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In fact, the LORD gave him twice as much as before!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/42.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/42.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his prosperity and doubled his former possessions.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/42.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/42.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And the LORD restored Job’s losses when he prayed for his friends. Indeed the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/42.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />The LORD also restored the fortunes of Job when he prayed for his friends, and the LORD increased double all that Job had.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/42.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />The LORD restored the fortunes of Job when he prayed for his friends, and the LORD increased all that Job had twofold.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/42.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And the LORD restored the fortunes of Job when he prayed for his friends, and the LORD increased all that Job had twofold.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/42.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And Yahweh restored the fortunes of Job when he prayed for his friends, and Yahweh increased all that Job had twofold.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/42.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />The LORD restored the fortunes of Job when he prayed for his friends, and the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/42.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his fortunes and doubled his previous possessions.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/42.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his prosperity and doubled his previous possessions.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/42.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And Jehovah turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: and Jehovah gave Job twice as much as he had before.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/42.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />After Job had prayed for his three friends, the LORD made Job twice as rich as he had been before. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/42.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: and the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/42.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />After Job prayed for his friends, the LORD restored Job's prosperity and gave him twice as much [as he had before].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/42.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Then, after Job had prayed for his three friends, the LORD made him prosperous again and gave him twice as much as he had had before. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/42.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />The LORD restored Job's prosperity after he prayed for his friends. The LORD doubled everything that Job had once possessed. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/42.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his prosperity and doubled his former possessions.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/42.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />So the LORD restored what Job had lost after he prayed for his friends, and the LORD doubled all that had belonged to Job.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/42.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends. The LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/42.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/42.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Yahweh restored Job’s prosperity when he prayed for his friends. Yahweh gave Job twice as much as he had before. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/42.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And YHWH has turned [to] the captivity of Job in his praying for his friends, and YHWH adds [to] all that Job has—to double.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/42.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And Jehovah hath turned to the captivity of Job in his praying for his friends, and Jehovah doth add to all that Job hath -- to double.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/42.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Jehovah turned back the captivity of Job in his praying for his friends: and Jehovah added all which was to Job, to the double.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/42.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />The Lord also was turned at the penance of Job, when he prayed for his friends. And the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/42.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Likewise, the Lord was moved by the repentance of Job, when he prayed for his friends. And the Lord gave to Job twice as much as he had before.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/42.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The LORD also restored the prosperity of Job, after he had prayed for his friends; the LORD even gave to Job twice as much as he had before.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/42.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/42.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And the LORD restored to Job all that he had lost, when he prayed for his friends; also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/42.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And LORD JEHOVAH turned back the captivity of Job when he was praying for his friends, and LORD JEHOVAH added double to everything that Job had possessed before<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/42.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And the LORD changed the fortune of Job, when he prayed for his friends; and the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/42.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And the Lord prospered Job: and when he prayed also for his friends, he forgave them <i>their</i> sin: and the Lord gave Job twice as much, even the double of what he had before.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/42-10.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=6677" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/42.htm">The LORD Blesses Job</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">10</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/347.htm" title="347: ’î·yō·wḇ (N-proper-ms) -- A patriarch. From 'ayab; hated; Ijob, the patriarch famous for his patience.">After Job</a> <a href="/hebrew/6419.htm" title="6419: bə·hiṯ·pal·lōw (Prep-b:: V-Hitpael-Inf:: 3ms) -- To intervene, interpose. A primitive root; to judge; by extension, to intercede, pray.">had prayed</a> <a href="/hebrew/1157.htm" title="1157: bə·‘aḏ (Prep) -- From ad with prepositional prefix; in up to or over against; generally at, beside, among, behind, for, etc.">for</a> <a href="/hebrew/7453.htm" title="7453: rê·‘ê·hū (N-mpc:: 3ms) -- Friend, companion, fellow. Or reya2; from ra'ah; an associate.">his friends,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (Conj-w:: N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/7725.htm" title="7725: ḇ (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively; generally to retreat; often adverbial, again.">restored</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7622.htm" title="7622: šə·ḇīṯ (N-fsc) -- Captivity, captives. Or shbiyth; from shabah; exile, concretely, prisoners; figuratively, a former state of prosperity.">his prosperity</a> <a href="/hebrew/3254.htm" title="3254: way·yō·sep̄ (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To add. A primitive root; to add or augment.">and doubled</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God."></a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4932.htm" title="4932: lə·miš·neh (Prep-l:: N-ms) -- A double, copy, second. From shanah; properly, a repetition, i.e. A duplicate, or a double; by implication, a second."></a> <a href="/hebrew/347.htm" title="347: lə·’î·yō·wḇ (Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- A patriarch. From 'ayab; hated; Ijob, the patriarch famous for his patience.">his</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">former possessions.</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> </span><span class="reftext">11</span>All his brothers and sisters and prior acquaintances came and dined with him in his house. They consoled him and comforted him over all the adversity that the LORD had brought upon him. And each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/5-11.htm">James 5:11</a></span><br />See how blessed we consider those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance and have seen the outcome from the Lord. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/50-20.htm">Genesis 50:20</a></span><br />As for you, what you intended against me for evil, God intended for good, in order to accomplish a day like this—to preserve the lives of many people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/126-1.htm">Psalm 126:1-2</a></span><br />A song of ascents. When the LORD restored the captives of Zion, we were like dreamers. / Then our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with shouts of joy. Then it was said among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/61-7.htm">Isaiah 61:7</a></span><br />Instead of shame, My people will have a double portion, and instead of humiliation, they will rejoice in their share; and so they will inherit a double portion in their land, and everlasting joy will be theirs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/5-10.htm">1 Peter 5:10</a></span><br />And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself restore you, secure you, strengthen you, and establish you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/1-4.htm">2 Corinthians 1:4</a></span><br />who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/42-9.htm">Genesis 42:9</a></span><br />Joseph remembered his dreams about them and said, “You are spies! You have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/30-3.htm">Deuteronomy 30:3</a></span><br />then He will restore you from captivity and have compassion on you and gather you from all the nations to which the LORD your God has scattered you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/1-19.htm">1 Samuel 1:19-20</a></span><br />The next morning they got up early to bow in worship before the LORD, and then they returned home to Ramah. And Elkanah had relations with his wife Hannah, and the LORD remembered her. / So in the course of time, Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, saying, “Because I have asked for him from the LORD.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/33-12.htm">2 Chronicles 33:12-13</a></span><br />And in his distress, Manasseh sought the favor of the LORD his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his fathers. / And when he prayed to Him, the LORD received his plea and heard his petition. So He brought him back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD is God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/29-14.htm">Jeremiah 29:14</a></span><br />I will be found by you, declares the LORD, and I will restore you from captivity and gather you from all the nations and places to which I have banished you, declares the LORD. I will restore you to the place from which I sent you into exile.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/9-12.htm">Zechariah 9:12</a></span><br />Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope; even today I declare that I will restore to you double.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/5-44.htm">Matthew 5:44</a></span><br />But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/6-28.htm">Luke 6:28</a></span><br />bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-28.htm">Romans 8:28</a></span><br />And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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.</p><p class="hdg">turned</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/5-18.htm">Job 5:18-20</a></b></br> For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/30-3.htm">Deuteronomy 30:3</a></b></br> That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/14-7.htm">Psalm 14:7</a></b></br> Oh that the salvation of Israel <i>were come</i> out of Zion! when the LORD bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, <i>and</i> Israel shall be glad.</p><p class="hdg">when</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/20-17.htm">Genesis 20:17</a></b></br> So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare <i>children</i>.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/17-4.htm">Exodus 17:4,5</a></b></br> And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to stone me… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/12-2.htm">Numbers 12:2,13</a></b></br> And they said, Hath the LORD indeed spoken only by Moses? hath he not spoken also by us? And the LORD heard <i>it</i>… </p><p class="hdg">the lord</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/8-6.htm">Job 8:6,7</a></b></br> If thou <i>wert</i> pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/22-24.htm">Job 22:24,25</a></b></br> Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the <i>gold</i> of Ophir as the stones of the brooks… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/8-18.htm">Deuteronomy 8:18</a></b></br> But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for <i>it is</i> he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as <i>it is</i> this day.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/40-2.htm">Isaiah 40:2</a></b></br> Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the LORD'S hand double for all her sins.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/61-7.htm">Isaiah 61:7</a></b></br> For your shame <i>ye shall have</i> double; and <i>for</i> confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/esther/2-6.htm">Captivity</a> <a href="/job/38-14.htm">Changed</a> <a href="/job/41-13.htm">Double</a> <a href="/job/31-25.htm">Fortune</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/30-3.htm">Fortunes</a> <a href="/job/42-7.htm">Friends</a> <a href="/job/36-9.htm">Increased</a> <a href="/job/42-9.htm">Job</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/13-17.htm">Losses</a> <a href="/nehemiah/6-9.htm">Prayed</a> <a href="/job/42-9.htm">Prayer</a> <a href="/job/21-15.htm">Praying</a> <a href="/job/8-7.htm">Prosperous</a> <a href="/job/33-26.htm">Restored</a> <a href="/job/41-28.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/job/40-5.htm">Twice</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/1-15.htm">Twofold</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/14-7.htm">Captivity</a> <a href="/psalms/14-7.htm">Changed</a> <a href="/psalms/12-2.htm">Double</a> <a href="/proverbs/21-6.htm">Fortune</a> <a href="/psalms/14-7.htm">Fortunes</a> <a href="/psalms/38-11.htm">Friends</a> <a href="/psalms/3-1.htm">Increased</a> <a href="/job/42-12.htm">Job</a> <a href="/1_kings/20-21.htm">Losses</a> <a href="/psalms/35-13.htm">Prayed</a> <a href="/psalms/4-1.htm">Prayer</a> <a href="/isaiah/45-20.htm">Praying</a> <a href="/psalms/10-5.htm">Prosperous</a> <a href="/psalms/30-3.htm">Restored</a> <a href="/psalms/4-2.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/psalms/62-11.htm">Twice</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-18.htm">Twofold</a><div class="vheading2">Job 42</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/42-1.htm">Job submits himself unto God</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/42-7.htm">God, preferring Job's cause, makes his friends submit themselves, and accepts him</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/42-10.htm">He magnifies and blesses Job</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/42-16.htm">Job's age and death</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/42.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/job/42.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>After Job had prayed for his friends</b><br>Job's intercession for his friends marks a significant turning point in the narrative. This act of prayer demonstrates Job's forgiveness and obedience to God's command (<a href="/job/42-8.htm">Job 42:8</a>). It reflects the biblical principle of interceding for others, as seen in Abraham's prayer for Sodom (<a href="/genesis/18-22.htm">Genesis 18:22-33</a>) and Moses' intercession for Israel (<a href="/exodus/32-11.htm">Exodus 32:11-14</a>). Job's willingness to pray for those who wronged him aligns with Jesus' teaching to love and pray for one's enemies (<a href="/matthew/5-44.htm">Matthew 5:44</a>).<p><b>the LORD restored his prosperity</b><br>The restoration of Job's fortunes signifies God's approval and blessing. This restoration is not merely material but also spiritual, as Job's relationship with God is renewed. The concept of restoration is a recurring theme in Scripture, seen in the return of the Israelites from exile (<a href="/jeremiah/29-14.htm">Jeremiah 29:14</a>) and the promise of spiritual renewal through Christ (<a href="/2_corinthians/5-17.htm">2 Corinthians 5:17</a>). It underscores God's sovereignty and grace in restoring what was lost.<p><b>and doubled his former possessions</b><br>The doubling of Job's possessions is a tangible expression of God's abundant blessing. In the ancient Near Eastern context, wealth was often seen as a sign of divine favor. This doubling echoes the principle of receiving more than what was lost, as seen in the law of restitution (<a href="/exodus/22-4.htm">Exodus 22:4, 7</a>). It also prefigures the abundant life promised in Christ (<a href="/john/10-10.htm">John 10:10</a>), highlighting God's ability to bless beyond human expectations.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>A man of great faith and patience, who endured immense suffering and loss but remained faithful to God. His account is a testament to perseverance and divine justice.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The sovereign God who allows Job's trials and ultimately restores his fortunes, demonstrating His justice and mercy.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/job's_friends.htm">Job's Friends</a></b><br>Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar, who initially came to comfort Job but ended up accusing him of wrongdoing, prompting Job to pray for them.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/r/restoration_of_fortunes.htm">Restoration of Fortunes</a></b><br>The event where God restores Job's wealth and blesses him with twice as much as he had before, signifying divine recompense and blessing.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/p/prayer_for_friends.htm">Prayer for Friends</a></b><br>A pivotal moment where Job intercedes for his friends, which is a catalyst for his own restoration.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_intercessory_prayer.htm">The Power of Intercessory Prayer</a></b><br>Job's restoration begins when he prays for his friends. This teaches us the importance of praying for others, even those who may have wronged us.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_justice.htm">God's Sovereignty and Justice</a></b><br>Despite Job's suffering, God remains in control and ultimately brings justice and restoration. Trust in God's timing and justice is crucial.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/forgiveness_and_reconciliation.htm">Forgiveness and Reconciliation</a></b><br>Job's willingness to forgive and pray for his friends is a powerful example of reconciliation and the blessings that can follow.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/e/endurance_through_trials.htm">Endurance Through Trials</a></b><br>Job's account encourages believers to remain steadfast in faith during trials, trusting that God will ultimately bring restoration.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_blessing_and_restoration.htm">Divine Blessing and Restoration</a></b><br>God's blessing of Job with twice as much as he had before illustrates that God can restore and bless abundantly beyond our losses.<a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/job/42.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(10) <span class= "bld">When he prayed for his friends.</span>--Job's personal discipline was not complete till he passed from the sphere of his own sorrows to the work of intercession for his friends, and it was through the very act of this self-oblivion and self-sacrifice that his own deliverance was brought about. When he prayed for his friends, we are told, the Lord turned his own captivity: that is, restored and re-instated him in prosperity even greater than before.<p>This is the true moral of all human history, which is to be accomplished in the world of the regeneration, if not here. All sorrow is fraught with the promise and the hope of future blessedness, and to know that is to rob sorrow of its pain. It is impossible to reap the full gain of it when the burden presses, but, as far as it can be done, sorrow is mitigated. Had Job been able to look forward with confidence to his actual deliverance, he would have been able to bear his affliction; it was because he could not that all was dark. And after all there are sorrows and afflictions for which there is no deliverance like Job's; there is a captivity which can never be turned in this life, and for this the only hope is the sure hope of the Gospel, and the promise which in its degree is afforded by the history of Job: for if Job's is a representative history, as we are bound to believe it must be, then the lesson of it must be that what is not explained or mended here will be explained and mended hereafter. It is God alone who can enlighten the darkness which surrounds His counsels; but at the same time we must remember that with Him is the well of life, and in His light we shall see light.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/42.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 10</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And the Lord turned the captivity of Job</span>. The literal use of this phrase is common, the metaphorical use of it uncommon, in Scripture. Still, it is so simple a metaphor, and captivity so common a thing among ancient peoples, that it may well have been in general use among the nations of Western Asia from very primitive times. It signifies, as Professor Lee remarks, "a restoration to former happy circumstances." When he prayed for his friends. Perhaps his complete forgiveness by God was contingent on his own complete forgiveness of his "friends" (<a href="/matthew/6-12.htm">Matthew 6:12, 14, 15</a>; <a href="/matthew/18-32.htm">Matthew 18:32-35</a>); at any rate, his restoration immediately followed his intercession. Also the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before; literally, added to <span class="accented">all</span> <span class="accented">that had been Job's to the double</span> (comp. ver. 12). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/42-10.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">After Job</span><br /><span class="heb">אִיּ֔וֹב</span> <span class="translit">(’î·yō·wḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_347.htm">Strong's 347: </a> </span><span class="str2">Job -- a patriarch</span><br /><br /><span class="word">had prayed</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּהִֽתְפַּֽלְל֖וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(bə·hiṯ·pal·lōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Verb - Hitpael - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6419.htm">Strong's 6419: </a> </span><span class="str2">To judge, to intercede, pray</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּעַ֣ד</span> <span class="translit">(bə·‘aḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1157.htm">Strong's 1157: </a> </span><span class="str2">In up to, over against, at, beside, among, behind, for</span><br /><br /><span class="word">his friends,</span><br /><span class="heb">רֵעֵ֑הוּ</span> <span class="translit">(rê·‘ê·hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7453.htm">Strong's 7453: </a> </span><span class="str2">Friend, companion, fellow</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">וַֽיהוָ֗ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">restored</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁ֚ב</span> <span class="translit">(ḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7725.htm">Strong's 7725: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn back, in, to retreat, again</span><br /><br /><span class="word">his prosperity</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁב֣וּת</span> <span class="translit">(šə·ḇūṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7622.htm">Strong's 7622: </a> </span><span class="str2">Exile, prisoners, a former state of prosperity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and doubled</span><br /><span class="heb">וַ֧יֹּסֶף</span> <span class="translit">(way·yō·sep̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3254.htm">Strong's 3254: </a> </span><span class="str2">To add, augment</span><br /><br /><span class="word">his</span><br /><span class="heb">לְאִיּ֖וֹב</span> <span class="translit">(lə·’î·yō·wḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_347.htm">Strong's 347: </a> </span><span class="str2">Job -- a patriarch</span><br /><br /><span class="word">former possessions.</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/42-10.htm">Job 42:10 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/42-10.htm">Job 42:10 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/42-10.htm">Job 42:10 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/42-10.htm">Job 42:10 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/42-10.htm">Job 42:10 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/42-10.htm">Job 42:10 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/42-10.htm">Job 42:10 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/42-10.htm">Job 42:10 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/42-10.htm">Job 42:10 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/42-10.htm">Job 42:10 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/42-10.htm">OT Poetry: Job 42:10 Yahweh turned the captivity of Job when (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/42-9.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 42:9"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 42:9" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/42-11.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 42:11"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 42:11" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>