Job 42
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Job antwoordt God
42 Toen antwoordde Job de Heer:
2 Ik weet dat U alles kan
en dat alles wat U van plan bent ook gebeurt.
3 U zegt tegen mij:
"Wie is het die, zonder er verstand van te hebben,
zijn mening over Mij geeft?"
Ik geef toe dat ik onverstandig heb gesproken.
Ik sprak over wonderbare dingen waar ik geen verstand van heb.
4 Eigenlijk heb ik tegen U gezegd: "Luister naar mij,
dan zal ik U een paar vragen stellen.
Ik wil van U daarop een antwoord krijgen."
5 Ik kende U alleen van horen zeggen.
Maar nu heb ik U zelf gezien.
6 Daarom neem ik alles terug wat ik gezegd heb.
Ik heb er heel erg spijt van."
God zegent Job
7 Nadat de Heer deze dingen tegen Job had gezegd, zei Hij tegen Elifaz: "Ik ben woedend op jou en je twee vrienden. Want er klopt niets van wat jullie over Mij hebben gezegd. Job had wél gelijk in wat hij over Mij zei. 8 Neem daarom zeven stieren en zeven mannetjes-schapen. Breng die naar mijn dienaar Job. Dan zal hij ze als brand-offer aan Mij offeren en zal hij voor jullie bidden. Want Ik zal alleen naar hem luisteren. Dan zal Ik jullie niet straffen voor de dwaze dingen die jullie over Mij hebben gezegd." 9 Toen gingen Elifaz uit Teman, Bildad uit Suach en Zofar uit Naäma naar Job en deden wat de Heer had gezegd. En de Heer vergaf hun toen Job voor hen bad.
10 Nadat Job voor zijn vrienden had gebeden, zorgde de Heer ervoor dat het weer goed ging met Job. Hij gaf hem het dubbele van wat hij vroeger had gehad. 11 Toen kwamen al zijn broers en zussen en al zijn vroegere kennissen bij Job eten. Ze beklaagden hem en troostten hem over alles wat de Heer hem had aangedaan. Ze gaven hem allemaal een gouden munt en een gouden oorring. 12 En de Heer zegende Job de rest van zijn leven nog méér dan vroeger. Hij had nu 14.000 schapen, 6000 kamelen, 2000 koeien en 1000 ezels. 13 Hij kreeg zeven zonen en drie dochters. 14 Hij noemde de eerste dochter Jemima (= 'duifje'), de tweede Kezia (= 'kaneelbloesem') en de derde Kerenhappuch (= 'oogschaduw'). 15 Het waren de mooiste meisjes in het hele land. En hun vader gaf zijn dochters net als zijn zonen ieder een eigen deel van zijn land als erfenis. 16 Daarna leefde Job nog 140 jaar. Hij kreeg zelfs kleinkinderen en achterkleinkinderen. 17 En Job stierf oud en tevreden.
Job 42
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
42 Then Job answered the Lord, and said:
2 I know that thou canst do all things, and no thought is hid from thee.
3 Who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore I have spoken unwisely, and things that above measure exceeded my knowledge.
4 Hear, and I will speak: I will ask thee, and do thou tell me.
5 With the hearing of the ear, I have heard thee, but now my eye seeth thee.
6 Therefore I reprehend myself, and do penance in dust and ashes.
7 And after the Lord had spoken these words to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Themanite: My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends, because you have not spoken the thing that is right before me, as my servant Job hath.
8 Take unto you therefore seven oxen, and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer for yourselves a holocaust: and my servant Job shall pray for you: his face I will accept, that folly be not imputed to you: for you have not spoken right things before me, as my servant Job hath.
9 So Eliphaz the Themanite, and Baldad the Suhite, and Sophar the Naamathite went, and did as the Lord had spoken to them, and the Lord accepted the face of Job.
10 The Lord also was turned at the penance of Job, when he prayed for his friends. And the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.
11 And all his brethren came to him, and all his sisters, and all that knew him before, and they ate bread with him in his house: and bemoaned him, and comforted him upon all the evil that God had brought upon him. And every man gave him one ewe, and one earring of gold.
12 And the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning. And he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.
13 And he had seven sons, and three daughters.
14 And he called the names of one Dies, and the name of the second Cassia, and the name of the third Cornustibil.
15 And there were not found in all the earth women so beautiful as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.
16 And Job lived after these things, a hundred and forty years, and he saw his children, and his children's children, unto the fourth generation, and he died an old man, and full of days.
Job 42
Common English Bible
Job’s second response
42 Job answered the Lord:
2 I know you can do anything;
no plan of yours can be opposed successfully.
3 You said,[a] “Who is this darkening counsel without knowledge?”
I have indeed spoken about things I didn’t understand,
wonders beyond my comprehension.
4 You said,[b] “Listen and I will speak;
I will question you and you will inform me.”
5 My ears had heard about you,
but now my eyes have seen you.
6 Therefore, I relent[c] and find comfort
on dust and ashes.
Epilogue
7 After the Lord had spoken these words to Job, he said to Eliphaz from Teman, “I’m angry at you and your two friends because you haven’t spoken about me correctly as did my servant Job. 8 So now, take seven bulls and seven rams, go to my servant Job, and prepare an entirely burned offering for yourselves. Job my servant will pray for you, and I will act favorably by not making fools of you because you didn’t speak correctly, as did my servant Job.”
9 Eliphaz from Teman, Bildad from Shuah, and Zophar from Naamah did what the Lord told them; and the Lord acted favorably toward Job. 10 Then the Lord changed Job’s fortune when he prayed for his friends, and the Lord doubled all Job’s earlier possessions. 11 All his brothers, sisters, and acquaintances came to him and ate food with him in his house. They comforted and consoled him concerning all the disaster the Lord had brought on him, and each one gave him a qesitah[d] and a gold ring. 12 Then the Lord blessed Job’s latter days more than his former ones. He had fourteen thousand sheep, 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 one Jemimah,[e] a second Keziah,[f] and the third Keren-happuch.[g] 15 No women in all the land were as beautiful as Job’s daughters; and their father gave an inheritance to them along with their brothers. 16 After this, Job lived 140 years and saw four generations of his children. 17 Then Job died, old and satisfied.
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