Job 42:10

And the Lord prospered Job: 1 And when he prayed also for his friends, he forgave them their sin: 1 And the Lord gave Job twice as much, even the double of what he had before. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Minaean, 1 Went and did as the Lord commanded them: 1 And he pardoned their sin for the sake of Job. 1

11And all his brethren and his sisters heard 1 All that had happened to him, 1 And they came to him, 1 And so did all that had known him from the first: 1 And they ate and drank with him, and comforted him, 1 And wondered at all that the Lord had brought upon him: 1 And each one gave him a lamb, and four drachma’s weight of gold, even of unstamped gold. 1

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Cross References

Exodus 17:4And Moses cried to the Lord, saying, What shall I do to this people? yet a little while and they will stone me.

Numbers 12:13And Moses cried to the Lord, saying, O God, I beseech thee, heal her.

Numbers 14:10And all the congregation bade stone them with stones; and the glory of the Lord appeared in the cloud on the tabernacle of witness to all the children of Israel.

Numbers 16:21Separate yourselves from the midst of this congregation, and I will consume them at once.

Deuteronomy 8:18But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God, that he gives thee strength to get wealth; even that he may establish his covenant, which the Lord swore to thy fathers, as at this day.

Deuteronomy 30:3then the Lord shall heal thine iniquities, and shall pity thee, and shall again gather thee out from all the nations, among which the Lord has scattered thee.

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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