Jubilee Bible 2000 JUB
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7 And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz, the Temanite, My wrath has been kindled against thee, and against thy two friends; for ye have not spoken by me in uprightness, as my slave Job <em>has</em>.
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After the LORD had said these things to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “I am angry with you and your two friends, because you have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has.
8 Therefore, take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my slave Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my slave Job shall pray for you; for only because I will accept him, I shall not deal with you <em>according to your</em> folly, in that ye have not spoken by me in uprightness, like my slave Job.
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So now take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. My servant Job will pray for you, and I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. You have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has.”
9 So Eliphaz, the Temanite, and Bildad, the Shuhite, <em>and</em> Zophar, the Naamathite, went, and did according as the LORD commanded them; and the LORD accepted Job.
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So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite did what the LORD told them; and the LORD accepted Job’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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After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his fortunes and gave him twice as much as he had before.
11 Then all his brethren came unto him and all his sisters and all those that had been of his acquaintance before and ate bread with him in his house; and they condoled him and comforted him over all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him; each one also gave him an ewe, and an earring of gold.
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All his brothers and sisters and everyone who had known him before came and ate with him in his house. They comforted and consoled him over all the trouble the LORD had brought on him, and 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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The LORD blessed the latter part of Job’s life more than the former part. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen and a thousand donkeys.
13 He also had seven sons and three daughters.
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And 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 daughter he named Jemimah, the second Keziah and the third Keren-Happuch.
15 And in all the land no women were found as beautiful as the daughters of Job; and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.
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Nowhere in all the land were there found women as beautiful as Job’s daughters, and their father granted them an inheritance along with their brothers.
16 After this Job lived one hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, even four generations.
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After this, Job lived a hundred and forty years; he saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.
17 So Job died, being old and full of days.
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And so Job died, an old man and full of years.
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