| International Standard Version | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1Job replied to the LORD: | 1Then Job answered the LORD and said, |
| 2"I know that you can do anything and nothing that you plan is impossible. | 2"I know that You can do all things, And that no purpose of Yours can be thwarted. |
| 3You asked, 'Who is this that darkens counsel without knowledge?' Well now, I have talked about what I don't understand— awesome things beyond me that I don't know. | 3'Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?' "Therefore I have declared that which I did not understand, Things too wonderful for me, which I did not know." |
| 4Listen now, and I will speak for myself; I'll interrogate you and then inform me. | 4'Hear, now, and I will speak; I will ask You, and You instruct me.' |
| 5I've heard you with my ears; and now I've seen you with my eyes. | 5"I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear; But now my eye sees You; |
| 6As a result, I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes." | 6Therefore I retract, And I repent in dust and ashes." |
| 7After these words had been spoken by the LORD to Job, the LORD spoke to Eliphaz from Teman: "My anger is burning against you along with your two friends, since you haven't spoken correctly about me, as did my servant Job. | 7It came about after the LORD had spoken these words to Job, that the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, "My wrath is kindled against you and against your two friends, because you have not spoken of Me what is right as My servant Job has. |
| 8So take seven bulls and seven rams and bring them to my servant Job. And bring a whole burnt offering for yourselves and my servant Job will pray for you. I'll encourage him by not responding as your disgraceful folly deserves, since you didn't speak about me correctly as did my servant Job. | 8"Now therefore, take for yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, and go to My servant Job, and offer up a burnt offering for yourselves, and My servant Job will pray for you. For I will accept him so that I may not do with you according to your folly, because you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has." |
| 9So Eliphaz from Teman, Bildad from Shuah, and Zophar from Naamath did precisely as the LORD had spoken to them, because the LORD showed favor to Job. | 9So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the LORD told them; and the LORD accepted Job. |
| 10The LORD restored Job's prosperity after he prayed for his friends. The LORD doubled everything that Job had once possessed. | 10The LORD restored the fortunes of Job when he prayed for his friends, and the LORD increased all that Job had twofold. |
| 11Then all his brothers and sisters and all those who knew him before arrived. They ate food with him in his house, mourned for him, and consoled him for all the trouble that the LORD had brought and placed on him. Some gave him gold bullion and some brought gold earrings. | 11Then all his brothers and all his sisters and all who had known him before came to him, and they ate bread with him in his house; and they consoled him and comforted him for all the adversities that the LORD had brought on him. And each one gave him one piece of money, and each a ring of gold. |
| 12The LORD blessed Job during the latter part of his life more than the former, since he owned 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 teams of oxen and 1,000 female donkeys. | 12The LORD blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning; and he had 14,000 sheep and 6,000 camels and 1,000 yoke of oxen and 1,000 female donkeys. |
| 13He also had seven sons and three daughters. | 13He had seven sons and three daughters. |
| 14He named the first daughter Jemima, the second Keziah, and the name of the third was Keren-happuch. | 14He named the first Jemimah, and the second Keziah, and the third Keren-happuch. |
| 15No one could find more beautiful women in the whole land than Job's daughters. Their father gave them their inheritance along with their brothers. | 15In all the land no women were found so fair as Job's daughters; and their father gave them inheritance among their brothers. |
| 16Job lived 140 years after this, and saw his children and grandchildren to the fourth generation. | 16After this, Job lived 140 years, and saw his sons and his grandsons, four generations. |
| 17Then Job died at an old age, having lived a full life. | 17And Job died, an old man and full of days. |
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