Job 42
Het Boek
Jobs antwoord aan God
42 Daarna gaf Job de Here antwoord:
2 ‘Ik weet dat U alles kunt en dat niemand U kan tegenhouden.
3 U vraagt wie het is die op zoʼn onzinnige manier over uw besluiten sprak. Ik ben het. Ik praatte over dingen waarvan ik niets weet en die ik niet begreep, dingen die veel te ver boven mijn begrip uitgaan.
4 U zei: “Luister, dan zal Ik wat zeggen. Laat Mij u enkele vragen stellen. Probeer die maar eens te beantwoorden!”
5 Maar nu zeg ik: “Ik had al eerder van U gehoord, maar nu heb ik U gezien.
6 Daarom walg ik van mijzelf en uit berouw verneder ik mij in stof en as.” ’
7 Nadat de Here tegen Job was uitgesproken, wendde Hij zich tot Elifaz uit Teman en zei: ‘Ik ben toornig op u en uw twee vrienden, want u had geen gelijk met wat u over Mij zei. Job had het wel bij het rechte eind. 8 Neem nu zeven jonge stieren en zeven rammen, ga naar mijn dienaar Job en breng een brandoffer voor uzelf. Mijn dienaar Job zal voor u bidden en Ik zal naar hem luisteren, terwijl hij voor u bidt, en u niet straffen zoals Ik eigenlijk zou moeten doen om uw zonde en omdat u niet op de juiste wijze over Mij hebt gesproken, in tegenstelling tot mijn dienaar Job.’ 9 Elifaz uit Teman, Bildad uit Suach en Zofar uit Naäma deden wat de Here hun had opgedragen. En de Here aanvaardde het gebed dat Job voor hen uitsprak.
10 Toen Job voor zijn vrienden had gebeden, gaf de Here hem zijn rijkdom en geluk weer terug. Hij gaf hem zelfs tweemaal zoveel als vroeger. 11 Daarna kwamen al zijn broers, zusters en zijn vroegere vrienden en bekenden naar zijn huis voor een feestmaal. Zij beklaagden hem om alles wat hij had moeten doormaken en troostten hem na alle ellende die de Here hem had bezorgd. Ieder bracht een geldgeschenk en een gouden ring voor hem mee.
12 Op die manier zegende de Here Job aan het eind van zijn leven meer dan Hij aan het begin had gedaan. Want nu bezat hij veertienduizend schapen, zesduizend kamelen, duizend span ossen en duizend ezels. 13,14 God gaf hem bovendien nog eens zeven zonen en drie dochters. Zijn dochters heetten Jemima, Kezia en Kerenhappuch. 15 Nergens in het land waren zulke mooie vrouwen als de dochters van Job. Hun vader gaf hun ieder een stuk van de erfenis, net als hun broers. 16 Job leefde daarna nog honderdveertig jaar en maakte nog mee dat zijn kleinkinderen en achterkleinkinderen werden geboren. 17 Ten slotte stierf hij op heel hoge leeftijd en tevreden met zijn leven.
Job 42
New King James Version
Job’s Repentance and Restoration
42 Then Job answered the Lord and said:
2 “I know that You (A)can do everything,
And that no purpose of Yours can be withheld from You.
3 You asked, (B)‘Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?’
Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand,
(C)Things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.
4 Listen, please, and let me speak;
You said, (D)‘I will question you, and you shall answer Me.’
5 “I have (E)heard of You by the hearing of the ear,
But now my eye sees You.
6 Therefore I (F)abhor[a] myself,
And repent in dust and ashes.”
7 And so it was, after the Lord had spoken these words to Job, that the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is aroused against you and your two friends, for you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has. 8 Now therefore, take for yourselves (G)seven bulls and seven rams, (H)go to My servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and My servant Job shall (I)pray for you. For I will accept [b]him, lest I deal with you according to your folly; because you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has.”
9 So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the Lord commanded them; for the Lord had [c]accepted Job. 10 (J)And the Lord [d]restored Job’s losses when he prayed for his friends. Indeed the Lord gave Job (K)twice as much as he had before. 11 Then (L)all his brothers, all his sisters, and all those who had been his acquaintances before, came to him and ate food with him in his house; and they consoled him and comforted him for all the adversity that the Lord had brought upon him. Each one gave him a piece of silver and each a ring of gold.
12 Now the Lord blessed (M)the latter days of Job more than his beginning; for he had (N)fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and one thousand female donkeys. 13 (O)He also had seven sons and three daughters. 14 And he called the name of the first [e]Jemimah, the name of the second [f]Keziah, and the name of the third [g]Keren-Happuch. 15 In all the land were found no women so beautiful as the daughters of Job; and their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers.
16 After this Job (P)lived one hundred and forty years, and saw his children and grandchildren for four generations. 17 So Job died, old and (Q)full of days.
Job 42
King James Version
42 Then Job answered the Lord, and said,
2 I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee.
3 Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
4 Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
5 I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.
6 Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
7 And it was so, that after the Lord had spoken these words unto Job, the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.
8 Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.
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.
11 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.
14 And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Kerenhappuch.
15 And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.
16 After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations.
17 So Job died, being old and full of days.
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