Old Testament Commentary - Job 42

by Don R. Hender

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CHAPTER 42 Job repents in dust and ashes—He sees the Lord with his eyes—The Lord chastises Job's friends, accepts him, and blesses him, and makes his latter end greater than his beginning.
1 THEN Job answered the LORD, and said, 2 I know that thou canst ^ado ^aevery thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee^a. 3 Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too ^awonderful for me, which I knew not.	2^a no thought can be withholden from thee God has all power and ability. He knows the thoughts of man, as well as the hearts of men. Nothing can be hid from the Lord. And it only he that can truly stand as judge of mankind, for he knows the minds, and hearts and souls of man and what they are really and truly about. He also understands and knows the weakness(es) of men as well. And between the heart's intent and desire and the failings and weaknesses of the natural man, the Lord does determine a just judgment and reward for man. Him only can man rely on to see that what is right and fair is done unto man.	2^a TG God, Works of ^b Matt. 19:26 2^a Ps. 139:6
4 Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. 5 I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee. 6 Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ^aashes.		6^a Job 2:8; Matt. 11:21
7 ¶ 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. 8 Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt ^aoffering; and my servant Job shall ^bpray 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. 9 So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according as the LORD commanded them: the LORD also ^aaccepted Job.		8^a Job 1:5 ^b Gen. 20:7 9^a Gen. 19:21; TG Probation
10 And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he ^aprayed for his ^bfriends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before. 11 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. 12 So the LORD ^ablessed 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.		10^a Matt. 5:44 ^b TG Friendship 10^a Gen. 26:12
13 He had also seven sons and three daughters. 14 And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Keren-happuch. 15 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.
16 After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations. 17 So Job died, being old and full of days.