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1 Then Job answered the LORD, and said,
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Then [at last,] Iyov gave ADONAI this answer:
2 I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee.
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"I know that you can do everything, that no purpose of yours can be thwarted.
3 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.
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"[You asked,] 'Who is this, hiding counsel, without having knowledge?'Yes, I spoke, without understanding, of wonders far beyond me, which I didn't know.
4 Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
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"Please listen, and I will speak. [You said,] 'I will ask questions; and you, give me answers'-
5 I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.
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I had heard about you with my ears, but now my eye sees you;
6 Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
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therefore I detest [myself] and repent in dust and ashes."
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.
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After ADONAI had spoken these words to Iyov, ADONAI said to Elifaz the Teimani, "My anger is blazing against you and your two friends, because, unlike my servant Iyov, you have not spoken rightly about me.
8 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.
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So now, get yourselves seven young bulls and seven rams, go to my servant Iyov, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering. My servant Iyov will pray for you - because him I will accept - so that I won't punish you as your boorishness deserves; because you have not spoken rightly about me, as my servant Iyov has."
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 accepted Job.
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So Elifaz the Teimani, Bildad the Shuchi and Tzofar the Na'amati went and did what ADONAI had ordered them to do, and ADONAI accepted Iyov['s prayer].
10 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.
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When Iyov prayed for his friends, ADONAI restored his fortunes; ADONAI gave Iyov twice as much as he had 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.
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Then all his brothers and sisters came to him, also all who had known him before, and they ate a meal with him in his house. They consoled and comforted him for all the evils ADONAI had inflicted on him. Each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring.
12 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.
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ADONAI blessed Iyov's later situation even more than his earlier one - he had 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 pairs of oxen and 1,000 female donkeys.
13 He had also seven sons and three daughters.
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He also had 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, Kerenhappuch.
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The first he named Y'mimah; the second, K'tzi'ah; and the third, Keren-Hapukh.
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.
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Nowhere in the land could women be found as beautiful as Iyov's daughters; and their father gave them inheritances along with their brothers.
16 After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations.
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After this, Iyov lived 140 years, long enough to see his sons and grandsons, four generations.
17 So Job died, being old and full of days.
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Then, old and full of days, Iyov died.