Job 42:11

Fellowship and the church Comfort Friendship Money and wealth

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.

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.

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 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.

¹³ He had also seven sons and three daughters.

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BSB: All his brothers and sisters and prior acquaintances came and dined with him in his house. They consoled him and comforted him over all the adversity that the LORD had brought upon him. And each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring.
KJV: 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.
WEB: Then all his brothers, all his sisters, and all those who had been of his acquaintance before, came to him and ate bread with him in his house. They comforted him, and consoled him concerning all the evil that the LORD had brought on him. Everyone also gave him a piece of money, and everyone a ring of gold.
ASV: 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 concerning all the evil that Jehovah had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one a ring of gold.
DARBY: And all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, came to him, and they ate bread with him in his house, and they condoled with him, and comforted him concerning all the evil that Jehovah had brought upon him; and every one gave him a piece of money, and every one a golden ring.
BLB: All his brothers, and all his sisters, and all the faces of those knowing him came to him, and they ate bread with him in his house, and they nodded to him and comforted him over all the adversity that YHWH had brought upon him. And each man gave to him one kesitah, and each man one ring of gold.

ÅB: Og alle hans brødre kom til ham, og alle hans søstre og alle som hadde kjent ham før, og de spiste med ham i hans hus og viste ham medynk og trøstet ham for all den ulykke Herren hadde latt komme over ham; og de gav ham hver en kesitte[^1] og hver en gullring.
OTB: Da kom alle hans brødre, søstre og alle som hadde kjent ham før til ham og spiste med ham i hans hus. De viste ham medfølelse og trøstet ham over alle de ulykkene Herren hadde brakt over ham, og hver av dem ga ham et stykke sølv og en gullring.
B1930: Og alle hans brødre kom til ham, og alle hans søstre og alle som hadde kjent ham før, og de åt med ham i hans hus og viste ham medynk og trøstet ham for all den ulykke Herren hadde latt komme over ham; og de gav ham hver en kesitte og hver en gullring. / < 1MO 33, 19.>

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Job 2:11
Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.
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Job 19:13–14
He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.
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Genesis 24:22
And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold;
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Proverbs 16:7
When a man’s ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
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Hebrews 12:12
Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;
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Romans 12:15
Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.
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Genesis 24:53
And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah: he gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things.
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1 Corinthians 12:26
And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.
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