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Job 42:9

Job 42:9
So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according as the LORD commanded them: the LORD also accepted Job .

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Trusted original commentary from respected historical Bible scholars and theologians.

Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And the Lord turned the captivity of Job,.... Not literally, in such sense as Lot's captivity was turned, Gen 14:12; for Job's person was not seized on and carried away, though his cattle were: nor…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

The Lord also accepted Job - Margin, as in Job 42:8, “the face of.” The meaning is, that he accepted his prayers and offerings in behalf of his friends.

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Job 42:7-9

Job, in his discourses, had complained very much of the censures of his friends and their hard usage of him, and had appealed to God as Judge between him and them, and thought it hard that judgment…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Job 42:7-9

Job 42:7-17. Job, having humbled himself before God, is restored to a prosperity two-fold that which he enjoyed before

7 9. Job is commanded to intercede for his three friends lest Jehovah should…