Job 42:10

10 After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his fortunes and gave him twice as much as he had before.

Job 42:10 in Other Translations

KJV
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.
ESV
10 And the LORD restored the fortunes of Job, when he had prayed for his friends. And the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.
NLT
10 When Job prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his fortunes. In fact, the LORD gave him twice as much as before!
MSG
10 After Job had interceded for his friends, God restored his fortune - and then doubled it!
CSB
10 After Job had prayed for his friends, the Lord restored his prosperity and doubled his [previous] possessions.

Job 42:10 In-Context

8 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 the truth about me, as my servant Job has.”
9 So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite did what the LORD told them; and the LORD accepted Job’s prayer.
10 After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his fortunes and gave him twice as much as he had before.
11 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 on him, and each one gave him a piece of silver 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.

Cross References 2

  • 1. Deuteronomy 30:3; Psalms 14:7
  • 2. S Job 1:3; Psalms 85:1-3; Psalms 126:5-6; Philippians 2:8-9; James 5:11
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