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Job 42
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Job 42
New International Version
Job
42 Then Job replied to the Lord:
2 “I know that you can do all things;(A)
no purpose of yours can be thwarted.(B)
3 You asked, ‘Who is this that obscures my plans without knowledge?’(C)
Surely I spoke of things I did not understand,
things too wonderful for me to know.(D)
4 “You said, ‘Listen now, and I will speak;
I will question you,
and you shall answer me.’(E)
5 My ears had heard of you(F)
but now my eyes have seen you.(G)
6 Therefore I despise myself(H)
and repent(I) in dust and ashes.”(J)
Epilogue
7 After the Lord had said these things to Job(K), he said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “I am angry with you and your two friends,(L) because you have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has.(M) 8 So now take seven bulls and seven rams(N) and go to my servant Job(O) and sacrifice a burnt offering(P) for yourselves. My servant Job will pray for you, and I will accept his prayer(Q) and not deal with you according to your folly.(R) You have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has.”(S) 9 So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite(T) did what the Lord told them; and the Lord accepted Job’s prayer.(U)
10 After Job had prayed for his friends, the Lord restored his fortunes(V) and gave him twice as much as he had before.(W) 11 All his brothers and sisters and everyone who had known him before(X) came and ate with him in his house. They comforted and consoled him over all the trouble the Lord had brought on him,(Y) and each one gave him a piece of silver[a] and a gold ring.
12 The Lord blessed the latter part of Job’s life more than the former part. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen and a thousand donkeys. 13 And he also had seven sons and three daughters. 14 The first daughter he named Jemimah, the second Keziah and the third Keren-Happuch. 15 Nowhere in all the land were there found women as beautiful as Job’s daughters, and their father granted them an inheritance along with their brothers.
16 After this, Job lived a hundred and forty years; he saw his children and their children to the fourth generation. 17 And so Job died, an old man and full of years.(Z)
Footnotes
- Job 42:11 Hebrew him a kesitah; a kesitah was a unit of money of unknown weight and value.
Job 42
Het Boek
Job 42
Het Boek
Jobs antwoord aan God
42 Daarna gaf Job de Here antwoord:
2 ‘Ik weet dat U alles kunt en dat niemand U kan tegenhouden.
3 U vraagt wie het is die op zoʼn onzinnige manier over uw besluiten sprak. Ik ben het. Ik praatte over dingen waarvan ik niets weet en die ik niet begreep, dingen die veel te ver boven mijn begrip uitgaan.
4 U zei: “Luister, dan zal Ik wat zeggen. Laat Mij u enkele vragen stellen. Probeer die maar eens te beantwoorden!”
5 Maar nu zeg ik: “Ik had al eerder van U gehoord, maar nu heb ik U gezien.
6 Daarom walg ik van mijzelf en uit berouw verneder ik mij in stof en as.” ’
7 Nadat de Here tegen Job was uitgesproken, wendde Hij zich tot Elifaz uit Teman en zei: ‘Ik ben toornig op u en uw twee vrienden, want u had geen gelijk met wat u over Mij zei. Job had het wel bij het rechte eind. 8 Neem nu zeven jonge stieren en zeven rammen, ga naar mijn dienaar Job en breng een brandoffer voor uzelf. Mijn dienaar Job zal voor u bidden en Ik zal naar hem luisteren, terwijl hij voor u bidt, en u niet straffen zoals Ik eigenlijk zou moeten doen om uw zonde en omdat u niet op de juiste wijze over Mij hebt gesproken, in tegenstelling tot mijn dienaar Job.’ 9 Elifaz uit Teman, Bildad uit Suach en Zofar uit Naäma deden wat de Here hun had opgedragen. En de Here aanvaardde het gebed dat Job voor hen uitsprak.
10 Toen Job voor zijn vrienden had gebeden, gaf de Here hem zijn rijkdom en geluk weer terug. Hij gaf hem zelfs tweemaal zoveel als vroeger. 11 Daarna kwamen al zijn broers, zusters en zijn vroegere vrienden en bekenden naar zijn huis voor een feestmaal. Zij beklaagden hem om alles wat hij had moeten doormaken en troostten hem na alle ellende die de Here hem had bezorgd. Ieder bracht een geldgeschenk en een gouden ring voor hem mee.
12 Op die manier zegende de Here Job aan het eind van zijn leven meer dan Hij aan het begin had gedaan. Want nu bezat hij veertienduizend schapen, zesduizend kamelen, duizend span ossen en duizend ezels. 13,14 God gaf hem bovendien nog eens zeven zonen en drie dochters. Zijn dochters heetten Jemima, Kezia en Kerenhappuch. 15 Nergens in het land waren zulke mooie vrouwen als de dochters van Job. Hun vader gaf hun ieder een stuk van de erfenis, net als hun broers. 16 Job leefde daarna nog honderdveertig jaar en maakte nog mee dat zijn kleinkinderen en achterkleinkinderen werden geboren. 17 Ten slotte stierf hij op heel hoge leeftijd en tevreden met zijn leven.
Job 42
King James Version
Job 42
King James Version
42 Then Job answered the Lord, and said,
2 I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee.
3 Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
4 Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
5 I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.
6 Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
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 folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.
9 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.
10 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.
11 Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the Lord had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold.
12 So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.
13 He had also seven sons and three daughters.
14 And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Kerenhappuch.
15 And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.
16 After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations.
17 So Job died, being old and full of days.
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