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.
Blessed be the name of the Lord.(C)

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

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Footnotes

  1. 1:21 Lit will return there; Ps 139:13,15
  2. 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. 2:10 Lit sin with his lips

God Restores Job

10 After Job had prayed for his friends, the Lord restored his fortunes and doubled his previous possessions.(A) 11 All his brothers, sisters, and former acquaintances(B) came to him 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 piece of silver[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 fourteen thousand sheep and goats, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and one thousand female donkeys.

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Footnotes

  1. 42:11 Lit a qesitah; the value of this currency is unknown

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