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But you are talking nonsense, Job. You have spoken like a fool."

"God is leading you away from danger, Job, to a place free from distress. He is setting your table with the best food.

"Pay attention to this, Job. Stop and consider the wonderful miracles of God!

Then the Lord answered Job from the whirlwind:

Then the Lord said to Job,

Then Job replied to the Lord ,

Then the Lord answered Job from the whirlwind:

Then Job replied to the Lord :

After the Lord had finished speaking to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite: "I am angry with you and your two friends, for you have not spoken accurately about me, as my servant Job has.

So take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. My servant Job will pray for you, and I will accept his prayer on your behalf. I will not treat you as you deserve, for you have not spoken accurately about me, as my servant Job has."

When Job prayed for his friends, the Lord restored his fortunes. In fact, the Lord gave him twice as much as before!

So the Lord blessed Job in the second half of his life even more than in the beginning. For now he had 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 teams of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.

He also gave Job seven more sons and three more daughters.

In all the land no women were as lovely as the daughters of Job. And their father put them into his will along with their brothers.

Job lived 140 years after that, living to see four generations of his children and grandchildren.

Lord , I have not abandoned my job as a shepherd for your people. I have not urged you to send disaster. You have heard everything I've said.

Even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were there, their righteousness would save no one but themselves, says the Sovereign Lord .

As surely as I live, says the Sovereign Lord , even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were there, they wouldn't be able to save their own sons or daughters. They alone would be saved by their righteousness.

"Israel is like a trained heifer treading out the grain— an easy job she loves. But I will put a heavy yoke on her tender neck. I will force Judah to pull the plow and Israel to break up the hard ground.

If the master returns and finds that the servant has done a good job, there will be a reward.