21 saying:

Naked I came from my mother’s womb,(A)
and naked I will leave this life.[a](B)
The Lord gives, and the Lord takes away.
Praise the name of Yahweh.(C)

22 Throughout all this Job did not sin or blame God for anything.[b](D)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 1:21 Lit will return there; Ps 139:13,15
  2. Job 1:22 Lit or ascribe blame to God

10 “You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her. “Should we accept only good from God and not adversity?” Throughout all this Job did not sin in what he said.[a]

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  1. Job 2:10 Lit sin with his lips

God Restores Job

10 After Job had prayed for his friends, the Lord restored his prosperity and doubled his previous possessions.(A) 11 All his brothers, sisters, and former acquaintances(B) came to his house and dined with him in his house. They sympathized with him and comforted him concerning all the adversity the Lord had brought on him. Each one gave him a qesitah[a](C) and a gold earring.(D)

12 So the Lord blessed the last part of Job’s life more than the first. He owned 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 42:11 The value of the currency is unknown.

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