Job 42:10

The Lord restored Job's prosperity when he prayed for his friends, and gave him twice as much as he had before.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

9So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite did what the Lord commanded them, and the Lord accepted Job's prayer.

11Then all his brothers and sisters and friends he'd previously known came and ate with him at his home. They showed him sympathy and comforted him because of all the trouble the Lord had caused him. Each one of them gave him money and a gold ring.

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Cross References

Exodus 17:4Moses cried out to the Lord, “What am I going to do with these people? A bit more of this and they're going to stone me!”

Numbers 12:13Moses called out to the Lord, “God, please heal her!”

Numbers 14:10In reply all the people shouted out, “Stone them!” But the glory of the Lord suddenly appeared in the Tent of Meeting, right in the middle of the Israelites.

Numbers 16:21“Step away from these Israelites and I will destroy them right away.”

Deuteronomy 8:18But remember it's the Lord your God who gives you the ability to become rich, in order to fulfill his agreement he promised to your forefathers that still exists today.

Deuteronomy 30:3He will bring you back home, gathering you from all the nations where he scattered you.

Matthew Henry on Job 42:8-10

God's Vindication of Job. ( b. c. 1520.) 7 And it was so, that after the Lord had spoken these words unto Job, the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath. 8 Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks 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 him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your… Read the whole commentary →

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