Yuēbó 42:9

9 Yúshì Tǎnxī rén Yǐlìfǎ , Shūyà rén bǐ lè dá , Námǎ rén suǒ fǎ zhào zhe Yēhéhuá suǒ fēnfu de qù xíng . Yēhéhuá jiù yuènà Yuēbó .

Yuēbó 42:9 Meaning and Commentary

Job 42:9

So Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, [and] Zophar
the Naamathite, went
Having taken the above creatures for sacrifice, as directed, they went to Job with them;

and did according as the Lord commanded them;
offered them by Job for a burnt offering, and desired him to pray for them. This they did, both as to matter and manner, as the Lord ordered them; and they did it immediately, without consulting flesh and blood, the pride and other passions of their hearts; and they all united in it, and served the Lord with one consent, which showed them to be good men;

the Lord also accepted Job;
the sacrifice he offered; perhaps by sending fire from heaven, which consumed the burnt offering: or "the face of Job"; he heard his prayer for his friends, and granted his request for them: or "the person of Job", as Mr. Broughton renders it; Job in this was a type of Christ also, who is always heard in his intercession and mediation for his people. God has respect to his person, which always acceptable to him, and in whom he is well pleased; and he has respect to his offering and sacrifice, which is of a sweet smelling savour to him. And the persons of his people are accepted in him the Beloved, and all their services and sacrifices of prayer and praise, ( Matthew 3:17 ) ( Ephesians 1:6 ) ( 1 Peter 2:5 ) . The Targum is,

``they did as the Word of the Lord spake unto them, and the Word of the Lord accepted the face of Job.''

Yuēbó 42:9 In-Context

7 Yēhéhuá duì Yuēbó shuōhuà yǐhòu , jiù duì Tǎnxī rén Yǐlìfǎ shuō , wǒde nùqì xiàng nǐ hé nǐ liǎng gè péngyou fā zuò , yīnwei nǐmen yìlùn wǒ , bù rú wǒde púrén Yuēbó shuō de shì .

8 Xiànzaì nǐmen yào qǔ qī zhǐ gōngniú , qī zhǐ gōng yáng , dào wǒ púrén Yuēbó nàli qù , wèi zìjǐ xiànshang Fánjì , wǒde púrén Yuēbó jiù wèi nǐmen qídǎo . wǒ yīn yuènà tā , jiù bù àn nǐmen de yú wàng bàn nǐmen . nǐmen yìlùn wǒ , bù rú wǒde púrén Yuēbó shuō de shì .

9 Yúshì Tǎnxī rén Yǐlìfǎ , Shūyà rén bǐ lè dá , Námǎ rén suǒ fǎ zhào zhe Yēhéhuá suǒ fēnfu de qù xíng . Yēhéhuá jiù yuènà Yuēbó .

10 Yuēbó wèi tāde péngyou qídǎo . Yēhéhuá jiù shǐ Yuēbó cóng kǔ jìng ( yuánwén zuò lǔlǜe ) zhuǎn huí , bìngqiĕ Yēhéhuá cìgĕi tāde , bǐ tā cóng qián suǒyǒude jiābeì .

11 Yuēbó de dìxiōng , zǐ meì , hé yǐ xiān suǒ rènshi de rén dōu lái jiàn tā , zaì tā jiā lǐ yītóng chī fàn . yòu lún dào Yēhéhuá suǒ jiāng yǔ tāde yīqiè zāihuò , dōu wèi tā bēi shāng ānwèi tā . mĕi rén yĕ sòng tā yī kuaì yínzi hé yī gè jīn huán .