No One Can Oppose You

¹Job said:

²No one can oppose you,

because you have the power

to do what you want.

³You asked why I talk so much[#Job 38.2.]

when I know so little.

I have talked about things

that are far beyond

my understanding.

⁴You told me to listen[#Job 38.3.]

and answer your questions.

⁵I heard about you from others;

now I have seen you

with my own eyes.

⁶That's why I hate myself

and sit here in dust and ashes

to show my sorrow.

The Lord Corrects Job's Friends

⁷The Lord said to Eliphaz:

⁹Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar obeyed the Lord , and he answered Job's prayer.

A Happy Ending

¹⁰After Job had prayed for his three friends, the Lord made Job twice as rich as he had been before.[#Job 1.1-3.]

¹¹Then Job gave a feast for his brothers and sisters and for his old friends. They expressed their sorrow for the suffering the Lord had brought on him, and they each gave Job some silver and a gold ring.

¹²The Lord now blessed Job more than ever; he gave him 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 pair of oxen, and 1,000 donkeys.

¹³In addition to seven sons, Job had three daughters,

¹⁴whose names were Jemimah, Keziah, and Keren Happuch.

¹⁵They were the most beautiful women in that part of the world, and Job gave them shares of his property, along with their brothers.

¹⁶Job lived for another 140 years—long enough to see his great-grandchildren have children of their own—

¹⁷and when he finally died, he was very old.