God Restores Job

¹⁰ After Job had prayed for his friends, the Lord restored his fortunes and doubled his previous possessions.^{(A) 11} All his brothers, sisters, and former acquaintances^(B) came to him and dined with him in his house. They sympathised with him and comforted him concerning all the adversity the Lord had brought on him. Each one gave him a piece of silver^[a](C) and a gold earring.^(D)

¹² So the Lord blessed the last part of Job’s life more than the first. He owned fourteen thousand sheep and goats, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and one thousand female donkeys. ¹³ He also had seven sons and three daughters. ¹⁴ He named his first daughter Jemimah, his second Keziah, and his third Keren-happuch.^{(E) 15} No women as beautiful as Job’s daughters could be found in all the land, and their father granted them an inheritance with their brothers.

¹⁶ Job lived for 140 years after this and saw his children and their children to the fourth generation. ¹⁷ Then Job died, old and full of days.^(F)

⁸ Cain said to his brother Abel, ‘Let’s go out to the field.’^[a] And while they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.^(A)

¹⁰ So he sent orders and had John beheaded in the prison.

⁵ So don’t judge^(A) anything prematurely, before the Lord comes,^(B) who will both bring to light what is hidden in darkness and reveal the intentions of the hearts. And then praise will come to each one from God.^(C)

⁴⁴ ‘In the days of those kings, the God of the heavens will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed,^(A) and this kingdom will not be left to another people. It will crush all these kingdoms^(B) and bring them to an end, but will itself endure for ever.