Job 42:9

So 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

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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

In Context

8Now then take seven bullocks, and seven rams, 1 And go to my servant Job, 1 And he shall offer a burnt offering for you. 1 And my servant Job shall pray for you, 1 For I will only accept him: 1 For but for his sake, I would have destroyed you, 1 For ye have not spoken the truth against my servant Job. 1

10And 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

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Cross References

Job 2:11Now his three friends having heard of all the evil that was come upon him, 1 Came to him each from his own country: 1 Eliphaz the king of the Temanites, 1 Bildad sovereign of the Shuhites, 1 Zophar king of the Minaeans: 1 And they came to him with one accord, 1 To comfort and to visit him. 1

Job 22:30He shall deliver the innocent, 1 And do thou save thyself by thy pure hands.

Job 42:8Now then take seven bullocks, and seven rams, 1 And go to my servant Job, 1 And he shall offer a burnt offering for you. 1 And my servant Job shall pray for you, 1 For I will only accept him: 1 For but for his sake, I would have destroyed you, 1 For ye have not spoken the truth against my servant Job. 1

Ecclesiastes 9:7Go, eat thy bread with mirth, 1 And drink thy wine with a joyful heart; 1 For now God has favorably accepted thy works. 1

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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