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1. Then Job answered the LORD:
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1. Then Job H347 answered H6030 H853 the LORD H3068 , and said H559 ,
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2. "I know that thou canst do all things, and that no purpose of thine can be thwarted.
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2. I know H3045 that H3588 thou canst do H3201 every H3605 thing , and that no H3808 thought H4209 can be withheld H1219 from H4480 thee.
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3. `Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?' Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.
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3. Who H4310 is he H2088 that hideth H5956 counsel H6098 without H1097 knowledge H1847 ? therefore H3651 have I uttered H5046 that I understood H995 not H3808 ; things too wonderful H6381 for H4480 me , which I knew H3045 not H3808 .
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4. `Hear, and I will speak; I will question you, and you declare to me.'
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4. Hear H8085 , I beseech thee H4994 , and I H595 will speak H1696 : I will demand H7592 of thee , and declare H3045 thou unto me.
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5. I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees thee;
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5. I have heard H8085 of thee by the hearing H8088 of the ear H241 : but now H6258 mine eye H5869 seeth H7200 thee.
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6. therefore I despise myself, and repent in dust and ashes."
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6. Wherefore H5921 H3651 I abhor H3988 myself , and repent H5162 in H5921 dust H6083 and ashes H665 .
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7. After the LORD had spoken these words to Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite: "My wrath is kindled against you and against your two friends; for you have not spoken of me what is right, as my servant Job has.
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7. And it was H1961 so , that after H310 the LORD H3068 had spoken H1696 H853 these H428 words H1697 unto H413 Job H347 , the LORD H3068 said H559 to H413 Eliphaz H464 the Temanite H8489 , My wrath H639 is kindled H2734 against thee , and against thy two H8147 friends H7453 : for H3588 ye have not H3808 spoken H1696 of H413 me the thing that is right H3559 , as my servant H5650 Job H347 hath .
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8. Now therefore take 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 his prayer not to deal with you according to your folly; for you have not spoken of me what is right, as my servant Job has."
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8. Therefore take H3947 unto you now H6258 seven H7651 bullocks H6499 and seven H7651 rams H352 , and go H1980 to H413 my servant H5650 Job H347 , and offer up H5927 for H1157 yourselves a burnt offering H5930 ; and my servant H5650 Job H347 shall pray H6419 for H5921 you: for H3588 H518 him H6440 will I accept H5375 : lest H1115 I deal H6213 with H5973 you after your folly H5039 , in that H3588 ye have not H3808 spoken H1696 of H413 me the thing which is right H3559 , like my servant H5650 Job H347 .
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9. So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went and did what the LORD had told them; and the LORD accepted Job's prayer.
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9. So Eliphaz H464 the Temanite H8489 and Bildad H1085 the Shuhite H7747 and Zophar H6691 the Naamathite H5284 went H1980 , and did H6213 according as H834 the LORD H3068 commanded H1696 H413 them : the LORD H3068 also accepted H5375 H6440 H853 Job H347 .
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10. And the LORD restored the fortunes of Job, when he had prayed for his friends; and the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.
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10. And the LORD H3068 turned H7725 H853 the captivity H7622 of Job H347 , when he prayed H6419 for H1157 his friends H7453 : also the LORD H3068 gave H3254 Job H347 H853 twice H4932 as much as he had before H3605 H834 .
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11. Then came to him all his brothers and sisters and all who had known him before, and ate bread with him in his house; and they showed him sympathy and comforted him for all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him; and each of them gave him a piece of money and a ring of gold.
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11. Then came H935 there unto H413 him all H3605 his brethren H251 , and all H3605 his sisters H269 , and all H3605 they that had been of his acquaintance H3045 before H6440 , and did eat H398 bread H3899 with H5973 him in his house H1004 : and they bemoaned H5110 him , and comforted H5162 him over H5921 all H3605 the evil H7451 that H834 the LORD H3068 had brought H935 upon H5921 him : every man H376 also gave H5414 him a piece of money H7192 H259 , and every one H376 an H259 earring H5141 of gold H2091 .
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12. And the LORD blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning; and he had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she-asses.
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12. So the LORD H3068 blessed H1288 H853 the latter end H319 of Job H347 more than his beginning H4480 H7225 : for he had H1961 fourteen H702 H6240 thousand H505 sheep H6629 , and six H8337 thousand H505 camels H1581 , and a thousand H505 yoke H6776 of oxen H1241 , and a thousand H505 she asses H860 .
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13. He had also seven sons and three daughters.
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13. He had H1961 also seven H7658 sons H1121 and three H7969 daughters H1323 .
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14. And he called the name of the first Jemimah; and the name of the second Keziah; and the name of the third Kerenhappuch.
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14. And he called H7121 the name H8034 of the first H259 , Jemima H3224 ; and the name H8034 of the second H8145 , Kezia H7103 ; and the name H8034 of the third H7992 , Keren H7163 -happuch.
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15. And in all the land there were no women so fair as Job's daughters; and their father gave them inheritance among their brothers.
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15. And in all H3605 the land H776 were no H3808 women H802 found H4672 so fair H3303 as the daughters H1323 of Job H347 : and their father H1 gave H5414 them inheritance H5159 among H8432 their brethren H251 .
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16. And after this Job lived a hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, four generations.
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16. After H310 this H2063 lived H2421 Job H347 a hundred H3967 and forty H705 years H8141 , and saw H7200 H853 his sons H1121 , and H853 his sons H1121 ' sons H1121 , even four H702 generations H1755 .
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17. And Job died, an old man, and full of days.
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17. So Job H347 died H4191 , being old H2205 and full H7649 of days H3117 .
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