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Job is the last of the three books that explore these themes. God often appears to us as a cold, impersonal being, distant from us, uncaring, even ruthless and vindictive, demanding many things from usa powerful being but without compassion. It has been concluded from this statement, combined with that at the close of ver. You have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant job has. Now viewing scripture range from the book of job chapter 42. World wide study bible job 42 christian classics ethereal. Hebrew ot transliteration holy name kjv iyov job 42. And the lord gave job twice as much as he had before. The book of job is one of the most misunderstood books in the bible. When we are aware of a friend who is hurting, we can follow the positive example of these men by going to the person, mourning with him, and spending time together. Much can be learned from the example of job and his friends.

God gave job another set of 10 kids, with even prettier daughters. And the lord restored jobs losses when he prayed for his friends. Hes blameless and upright, and he has kids, a wife, land, and a bunch of sheep. All his brothers and sisters and friends came to his house and celebrated. Into the kingdom we come to this great book of job looking for some answers, some closure on the question of suffering and god and faith and life. Read commentary on this popular bible verse and understand the real meaning behind gods word using john gills exposition of.

Weekly comments on the revised common lectionary, theological hall of the uniting church, melbourne, australia. And the lord restored the fortunes of job, when he had prayed for his friends. Daily verse and comment, and have biblical truth delivered to your inbox. This daily newsletter provides a starting point for personal study, and gives valuable insight into the verses that make up the word of god. The lord turned the captivity of job this phrase of turning, or causing to return the captivity, seems to have been overlooked, at least not thoroughly considered by the greater part of the commentators. Indeed the lord gave job twice as much as he had before. Job 1, new international version niv the bible app. They told him how sorry they were, and consoled him for all the trouble god had brought him. It is possible that job is the oldest of any book of the bible written approximately 21001800 b. Key personalities of this book include job, eliphaz the temanite, bildad the shuhite, zophar the naamathite, and elihu the buzite.

The lord blesses job 10 after job had prayed for his friends, the lord restored his prosperity and doubled his former possessions. This week we read the final chapter of the book and find out what becomes of job in the end. Job is placed on a pedestal as a hero of faith and those who belong to god, who follow the christ of god, strive to be like job. 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. The restoration of prosperity, prophesied by eliphaz job 5. God didnt just give job 10 new children to replace the ones who died he gave him the three most beautiful daughters in the land. Enrich your faith and grow in spiritual maturity with the incredible bible study and devotional books listed below. We have walked with job the last few weeks through the book that bears his name. This is where job s daughters international comes from. And the lord restored job s losses when he prayed for his friends.

All his brothers and sisters and everyone who had known him before came and ate with him in his house. Read commentary on this popular bible verse and understand the real meaning behind gods word using john gills exposition of the bible. In fact, the lord gave him twice as much as before. Job prayed for his friends, evidence that job s heart was no longer filled with resentment or bitterness toward them. The lord restored the fortunes of job when he prayed for his friends, and the lord increased all that job had twofold. Up in the heavens, god brags to the divine assembly about job. Or maybe at verse 9, after job s questioning, far from being sinful or wrong, is praised by god as right and acceptable 42. Job not only forgave his friends but experienced the forgiveness of god for himself. October 14, 2017 kjv bible verse of the day job 42. He was honest inside and out, a man of his word, who was totally devoted to god and hated evil with a.

What did jobs three friends have wrong, and what did they. And the l ord gave job s twice as much as he had before. I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear god hath ordained, that as death entered into the world at first by the ear, poisoned by that old man slayer, genesis 3. After job had prayed for his friends, the lord restored his fortunes and gave him twice as much as he had before. This is the conclusion, the climax, of his long and detailed story.

Lo and behold, satan comes out and challenges god on job. Therefore i have uttered what i did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which i did not know. And the lord turned the captivity of job not literally, in such sense as lots captivity was turned, genesis 14. Job 42 nkjv jobs repentance and restoration bible gateway. Yeah, job had ten more kids, but as any parent who has lost a child can tell you. Job never lost his faith in god, even under the most heartbreaking circumstances that tested him to his core. The book of job, one of the wisdom books of the bible, deals with two issues crucial to every person. Job, unlike his friends, has continued to speak to god rather than just about god and has thereby been faithful to that relationship. My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends. Given the fact that their names all appear to reference their intrinsic beauty cf. I attempt to clear that up by offering a different perspective than most people know today. And the lord gave job stwice as much as he had before. Job 42 hebrew english translation massoretic text mt. From the context, properly seeing god involves getting the self out of the way.

Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all. Job s story invites us to consider what it means that god runs the world by wisdom, and how this truth can bring peace in dark times. So the lord blessed the latter end of job more than his beginning comp. Job pronounced jobe, was a rich farmer living in the land of uz, somewhere northeast of palestine. And after this job lived a hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons sons, four generations. And each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring. When job responds to god, he restates some of the things that god said in chapters 3841 42. Remember, we see what we want to see, what we are educated to see. As long as self was in his line of sight, job judged god by his own perspective. Its author is unknown yet it is possible that job himself wrote it. His mind was calmed, his peace returned, and the consolations of god were not small with him. There is no one who can restrain his hand or say to him, what have you. Prayed whereby he manifests his obedience to god and his true love to them. The words may be rendered, the lord brought back job s captivity.

Lo and behold, satan comes out and challenges god on job s goodness. For you have not spoken of me what is right, as my servant job has. And the lord turned the captivity of job, when he prayed for his friends. Job 42 reference the bible the king james version job 42 the book of job 41 contents bibliographic record. When job prayed for his friends, the lord restored his fortunes. Oct 14, 2017 and the lord turned the captivity of job, when he prayed for his friends. He was the greatest man among all the people of the east. And the lord turned the captivity of job brought him out of that state of bondage in which he had so long been held by satan, and out of all his distresses and miseries. They consoled him and comforted him over all the adversity that the lord had brought upon him.

Jobs spirit of forgiveness towards his friends became the pivotal point for his own wellbeing, and the wellbeing of his friends. Job 142 the message msg 1 job was a man who lived in uz. Following job s time of suffering, god blessed job with twice as much as he had before job 42. The context for any passage in the book of job has to begin with chapter 1, which establishes jobs excellent character 1. The reference to job we find in the letter by james. Job is often portrayed as an exemplary believer whom we are to emulate, to copy.