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Job 42:10

After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his prosperity and doubled his former possessions.

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ASV

And Jehovah turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: and Jehovah gave Job twice as much as he had before.

KJV

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.

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15 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַֽיהוָ֗הva.Yah.wehand YahwehH3068 →
שָׁ֚בSha.vhe turned backH7725 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
שְׁב֣וּתshe.vit[the] captivity ofH7622 →
אִיּ֔וֹב'i.YovJobH347 →
בְּהִֽתְפַּֽלְל֖וֹbe.hit.pa.Lowhen prayed heH6419 →
בְּעַ֣דbe.'AdforH1157 →
רֵעֵ֑הוּre.'E.hufriends hisH7453 →
וַ֧יֹּסֶףVai.yo.sefand he increasedH3254 →
יְהוָ֛הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
כָּל־kol-allH3605 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherthatH834 →
לְאִיּ֖וֹבle.'i.Yov[belonged] to JobH347 →
לְמִשְׁנֶֽה׃le.mish.Nehto doubleH4932 →

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Zechariah 9:12Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope; even today I declare that I will restore to you double.Deuteronomy 30:3then 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.Job 8:6–7if you are pure and upright, even now He will rouse Himself on your behalf and restore your righteous estate.Isaiah 40:2“Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her forced labor has been completed; her iniquity has been pardoned. For she has received from the hand of the LORD double for all her sins.”Proverbs 22:4The rewards of humility and the fear of the LORD are wealth and honor and life.Isaiah 61:7Instead 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.Psalms 14:7Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come from Zion! When the LORD restores His captive people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad!Psalms 126:1When the LORD restored the captives of Zion, we were like dreamers.Acts 7:50Has not My hand made all these things?’Job 1:3and he owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and a very large number of servants. Job was the greatest man of all the people of the East.Deuteronomy 9:20The LORD was angry enough with Aaron to destroy him, but at that time I also prayed for Aaron.Haggai 2:8The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine, declares the LORD of Hosts.Numbers 12:2“Does the LORD speak only through Moses?” they said. “Does He not also speak through us?” And the LORD heard this.Numbers 12:13So Moses cried out to the LORD, “O God, please heal her!”Acts 7:60Falling on his knees, he cried out in a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.Numbers 16:21–22“Separate yourselves from this congregation so that I may consume them in an instant.”2 Chronicles 25:9Amaziah asked the man of God, “What should I do about the hundred talents I have given to the army of Israel?” And the man of God replied, “The LORD is able to give you much more than this.”Genesis 20:17Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his maidservants, so that they could again bear children—

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