Job 42:9

⁷ After the LORD had spoken these words to Job, He said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you and your two friends. For you have not spoken about Me accurately, as My servant Job has.

⁸ So now, take seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. Then My servant Job will pray for you, for I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken accurately about Me, as My servant Job has.”

So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the LORD had told them; and the LORD accepted Job’s request.

¹⁰ After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his prosperity and doubled his former possessions.

¹¹ 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.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the LORD had told them; and the LORD accepted Job’s request.
KJV: 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.
WEB: So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went and did what the LORD commanded them, and the LORD accepted Job.
ASV: So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according as Jehovah commanded them: and Jehovah accepted Job.
DARBY: Then Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, went and did according as Jehovah had said unto them; and Jehovah accepted Job.
BLB: Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, [and] Zophar the Naamathite went and did according to what YHWH had spoken to them; and YHWH lifted up the face of Job.

ÅB: Så gikk Elifas fra Teman og Bildad fra Suah og Sofar fra Na'ama og gjorde som Herren hadde talt til dem; og Herren bønnhørte Job.
OTB: Så gikk Elifas fra Teman, Bildad fra Sjuah og Sofar fra Naama og gjorde som Herren hadde befalt dem; og Herren aksepterte Jobs bønn.
B1930: Så gikk Elifas fra Teman og Bildad fra Suah og Sofar fra Na'ama og gjorde som Herren hadde talt til dem; og Herren bønnhørte Job.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Hebrews 11:8
By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going.
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Acts 9:6
“Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”
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Ecclesiastes 9:7
Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already approved your works:
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Proverbs 3:11–12
My son, do not reject the discipline of the LORD, and do not loathe His rebuke;
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Matthew 7:24
Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
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Isaiah 60:14
The sons of your oppressors will come and bow down to you; all who reviled you will fall facedown at your feet and call you the City of the LORD, Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
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John 2:5
His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever He tells you.”
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Acts 10:33
So I sent for you immediately, and you were kind enough to come. Now then, we are all here in the presence of God to listen to everything the Lord has instructed you to tell us.”
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