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| 1 And Job answered Jehovah and said, |
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| 2 I know that thou canst do everything, and that thou canst be hindered in no thought of thine. |
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| 3 Who is he that obscureth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered what I did not understand; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not. |
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| 4 Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and inform me. |
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| 5 I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear, but now mine eye seeth thee: |
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| 6 Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes. |
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| 7 And it came to pass after Jehovah had spoken these words to Job, that Jehovah said to Eliphaz the Temanite, Mine anger is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends; for ye have not spoken rightly of me, like my servant Job. |
Against thee – Job's three friends are severely reproved by God. R5403:5
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| 8 And now, take for yourselves 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, for ye have not spoken of me rightly, like my servant Job. |
Burnt offering – These sacrifices were not sin-offerings, but merely a manifestation of a good desire or heart and a reverence for God. R4666:6; Q552:5
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| 9 Then Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, went and did according as Jehovah had said unto them; and Jehovah accepted Job. |
Went, and did – They obeyed God and were restored to divine favor. R5403:5
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| 10 And Jehovah turned the captivity of Job, when he had prayed for his friends; and Jehovah gave Job twice as much as he had before. |
Twice as much – Type of the final restoration of all that was lost in Adam, with the blessings of added experience to make them wise. R5803:4
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| 11 And all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, came to him, and they ate bread with him in his house, and they condoled with him, and comforted him concerning all the evil that Jehovah had brought upon him; and every one gave him a piece of money, and every one a golden ring. |
All the evil – Job recognized his adversities as God-permitted (Job 2:10), because Satan could do no more than God would permit him to do. R1800:1
God is not the author of sin (evil). R1799:3, R1800:2
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| 12 And 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. |
Latter end of Job – Typifying mankind, in some respects. R5403:6, R1507:4, R5803:4
Foreshadowing the blessings of restitution: how the tribulations of mankind will eventually work out for good to those who love God. R5333:4; PD26/37
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| 13 And he had seven sons and three daughters. |
Sons and ... daughters – The same number as before, a restitution. R5403:5
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| 14 And he called the name of the first, Jemimah; and the name of the second, Keziah; and the name of the third, Keren-happuch. |
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| 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. |
Daughters ... inheritance – Foreshadowing the time when the curse will be entirely lifted and woman will find her natural and honored place at the side of her noble husband as his helper and companion "heirs together with him of the grace of life." (1 Pet. 3:7) R1554:1
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| 16 And Job lived after this a hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, four generations. |
After this – After his adversities. R5401:5
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| 17 And Job died, old and full of days. |
Being old – Probably over 200 years in all, indicating that he belonged to the Patriarchal age. R5401:5, R1505:5
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