Job 42:9

9 Y Elifaz temanita y Bildad suhita y Zofar naamatita fueron e hicieron tal como el SEÑOR les había dicho; y el SEÑOR aceptó a Job.

Job 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.''

Job 42:9 In-Context

7 Y sucedió que después que el SEÑOR habló estas palabras a Job, el SEÑOR dijo a Elifaz temanita: Se ha encendido mi ira contra ti y contra tus dos amigos, porque no habéis hablado de mí lo que es recto, como mi siervo Job.

8 Ahora pues, tomad siete novillos y siete carneros, id a mi siervo Job y ofreced holocausto por vosotros, y mi siervo Job orará por vosotros. Porque ciertamente a él atenderé para no hacer con vosotros conforme a vuestra insensatez, porque no habéis hablado de mí lo que es recto, como mi siervo Job.

9 Y Elifaz temanita y Bildad suhita y Zofar naamatita fueron e hicieron tal como el SEÑOR les había dicho; y el SEÑOR aceptó a Job.

10 Y el SEÑOR restauró el bienestar de Job cuando éste oró por sus amigos; y el SEÑOR aumentó al doble todo lo que Job había poseído.

11 Entonces todos sus hermanos y todas sus hermanas y todos los que le habían conocido antes, vinieron a él y comieron pan con él en su casa; se condolieron de él y lo consolaron por todo el mal que el SEÑOR había traído sobre él. Cada uno le dio una moneda de plata, y cada uno un anillo de oro.