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Then Job answered the LORD, and said,
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Job answered GOD:
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Then Job replied to the LORD:
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Then Job answered the LORD and said:
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Then Job replied to the LORD:
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I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee.
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"I'm convinced: You can do anything and everything. Nothing and no one can upset your plans.
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"I know that you can do all things; no plan of yours can be thwarted.
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"I know that You can do everything, And that no purpose of Yours can be withheld from You.
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"I know that you can do anything, and no one can stop you.
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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.
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You asked, "Who is this muddying the water, ignorantly confusing the issue, second-guessing my purposes?' I admit it. I was the one. I babbled on about things far beyond me, made small talk about wonders way over my head.
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You asked, 'Who is this that obscures my counsel without knowledge?' Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.
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You asked, "Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?' Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, Things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.
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You ask, `Who is this that questions my wisdom with such ignorance?' It is I. And I was talking about things I did not understand, things far too wonderful for me.
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Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
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You told me, "Listen, and let me do the talking. Let me ask the questions. You give the answers.'
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"You said, 'Listen now, and I will speak; I will question you, and you shall answer me.'
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Listen, please, and let me speak; You said, "I will question you, and you shall answer Me.'
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"You said, `Listen and I will speak! I have some questions for you, and you must answer them.'
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I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.
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I admit I once lived by rumors of you; now I have it all firsthand--from my own eyes and ears!
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My ears had heard of you but now my eyes have seen you.
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"I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear, But now my eye sees You.
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"I had heard about you before, but now I have seen you with my own eyes.
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Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
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I'm sorry--forgive me. I'll never do that again, I promise! I'll never again live on crusts of hearsay, crumbs of rumor."
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Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes."
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Therefore I abhor myself, And repent in dust and ashes."
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I take back everything I said, and I sit in dust and ashes to show my repentance."
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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.
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After GOD had finished addressing Job, he turned to Eliphaz the Temanite and said, "I've had it with you and your two friends. I'm fed up! You haven't been honest either with me or about me--not the way my friend Job has.
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After the LORD had said these things to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite, "I am angry with you and your two friends, because you have not spoken of me what is right, as my servant Job has.
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And so it was, after the LORD had spoken these words to Job, that the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, "My wrath is aroused against you and your two friends, for you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has.
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After the LORD had finished speaking to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite: "I am angry with you and with your two friends, for you have not been right in what you said about me, as my servant Job was.
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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.
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So here's what you must do. Take seven bulls and seven rams, and go to my friend Job. Sacrifice a burnt offering on your own behalf. My friend Job will pray for you, and I will accept his prayer. He will ask me not to treat you as you deserve for talking nonsense about me, and for not being honest with me, as he has."
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So now take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. My servant Job will pray for you, and I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. You have not spoken of me what is right, as my servant Job has."
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Now therefore, take for yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and My servant Job shall pray for you. For I will accept him, lest I deal with you according to your folly; because you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has."
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Now take seven young bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. My servant Job will pray for you, and I will accept his prayer on your behalf. I will not treat you as you deserve, for you have not been right in what you said about me, as my servant Job was."
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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.
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They did it. Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite did what GOD commanded. And GOD accepted Job's prayer.
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So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite did what the LORD told them; and the LORD accepted Job's prayer.
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So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the LORD commanded them; for the LORD had accepted Job.
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So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite did as the LORD commanded them, and the LORD accepted Job's prayer.
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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.
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After Job had interceded for his friends, GOD restored his fortune--and then doubled it!
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After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD made him prosperous again and gave him twice as much as he had before.
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And the LORD restored Job's losses when he prayed for his friends. Indeed the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.
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When Job prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his fortunes. In fact, the LORD gave him twice as much as before!
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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: 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.
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All his brothers and sisters and friends came to his house and celebrated. They told him how sorry they were, and consoled him for all the trouble GOD had brought him. Each of them brought generous housewarming gifts.
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All his brothers and sisters and everyone who had known him before came and ate with him in his house. They comforted and consoled him over all the trouble the LORD had brought upon him, and each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring.
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Then all his brothers, all his sisters, and all those who had been his acquaintances before, came to him and ate food with him in his house; and they consoled him and comforted him for all the adversity that the LORD had brought upon him. Each one gave him a piece of silver and each a ring of gold.
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Then all his brothers, sisters, and former friends came and feasted with him in his home. And they consoled him and comforted him because of all the trials the LORD had brought against him. And each of them brought him a gift of money and a gold ring.
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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.
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GOD blessed Job's later life even more than his earlier life. He ended up with fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand teams of oxen, and one thousand donkeys.
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The LORD blessed the latter part of Job's life more than the first. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen and a thousand donkeys.
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Now the LORD blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning; for he had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and one thousand female donkeys.
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So the LORD blessed Job in the second half of his life even more than in the beginning. For now he had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand teams of oxen, and one thousand female donkeys.
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He had also seven sons and three daughters.
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He also had seven sons and three daughters.
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And he also had seven sons and three daughters.
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He also had seven sons and three daughters.
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He also gave Job seven more sons and three more daughters.
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And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Kerenhappuch.
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He named the first daughter Dove, the second, Cinnamon, and the third, Darkeyes.
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The first daughter he named Jemimah, the second Keziah and the third Keren-Happuch.
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And he called the name of the first Jemimah, the name of the second Keziah, and the name of the third Keren-Happuch.
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He named his first daughter Jemimah, the second Keziah, and the third Keren-happuch.
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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.
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There was not a woman in that country as beautiful as Job's daughters. Their father treated them as equals with their brothers, providing the same inheritance.
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Nowhere in all the land were there found women as beautiful as Job's daughters, and their father granted them an inheritance along with their brothers.
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In all the land were found no women so beautiful as the daughters of Job; and their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers.
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In all the land there were no other women as lovely as the daughters of Job. And their father put them into his will along with their brothers.
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After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations.
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Job lived on another hundred and forty years, living to see his children and grandchildren--four generations of them!
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After this, Job lived a hundred and forty years; he saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.
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After this Job lived one hundred and forty years, and saw his children and grandchildren for four generations.
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Job lived 140 years after that, living to see four generations of his children and grandchildren.
