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Things too wonderful for me, which I to your folly; because you have not spoken of
did not know. Me what is right, as My servant Job has.”
4 Listen, please, and let me speak; 9 So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the
You said, ‘I will question you, and you Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went and
shall answer Me.’ did as the LORD commanded them; for the
LORD had accepted Job. And the LORD re-
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5 “I have heard of You by the hearing of
the ear, stored Job’s losses when he prayed for his
But now my eye sees You. friends. Indeed the LORD gave Job twice as
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6 Therefore I abhor myself, much as he had before. Then all his broth-
And repent in dust and ashes.” ers, all his sisters, and all those who had been
his acquaintances before, came to him and ate
7 And so it was, after the LORD had spoken food with him in his house; and they consoled
these words to Job, that the LORD said to him and comforted him for all the adversity
Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is aroused that the LORD had brought upon him. Each
against you and your two friends, for you have one gave him a piece of silver and each a ring
not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant of gold.
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Job has. Now therefore, take for yourselves 12 Now the LORD blessed the latter days of Job
seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant more than his beginning; for he had fourteen
Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offer- thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one
ing; and My servant Job shall pray for you. For thousand yoke of oxen, and one thousand
I will accept him, lest I deal with you according female donkeys. He also had seven sons and
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three daughters. And he called the name of
the first Jemimah, the name of the second
Keziah, and the name of the third Keren-
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42:1–6 Job’s confession and repentance took Happuch. In all the land were found no
place finally. He still did not know why he suf- women so beautiful as the daughters of Job;
fered so profoundly, but he was done com- and their father gave them an inheritance
plaining, questioning, and challenging God’s among their brothers.
wisdom and justice. He was reduced to such 16 After this Job lived one hundred and forty
utter humility, crushed beneath the weight of years, and saw his children and grandchildren
God’s greatness, that all he could do was for four generations. So Job died, old and full
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repent for his insolence.Without answers to all of days.
of his questions,Job quietly bowed in humble
submission before his Creator and admitted Psalm 101:5–8
that God was sovereign (Is. 14:24; 46:8–11). 5 Whoever secretly slanders his
Most importantly for the message of the neighbor,
book, Job was still diseased and without his Him I will destroy;
children and possessions, and God had not The one who has a haughty look and a
changed anything (except for the humbling of proud heart,
the heart of His servant). Satan had been Him I will not endure.
proven completely wrong in the charges he
brought against Job and in thinking he could 6 My eyes shall be on the faithful of the
destroy true saving faith; Job’s companions land,
were completely wrong in the charges they That they may dwell with me;
brought against him; but most critically, Job He who walks in a perfect way,
himself was completely wrong in the charges He shall serve me.
he had raised against God. He expressed his 7 He who works deceit shall not dwell
own sorrowful regret that he had not just within my house;
accepted God’s will without such ignorant He who tells lies shall not continue in
complaints and questions.
my presence.
8 Early I will destroy all the wicked of
42:5 have heard…now my eye sees You. At the land,
last, Job said he understood God whom he That I may cut off all the evildoers
had seen with the eyes of faith. He had never from the city of the LORD.
so well grasped the greatness, majesty, sover-
eignty, and independence of God as he did at Proverbs 23:31–35
that moment.
31 Do not look on the wine when it is red,
When it sparkles in the cup,

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