Job 42:1 - Forerunner Commentary

Job 42:1

Job’s Repentance and Restoration

1 Then Job answered the Lord and said:

2 “I know that You ^acan do everything,
And that no purpose of Yours can be withheld from You.

3 You asked, ^a‘Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?’
Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand,
^bThings too wonderful for me, which I did not know.

4 Listen, please, and let me speak;
You said, ^a‘I will question you, and you shall answer Me.’

5 “I have ^aheard of You by the hearing of the ear,
But now my eye sees You.

6 Therefore I ^aabhor myself,
And repent in dust and ashes.”

7 And so it was, after the Lord had spoken these words to Job, that the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is aroused against you and your two friends, for you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has.

8 Now therefore, take for yourselves ^aseven bulls and seven rams, ^bgo to My servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and My servant Job shall ^cpray for you. For I will accept¹ him, lest I deal with you according to your folly; because you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has.”

Verse Comparison: Job 42:1

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American Standard Version
Then Job answered Jehovah, and said,

Amplified® Bible
THEN JOB said to the Lord,

Contemporary English Version
Job said:

Darby English Version
And Job answered Jehovah and said,

Good News Bible
Then Job answered the LORD.

King James Version
Then Job answered the LORD, and said,

New American Standard Bible
Then Job answered the LORD and said,

New International Version
Then Job replied to the LORD :

New King James Version
Then Job answered the LORD and said:

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then Job answered the LORD and said,

Revised Standard Version
Then Job answered the LORD:

Young's Literal Translation
And Job answereth Jehovah and saith: --

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Job’s Repentance and Restoration

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