Job 42:7-17

Job 42:7-17

[7] 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. [8] Therefore take  unto you now seven  bullocks  and seven  rams,  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.  [9] So Eliphaz  the Temanite  and Bildad  the Shuhite  and Zophar  the Naamathite  and did  according as the LORD  commanded  them: the LORD  also accepted  Job.  [10] 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. [11] 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.  [12] 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.  [13] He had also seven  sons  and three  daughters.  [14] And he called  the name  of the first,  Jemima;  and the name  of the second,  Kezia;  and the name  of the third,  Kerenhappuch.  [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.  [16] After  this lived  Job  an hundred  and forty  years,  and saw  his sons,  even four  generations.  [17] So Job  died,  being old  and full  of days. 

What does Job 42:7-17 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

The book closes as it opened, with a prose explanation by the inspired human writer. He gave us important information about Job"s friends ( Job 42:7-9) and then Job"s fortunes ( Job 42:10-17).
". . . Satan and Job"s wife (who are prominent in the prologue as agents of evil who try to get Job to curse God) are intentionally omitted in the epilogue. This deliberate omission emphasizes a major teaching of the book, namely, that man"s relationship to God is not a "give-and-get" bargain nor a business contract of mutual benefit." [1]