Job
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Job 42
Job 42
1Then Job answered Jehovah, and said, 2I know that thou canst do all things, And that no purpose of thine can be restrained.
3Who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore have I uttered that which I understood not, Things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
1Then Job answered the LORD, and said,
2I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee.
3Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
Commentary · verses 1-3
4Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak; I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
4Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
Commentary · verse 4
Verse 4 was Job's repentance. Some people want to make verse 4 Job restating what God said. If it was, it would have begun with "You said..." or been restated in a question. Job stated he would go to God for answers because God would answer them...which was repentance.
5I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear; But now mine eye seeth thee:
5I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.
Commentary · verse 5
This verse was WHY Job could repent. Job had the experiential faith to do it. This was WHY Job could promise to go to God for answers...which was his repentance in verse 4.
6Wherefore I abhor myself, And repent in dust and ashes.
6Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
Commentary · verse 6
Job confessed and repented for speaking without understanding. The word "abhor" meant "to disappear." Job was going to make his old self disappear. Notice the tenses of the previous verses:
- vs. 3 - past,
- vs. 4 - future,
- vs. 5 - past and present,
- vs. 6 - present.
7And it was so, that, after Jehovah had spoken these words unto Job, Jehovah 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.
8Now therefore, take unto you 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, that I deal not with you after your folly; for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.
7And 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.
8Therefore 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.
Commentary · verses 7-8
God required Job's repentance in order to bring about judgment. Job praying for his three friends would require Job to forgive them (fourth part of prayer) so that God could judge them. Job prayed and God brought judgment. God's wrath was against the three "friends" because of what they said about God and they declared Job guilty but could not give a reason. They abused causality, which was the same as mocking God (Galatians 6:7). Notice, there was nothing in this book that said it was wrong to ask questions of God.
9So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according as Jehovah commanded them: and Jehovah accepted Job.
10And Jehovah turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: and Jehovah gave Job twice as much as he had before.
9So 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.
10And 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.
Commentary · verses 9-10
Job saved his "friends."
11Then 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 concerning all the evil that Jehovah had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one a ring of gold.
12So Jehovah blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: and he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she-asses.
11Then 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.
12So 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.
Commentary · verses 11-12
Job was blessed with twice as much because he suffered loss unjustly. Justice gave him double.
13He had also seven sons and three daughters.
14And he called the name of the first, Jemimah; and the name of the second, Keziah; and the name of the third, Keren-happuch.
15And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.
16And after this Job lived a hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, even four generations.
17So Job died, being old and full of days.
13He had also seven sons and three daughters.
14And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Keren–happuch.
15And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.
16After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, even four generations.
17So Job died, being old and full of days.
Commentary · verses 13-17
Job had the same number of children, which gave him twice as many, and he lived until he was "old and full of days." This first of the five books that made up the poetic section of the Old Testament documented actual events that happened to an actual person as an effect of Satan initiating an injustice and God contrastively proving that He understood causality.
Commentary · verse 17
WHAT GOD has revealed TO US through the book OF Job:
- God wants us to ask Him anything, knowing that He will answer us.
- God wants us to completely share everything we ARE (spiritual, mental, emotional, physical) with Him.
- God is Just and Justice will be equaled out in the Long-Term. Understanding this would have led Job to justifying God through the entirety of his suffering.
Job confessed and repented! Verses 2 and 3 were Job's confession. Verse 3 was a restatement of what Elihu and God said to Job. Job restated it then admitted he was guilty of it.