Job 42

Job 42:1

AMP: Then Job answered the Lord and said,

ASV: Then Job answered Jehovah, and said,

BSB: Then Job replied to the LORD:

DARBY: And Job answered Jehovah and said,

DRA: Then Job answered the Lord, and said :

KJV: Then Job answered the LORD, and said,

Job 42:2

AMP: “I know that You can do all things,And that no thought or purpose of Yours can be restrained.

ASV: I know that thou canst do all things, And that no purpose of thine can be restrained.

BSB: “I know that You can do all thingsand that no plan of Yours can be thwarted.

DARBY: I know that thou canst do everything, and that thou canst be hindered in no thought of thine.

DRA: I know that thou canst do all things, and no thought is hid from thee.

KJV: I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee.

Job 42:3

AMP: “[You said to me] ‘Who is this that darkens and obscures counsel [by words] without knowledge?’Therefore [I now see] I have [rashly] uttered that which I did not understand,Things too wonderful for me, which I did not know. [Job 38:2]

ASV: Who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore have I uttered that which I understood not, Things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

BSB: You asked, ‘Who is thiswho conceals My counsel without knowledge?’Surely I spoke of things I did not understand,things too wonderful for me to know.

DARBY: Who is he that obscureth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered what I did not understand; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

DRA: Who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore I have spoken unwisely, and things that above measure exceeded my knowledge.

KJV: Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

Job 42:4

AMP: ‘Hear, please, and I will speak;I will ask You, and You instruct [and answer] me.’

ASV: Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak; I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

BSB: You said, ‘Listen now, and I will speak.I will question you, and you shall inform Me.’

DARBY: Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and inform me.

DRA: Hear, and I will speak : I will ask thee, and do thou tell me.

KJV: Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

Job 42:5

AMP: “I had heard of You [only] by the hearing of the ear,But now my [spiritual] eye sees You.

ASV: I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear; But now mine eye seeth thee:

BSB: My ears had heard of You,but now my eyes have seen You.

DARBY: I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear, but now mine eye seeth thee:

DRA: With the hearing of the ear, I have heard thee, but now my eye seeth thee.

KJV: I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.

Job 42:6

AMP: “Therefore I retract [my words and hate myself]And I repent in dust and ashes.”

ASV: Wherefore I abhor [myself], And repent in dust and ashes.

BSB: Therefore I despise myself,and I repent in dust and ashes.”

DARBY: Wherefore I abhor [myself], and repent in dust and ashes.

DRA: Therefore I reprehend myself, and do penance in dust and ashes.

KJV: Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.

Job 42:7

AMP: It came about that 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, for you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has.

ASV: And it was so, that, after Jehovah had spoken these words unto Job, Jehovah said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends; for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.

BSB: After 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.

DARBY: And it came to pass after Jehovah had spoken these words to Job, that Jehovah said to Eliphaz the Temanite, Mine anger is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends; for ye have not spoken rightly of me, like my servant Job.

DRA: 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 my, as my servant Job hath.

KJV: And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.

Job 42:8

AMP: 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 [and his prayer] so that I may not deal with you according to your folly, because you have not spoken of Me the thing that is right, as My servant Job has.”

ASV: Now therefore, take unto you seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt-offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you; for him will I accept, that I deal not with you after your folly; for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.

BSB: So 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.”

DARBY: And now, take for yourselves seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt-offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you, for him will I accept: lest I deal with you [after your] folly, for ye have not spoken of me rightly, like my servant Job.

DRA: 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.

KJV: Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.

Job 42:9

AMP: So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the Lord told them; and the Lord accepted Job’s prayer.

ASV: So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according as Jehovah commanded them: and Jehovah accepted Job.

BSB: So 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 prayer.

DARBY: Then Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, went and did according as Jehovah had said unto them; and Jehovah accepted Job.

DRA: 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.

KJV: So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according as the LORD commanded them: the LORD also accepted Job.

Job 42:10

AMP: The Lord restored the fortunes of Job when he prayed for his friends, and the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before. [Deut 30:1-3; Ps 126:1, 2]

ASV: And Jehovah turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: and Jehovah gave Job twice as much as he had before.

BSB: After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his prosperity and doubled his former possessions.

DARBY: And Jehovah turned the captivity of Job, when he had prayed for his friends; and Jehovah gave Job twice as much as he had before.

DRA: 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.

KJV: And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.

Job 42:11

AMP: Then all his brothers and 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 over all the [distressing] adversities that the Lord had brought on him. And each one gave him a piece of money, and each a ring of gold.

ASV: Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him concerning all the evil that Jehovah had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one a ring of gold.

BSB: All 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.

DARBY: And all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, came to him, and they ate bread with him in his house, and they condoled with him, and comforted him concerning all the evil that Jehovah had brought upon him; and every one gave him a piece of money, and every one a golden ring.

DRA: 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 fold.

KJV: Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold.

Job 42:12

AMP: And the Lord blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning; for he had 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys. [Job 1:3]

ASV: So Jehovah 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.

BSB: So 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.

DARBY: And Jehovah 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.

DRA: 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.

KJV: So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.

Job 42:13

AMP: He had seven sons and three daughters.

ASV: He had also seven sons and three daughters.

BSB: And he also had seven sons and three daughters.

DARBY: And he had seven sons and three daughters.

DRA: And he had seven sons, and three daughters.

KJV: He had also seven sons and three daughters.

Job 42:14

AMP: 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.

ASV: And he called the name of the first, Jemimah: and the name of the second, Keziah; and the name of the third, Keren-happuch.

BSB: He named his first daughter Jemimah, his second Keziah, and his third Keren-happuch.

DARBY: And he called the name of the first, Jemimah; and the name of the second, Keziah; and the name of the third, Keren-happuch.

DRA: And he called the names of one Dies, and the name of the second Cassia, and the name of the third Cornustibil.

KJV: And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Keren-happuch.

Job 42:15

AMP: In all the land there were found no women so fair as the daughters of Job; and their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers.

ASV: And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.

BSB: No women as beautiful as Job’s daughters could be found in all the land, and their father granted them an inheritance among their brothers.

DARBY: And in all the land were no women found [so] fair as the daughters of Job; and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.

DRA: 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.

KJV: And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.

Job 42:16

AMP: After this, Job lived 140 years, and saw his sons and his grandsons, four generations.

ASV: And after this Job lived a hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons` sons, [even] four generations.

BSB: After this, Job lived 140 years and saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.

DARBY: And Job lived after this a hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, four generations.

DRA: 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.

KJV: After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, even four generations.

Job 42:17

AMP: So Job died, an old man and full of days. [James 5:11]

ASV: So Job died, being old and full of days. Book I Psalm 1

BSB: And so Job died, old and full of years.

DARBY: And Job died, old and full of days.

KJV: So Job died, being old and full of days.