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After Job had prayed for his friends, the Lord gave him success again. The Lord gave Job twice as much as he had owned before.

Job's brothers and sisters came to his house, along with everyone who had known him before, and they all ate with him there. They comforted him and made him feel better about the trouble the Lord had brought on him, and each one gave Job a piece of silver and a gold ring.

The Lord blessed the last part of Job's life even more than the first part. Job had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand teams of oxen, and a thousand female donkeys.

Job also had seven sons and three daughters.

There were no other women in all the land as beautiful as Job's daughters. And their father Job gave them land to own along with their brothers.

After this, Job lived one hundred forty years. He lived to see his children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren.

Then Job died; he was old and had lived many years.

Don't leave your job just because your boss is angry with you. Remaining calm solves great problems.

I will force you out of your important job, and you will be thrown down from your important place.'

I will take your robe and put it on him and give him your belt. I will hand over to him the important job you have, and he will be like a father to the people of Jerusalem and the family of Judah.

The Lord will fight as he did at Mount Perazim. He will be angry as he was in the Valley of Gibeon. He will do his work, his strange work. He will finish his job, his strange job.

This is what the Lord All-Powerful says: "Now, think about these things! Call for the women who cry at funerals to come. Send for those women who are good at that job.

Even if three great men like Noah, Daniel, and Job were in that country, their goodness could save only themselves, says the Lord God .

As surely as I live, says the Lord God , even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in the land, they could not save their own sons or daughters. They could save only themselves, but that country would become empty.

As surely as I live, says the Lord God , even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in the land, they could not save their son or daughter. They could save only themselves because they did what was right.

Then they said to him, "Tell us, who caused our trouble? What is your job? Where do you come from? What is your country? Who are your people?"

They answered, ‘No one gave us a job.' The man said to them, ‘Then you can go and work in my vineyard.'

It is like a man who goes on a trip. He leaves his house and lets his servants take care of it, giving each one a special job to do. The man tells the servant guarding the door always to be watchful.

If you want to build a tower, you first sit down and decide how much it will cost, to see if you have enough money to finish the job.

So he got a job with one of the citizens there who sent the son into the fields to feed pigs.