guide: Job 42:14
Cross references (15)
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- 2 Matthew 19:26; Mark 10:27; Genesis 18:14; Hebrews 4:12–13; Jeremiah 32:17
- 3 Psalm 131:1; Job 38:2; Psalm 139:6; Psalm 40:5; Proverbs 30:2–4
- 4 Job 40:7; Job 38:3; Genesis 18:30–32; Genesis 18:27
- 5 Ephesians 1:17–18; Romans 10:17; John 12:45; Isaiah 6:5; Isaiah 6:1
- 6 Ezra 9:6; 1 Timothy 1:13–16; James 4:7–10; Job 40:3–4; Daniel 9:3
- 7 Job 32:2–3; Job 11:5–6; Job 32:5; Job 2:11; Psalm 51:4
- 8 Numbers 23:1; James 5:16; Psalm 103:10; Genesis 20:17; 1 Chronicles 15:26
- 9 Hebrews 11:8; Acts 9:6; Ecclesiastes 9:7; Proverbs 3:11–12; Matthew 7:24
- 10 Deuteronomy 30:3; Job 8:6–7; Proverbs 22:4; Isaiah 40:2; Isaiah 61:7
- 11 Job 2:11; Job 19:13–14; Genesis 24:22; Proverbs 16:7; Hebrews 12:12
- 12 Job 8:7; Ecclesiastes 7:8; Proverbs 10:22; Genesis 24:35; Psalm 144:13–15
- 13 Job 1:2; Psalm 127:3; Psalm 107:41; Isaiah 49:20
- 15 Numbers 27:7; Psalm 144:12; Joshua 18:4; Acts 7:20; Joshua 15:18–19
- 16 Proverbs 17:6; Genesis 50:23; Psalm 128:6; Genesis 25:7; Genesis 47:28
- 17 Genesis 25:8; Genesis 15:15; Job 5:26; Psalm 91:16; Deuteronomy 6:2
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