Job 42:9

“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.”

"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." - Job 42:9
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What does Job 42:9 mean?

Job 42:9 in the King James Version reads, "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." This verse is the concluding piece of the Book of Job which is known for its…

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In the concluding chapters of the Book of Job, we encounter a powerful moment of divine restoration and reconciliation that reshapes our understanding of suffering, obedience, and God’s acceptance. The verse from Job 42:9 (KJV) reads: "So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the…

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O Great and Almighty God, Heavenly Father, the Creator of the universe and Lord of all creation, I come before You today with a humble heart, seeking Your divine presence and guidance. As I meditate upon the profound words found in Job 42:9, I am reminded of the remarkable…

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Job 42:9 - "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."
Job 42:1 - "Then Job answered the LORD, and said,"
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Job 42:17 - "So Job died, being old and full of days."
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"Then Job answered the LORD, and said," - Job 42:1
Job 42:10 - "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."
Job 42:16 - "After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations."
Job 42:15 - "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."
Job 42:13 - "He had also seven sons and three daughters."
Job 42:6 - "Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes."
"So Job died, being old and full of days." - Job 42:17
Isiah 42 1-9
Job 42:5 - "I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee."
Job 42:14 - "And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Keren-happuch."
Job 42:2 - "I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee."
Job 42:7 - "¶ 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."
Job 42:4 - "Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me."
Job 42:12 - "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."
Acts 9:42 - "And it was known throughout all Joppa; and many believed in the Lord."
"He had also seven sons and three daughters." - Job 42:13
"Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes." - Job 42:6
Job 9:1 - "Then Job answered and said,"
Job 42:8 - "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."
Judges 9:42 - "And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people went out into the field; and they told Abimelech."
"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." - Job 42:10
Job 42:3 - "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."
"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." - Job 42:15
"After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations." - Job 42:16