Job 42:9
in Job 42So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the LORD had told them; and the LORD accepted Job’s request.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according as Jehovah commanded them: and Jehovah accepted Job.
KJV
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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This verse in Job 42
Commentary
8 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
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.
This site's exposition
So Eliphaz the Temanite
They “did as the LORD had told them”. The three who had spoken wrongly of God are kept as friends, restored through Job's intercession, and the text records no repentance. When “the LORD accepted Job’s request”, Gill notes, God accepted Job for another's sake as well as his own.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church2 voices
A commentator
Gregory the DialogistMorals on the Book of Job, Book XXXV · Written before 604.
proposed
Therefore Eliphaz the Themanite, and Baldad the Suhite, and Sophar the Naamathite, went and did according as the Lord had spoken to them: and the Lord accepted the face of Job. 20. We say nothing concerning the interpretation of these names, because we remember that we discussed it at greater length in the beginning of this work.
After they had received the hope of pardon, they fulfilled what he had commanded them, and so the text goes on, "Eliphaz the Temanite, Baldath of Shuhite, and Sophar the Naamathite went and did as the Lord had told them." So they were made worthy …
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Accepted Job - And as Job prayed and offered sacrifice for those who had grieved and wounded his spirit, so Christ prayed and died for his persecutors, and ever lives, making intercession for transgressors.
So Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, went,.... Having taken the above creatures for sacrifice, as directed, they went to Job with them; and did according as the Lord commanded them; offered them by Job for a burnt offering, and desired him to pray for them.
Note, We are really doing our business when we are praying for our friends, if we pray in a right manner, for in those prayers there is not only faith, but love. Christ has taught us to pray with and for others in teaching us to say, Our Father; and, in seeking mercy for others, we may find mercy ourselves.
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
The forgiving spirit of Job foreshadows the love of Jesus Christ and of Christians to enemies (Mt 5:44;
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The words behind it
17 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֵּלְכוּ֩ | vaiyelekhu | and they went | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| אֱלִיפַ֨ז | ʾelifaz | Eliphaz | H464 → | 15 times |
| הַתֵּֽימָנִ֜י | hateimani | the Temanite | H8489 → | 8 times |
| וּבִלְדַּ֣ד | uvildad | and Bildad | H1085 → | 5 times |
| הַשּׁוּחִ֗י | hashuchi | the Shuhite | H7747 → | 5 times |
| צֹפַר֙ | tzofar | Zophar | H6691 → | 4 times |
| הַנַּ֣עֲמָתִ֔י | hanaamati | the Naamathite | H5284 → | 4 times |
| וַֽיַּעֲשׂ֔וּ | vaiyaasu | and they did | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר | kaasher | just as | H834 → | 5497 times |
| דִּבֶּ֥ר | diber | he had spoken | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| אֲלֵיהֶ֖ם | ʾaleihem | to them | H413 → | 5510 times |
| יְהוָ֑ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| וַיִּשָּׂ֥א | vaiyisa' | and he lifted up | H5375 → | 656 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| פְּנֵ֥י | penei | [the] face of | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| אִיּֽוֹב׃ | ʾiyov | Job | H347 → | 58 times |
וַיֵּלְכוּ֩and they went
vaiyelekhuH1980 →1546 times
אֱלִיפַ֨זEliphaz
ʾelifazH464 →15 times
הַתֵּֽימָנִ֜יthe Temanite
hateimaniH8489 →8 times
וּבִלְדַּ֣דand Bildad
uvildadH1085 →5 times
הַשּׁוּחִ֗יthe Shuhite
hashuchiH7747 →5 times
צֹפַר֙Zophar
tzofarH6691 →4 times
הַנַּ֣עֲמָתִ֔יthe Naamathite
hanaamatiH5284 →4 times
וַֽיַּעֲשׂ֔וּand they did
vaiyaasuH6213 →2628 times
כַּאֲשֶׁ֛רjust as
kaasherH834 →5497 times
דִּבֶּ֥רhe had spoken
diberH1696 →1141 times
אֲלֵיהֶ֖םto them
ʾaleihemH413 →5510 times
יְהוָ֑הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
וַיִּשָּׂ֥אand he lifted up
vaiyisa'H5375 →656 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
פְּנֵ֥י[the] face of
peneiH6440 →2123 times
אִיּֽוֹב׃Job
ʾiyovH347 →58 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Matthew 7:24Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
it leads to
- Luke 6:47–49
I will show you what he is like who comes to Me and hears My words and acts on them:
- John 13:17
If you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.
- Luke 11:28
But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
- 1 Corinthians 3:10–11
By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one must be careful how he builds.
- 1 John 2:3
By this we can be sure that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments.
- Luke 6:47–49
Through
Hebrews 11:8By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going.
it leads to
- Genesis 12:1–4
Then the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you.
- Acts 7:2–4
And Stephen declared: “Brothers and fathers, listen to me! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham while he was still in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,
- Matthew 7:24–25
Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
- Genesis 12:1–4
Where this verse is studied
About Job
This page draws on 9 works. Open the list of works
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Book of Job; Gregory the Dialogist, Morals on the Book of Job, Book XXXV; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Job.