| New King James Version | Berean Study Bible |
| 1Then Job answered the LORD and said: | 1Then Job replied to the LORD: |
| 2“I know that You can do everything, And that no purpose of Yours can be withheld from You. | 2“I know that You can do all things and that no plan of Yours can be thwarted. |
| 3You asked, ‘Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?’ Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, Things too wonderful for me, which I did not know. | 3You asked, ‘Who is this who conceals My counsel without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know. |
| 4Listen, please, and let me speak; You said, ‘I will question you, and you shall answer Me.’ | 4You said, ‘Listen now, and I will speak. I will question you, and you shall inform Me.’ |
| 5“I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear, But now my eye sees You. | 5My ears had heard of You, but now my eyes have seen You. |
| 6Therefore I abhor myself, And repent in dust and ashes.” | 6Therefore I retract my words, and I repent in dust and ashes.” |
| 7And so it was, after the LORD had spoken these words to Job, that the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is aroused against you and your two friends, for you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has. | 7After the LORD had spoken these words to Job, He said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you and your two friends. For you have not spoken about Me accurately, as My servant Job has. |
| 8Now therefore, take for yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and My servant Job shall pray for you. For I will accept him, lest I deal with you according to your folly; because you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has.” | 8So now, take seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. Then My servant Job will pray for you, for I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken accurately about Me, as My servant Job has.” |
| 9So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the LORD commanded them; for the LORD had accepted Job. | 9So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the LORD had told them; and the LORD accepted Job’s request. |
| 10And the LORD restored Job’s losses when he prayed for his friends. Indeed the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before. | 10After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his prosperity and doubled his former possessions. |
| 11Then all his brothers, all his sisters, and all those who had been his acquaintances before, came to him and ate food with him in his house; and they consoled him and comforted him for all the adversity that the LORD had brought upon him. Each one gave him a piece of silver and each a ring of gold. | 11All his brothers and sisters and prior acquaintances came and dined with him in his house. They consoled him and comforted him over all the adversity that the LORD had brought upon him. And each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring. |
| 12Now the LORD blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning; for he had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and one thousand female donkeys. | 12So the LORD blessed Job’s latter days more than his first. He owned 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys. |
| 13He also had seven sons and three daughters. | 13And he also had seven sons and three daughters. |
| 14And he called the name of the first Jemimah, the name of the second Keziah, and the name of the third Keren-Happuch. | 14He named his first daughter Jemimah, his second Keziah, and his third Keren-happuch. |
| 15In all the land were found no women so beautiful as the daughters of Job; and their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers. | 15No women as beautiful as Job’s daughters could be found in all the land, and their father granted them an inheritance among their brothers. |
| 16After this Job lived one hundred and forty years, and saw his children and grandchildren for four generations. | 16After this, Job lived 140 years and saw his children and their children to the fourth generation. |
| 17So Job died, old and full of days. | 17And so Job died, old and full of years. |
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