10 (A)And the Lord [a]restored Job’s losses when he prayed for his friends. Indeed the Lord gave Job (B)twice as much as he had before. 11 Then (C)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.

12 Now the Lord blessed (D)the latter days of Job more than his beginning; for he had (E)fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and one thousand female donkeys.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 42:10 Lit. turned the captivity of Job, what was captured from Job

10 After Job had prayed for his friends, the Lord restored his fortunes(A) and gave him twice as much as he had before.(B) 11 All his brothers and sisters and everyone who had known him before(C) came and ate with him in his house. They comforted and consoled him over all the trouble the Lord had brought on him,(D) and each one gave him a piece of silver[a] and a gold ring.

12 The Lord blessed the latter part of Job’s life more than the former part. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen and a thousand donkeys.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 42:11 Hebrew him a kesitah; a kesitah was a unit of money of unknown weight and value.

But (A)God is the Judge:
(B)He puts down one,
And exalts another.

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It is God who judges:(A)
    He brings one down, he exalts another.(B)

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(A)He raises the poor out of the dust,
And lifts the (B)needy out of the ash heap,

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He raises the poor(A) from the dust
    and lifts the needy(B) from the ash heap;

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52 (A)He has put down the mighty from their thrones,
And exalted the lowly.

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52 He has brought down rulers from their thrones
    but has lifted up the humble.(A)

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