Job Prays for His Friends and the Lord Restores Everything

Job answered the Lord with a confession that ended every argument. He said he knew the Lord could do all things and that no purpose of His could be restrained. He admitted he had spoken of things too wonderful for him, things he did not understand. He had heard of the Lord by the hearing of the ear, but now his eye saw Him. So he abhorred himself and repented in dust and ashes. That was the end of Job's words.

After the Lord had spoken these words to Job, He turned to Eliphaz the Temanite. He said His wrath was kindled against Eliphaz and his two friends because they had not spoken of Him what was right, as His servant Job had. The Lord commanded them to take seven bullocks and seven rams, go to Job, and offer a burnt offering for themselves. Job would pray for them, and the Lord would accept Job's prayer and not deal with them according to their folly.

So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite went and did exactly what the Lord commanded. The Lord accepted Job. And when Job prayed for his friends, the Lord turned his captivity.

The Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before. All his brothers and sisters and everyone who had known him before came to his house and ate bread with him. They bemoaned him and comforted him over all the evil the Lord had brought upon him. Each of them gave him a piece of money and a gold ring.

The Lord blessed the latter part of Job's life more than the beginning. Job ended up with fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand female donkeys. He also had seven sons and three daughters.

He named the first daughter Jemimah, the second Keziah, and the third Keren-happuch. In all the land no women were found as beautiful as Job's daughters. And their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers.

After this, Job lived one hundred and forty years. He saw his sons and his sons' sons, four generations. So Job died, old and full of days.