Job’s Confession and Repentance
1 Then Job answered the Lord and said:
2 “I know that nyou can do all things,
and that ono purpose of yours can be thwarted.
3 p‘Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?’
Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand,
things qtoo wonderful for me, which I did not know.
4 ‘Hear, and I will speak;
rI will question you, and you make it known to me.’
5 sI had heard of you by the hearing of the ear,
but now tmy eye sees you;
6 therefore uI despise myself,
and repent in1 dust and ashes.”
The Lord Restores Job’s Fortunes
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. 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 xshowed him sympathy and comforted him for all the evil1 that the Lord had brought upon him. And each of them gave him a piece of money2 and a ring of gold.
12 And the Lord blessed ythe latter days of Job more than his beginning. And zhe had 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys. 13 He had also aseven sons and three daughters. 14 And he called the name of the first daughter Jemimah, and the name of the second Keziah, and the name of the third Keren-happuch. 15 And in all the land there were no women so beautiful as Job’s daughters. And their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers. 16 And after this Job lived 140 years, and bsaw his sons, and his sons’ sons, four generations. 17 And Job died, an cold man, and dfull of days.
