Job 42:9

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So they went, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, and did just as the LORD had told them; and the LORD had respect for Job.

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  • Job 22:27 : 27 You will pray to him and he will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows to him.
  • Job 34:31-32 : 31 Job Is Foolish to Rebel“Has anyone said to God,‘I have endured chastisement, but I will not act wrongly any more. 32 Teach me what I cannot see. If I have done evil, I will do so no more.’
  • Job 42:8 : 8 So now take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. And my servant Job will intercede for you, and I will respect him, so that I do not deal with you according to your folly, because you have not spoken about me what is right, as my servant Job has.”
  • Prov 3:11-12 : 11 My child, do not despise discipline from the LORD, and do not loathe his rebuke. 12 For the LORD disciplines those he loves, just as a father disciplines the son in whom he delights.
  • Eccl 9:7 : 7 Life is Brief, so Cherish its Joys Go, eat your food with joy, and drink your wine with a happy heart, because God has already approved your works.
  • Isa 60:14 : 14 The children of your oppressors will come bowing to you; all who treated you with disrespect will bow down at your feet. They will call you,‘The City of the LORD, Zion of the Holy One of Israel.’
  • Matt 7:24 : 24 Hearing and Doing“Everyone who hears these words of mine and does them is like a wise man who built his house on rock.
  • John 2:5 : 5 His mother told the servants,“Whatever he tells you, do it.”
  • Acts 9:6 : 6 But stand up and enter the city and you will be told what you must do.”
  • Acts 10:33 : 33 Therefore I sent for you at once, and you were kind enough to come. So now we are all here in the presence of God to listen to everything the Lord has commanded you to say to us.”
  • Heb 11:8 : 8 By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place he would later receive as an inheritance, and he went out without understanding where he was going.

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  • Job 42:6-8
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    6 Therefore I despise myself, and I repent in dust and ashes!

    7 After the LORD had spoken these things to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite,“My anger is stirred up against you and your two friends, because you have not spoken about me what is right, as my servant Job has.

    8 So now take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. And my servant Job will intercede for you, and I will respect him, so that I do not deal with you according to your folly, because you have not spoken about me what is right, as my servant Job has.”

  • Job 2:11-12
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    11 The Visit of Job’s Friends When Job’s three friends heard about all this calamity that had happened to him, each of them came from his own country– Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. They met together to come to show sympathy for him and to console him.

    12 But when they gazed intently from a distance but did not recognize him, they began to weep loudly. Each of them tore his robes, and they threw dust into the air over their heads.

  • Job 42:10-12
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    10 So the LORD restored what Job had lost after he prayed for his friends, and the LORD doubled all that had belonged to Job.

    11 So they came to him, all his brothers and sisters and all who had known him before, and they dined with him in his house. They comforted him and consoled him for 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 second part of Job’s life more than the first. He had 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.

  • 1 Job’s Confession Then Job answered the LORD:

  • 3 Then Job answered the LORD:

  • 1 Job’s Reply to God’s Challenge Then the LORD answered Job:

  • Job 1:5-9
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    5 When the days of their feasting were finished, Job would send for them and sanctify them; he would get up early in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job thought,“Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s customary practice.

    6 Satan’s Accusation of Job Now the day came when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD– and Satan also arrived among them.

    7 The LORD said to Satan,“Where have you come from?” And Satan answered the LORD,“From roving about on the earth, and from walking back and forth across it.”

    8 So the LORD said to Satan,“Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil.”

    9 Then Satan answered the LORD,“Is it for nothing that Job fears God?

  • 1 Eliphaz’s Third Speech Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered:

  • 1 Job’s Reply to Bildad Then Job answered:

  • 1 VI. The Divine Speeches(38:1-42:6)The Lord’s First Speech Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind:

  • 1 Eliphaz’s Second Speech Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered:

  • 3 Then the LORD said to Satan,“Have you considered my servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a pure and upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil. And he still holds firmly to his integrity, so that you stirred me up to destroy him without reason.”

  • 20 Then Job got up and tore his robe. He shaved his head, and then he threw himself down with his face to the ground.

  • 1 Job’s Reply to Zophar Then Job answered:

  • 1 Eliphaz Begins to Speak Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered:

  • 6 The Lord’s Second Speech Then the LORD answered Job from the whirlwind:

  • Job 2:6-7
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    6 So the LORD said to Satan,“All right, he is in your power; only preserve his life.”

    7 Job’s Integrity in Suffering So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD, and he afflicted Job with a malignant ulcer from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.

  • 1 Job’s Reply to Bildad Then Job answered:

  • 1 Job’s Reply to Eliphaz Then Job answered:

  • 1 IV. Job’s Concluding Soliloquy(29:1-31:40)Job Recalls His Former Condition Then Job continued his speech:

  • 1 Job’s Reply to Zophar Then Job answered:

  • 1 A Protest of Innocence And Job took up his discourse again:

  • 3 With Job’s three friends he was also angry, because they could not find an answer, and so declared Job guilty.

  • 1 Zophar’s First Speech to Job Then Zophar the Naamathite spoke up and said:

  • 1 Bildad’s Third Speech Then Bildad the Shuhite answered:

  • 1 Zophar’s Second Speech Then Zophar the Naamathite answered:

  • 14 and a messenger came to Job, saying,“The oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing beside them,

  • 22 In all this Job did not sin, nor did he charge God with moral impropriety.

  • 1 Job’s Reply to Eliphaz Then Job replied:

  • 1 Job Replies to Eliphaz Then Job responded:

  • 1 Elihu Invites Job’s Attention“But now, O Job, listen to my words, and hear everything I have to say!

  • 1 Bildad’s First Speech to Job Then Bildad the Shuhite spoke up and said:

  • 1 Bildad’s Second Speech Then Bildad the Shuhite answered:

  • 2 Job spoke up and said:

  • 9 Then Jeremiah said to them,“You sent me to the LORD God of Israel to make your request known to him. Here is what he says to you:

  • 14 “Pay attention to this, Job! Stand still and consider the wonders God works.