1 Og Job svarte Herren og sa,

And Job said in answer to the Lord,

2 Jeg innser at du kan gjøre alt, og at ingenting er umulig for deg.

I see that you are able to do every thing, and to give effect to all your designs.

3 Hvem er den som gjør Guds tanker uklare med ord uten innsikt? Jeg har snakket uten forståelse om ting for underfulle til å fatte.

Who is this who makes dark the purpose of God by words without knowledge? For I have been talking without knowledge about wonders not to be searched out.

4 Lytt til meg, så skal jeg tale; jeg vil spørre deg, og du skal svare meg.

Give ear to me, and I will say what is in my mind; I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.

5 Jeg hadde hørt om deg med ørene, men nå har mitt øye sett deg.

Word of you had come to my ears, but now my eye has seen you.

6 Derfor tar jeg tilbake mine ord, og angrer i støv og aske.

For this cause I give witness that what I said is false, and in sorrow I take my seat in the dust.

7 Etter at Herren hadde talt disse ordene til Job, sa han til Elifas fra Teman: Jeg er vred på deg og dine to venner, for dere har ikke talt sant om meg, som min tjener Job har gjort.

And it came about, after he had said these words to Job, that the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, I am very angry with you and your two friends, because you have not said what is right about me, as my servant Job has.

8 Ta nå sju okser og sju værer, og gå til min tjener Job. Frembær et brennoffer for dere selv, og la min tjener Job be for dere, så jeg ikke skal straffe dere; for dere har ikke talt riktig om meg, som min tjener Job har gjort.

And now, take seven oxen and seven sheep, and go to my servant Job, and give a burned offering for yourselves, and my servant Job will make prayer for you, that I may not send punishment on you; because you have not said what is right about me, as my servant Job has.

9 Da gikk Elifas fra Teman, Bildad fra Sjuah og Sofar fra Naama, og gjorde som Herren hadde befalt dem. Og Herren lyttet til Jobs bønn.

And Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, went and did as the Lord had said. And the Lord gave ear to Job.

10 Herren ga Job tilbake alt han hadde mistet, etter at han ba for sine venner. Og Herren gav Job dobbelt så mye som han før hadde hatt.

And the Lord made up to Job for all his losses, after he had made prayer for his friends: and all Job had before was increased by the Lord twice as much.

11 Alle hans brødre og søstre, og alle hans gamle venner, kom og spiste med ham i hans hus. De viste sin medfølelse og trøstet ham for all den ulykke som Herren hadde ført over ham. Og de gav ham hver en mynt og en gullring.

And all his brothers and sisters, and his friends of earlier days, came and took food with him in his house; and made clear their grief for him, and gave him comfort for all the evil which the Lord had sent on him; and they all gave him a bit of money and a gold ring.

12 Herrens velsignelse var større på slutten av Jobs liv enn i begynnelsen. Han fikk fjorten tusen sauer og geiter, seks tusen kameler, to tusen okser og tusen eselhopper.

And the Lord's blessing was greater on the end of Job's life than on its start: and so he came to have fourteen thousand sheep and goats, and six thousand camels, and two thousand oxen, and a thousand she-asses.

13 Han fikk også sju sønner og tre døtre.

And he had seven sons and three daughters.

14 Den første datteren kalte han Jemima, den andre Kesia, og den tredje Keren-Happuk.

And he gave the first the name of Jemimah, the second Keziah, and the third Keren-happuch;

15 Ingen kvinner på hele jorden var så vakre som Jobs døtre. Og deres far ga dem arv sammen med deres brødre.

And there were no women so beautiful as the daughters of Job in all the earth: and their father gave them a heritage among their brothers.

16 Etter dette levde Job i hundre og førti år, og så sine barn og barnebarn, i fire generasjoner.

And after this Job had a hundred and forty years of life, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations.

17 Og Job døde gammel og mett av dager.

And Job came to his end, old and full of days.