The book of job provides us with our basis for understanding the purpose and course of trial in the lives of believers. In the books first cycle, jobs friends speeches were halted by the revelation of gods wisdom. Audio video bible alexander scourby kjv 2,895 views. Job, chapter 42 king james version christian answers webbible. Up in the heavens, god brags to the divine assembly about job. The book of job is considered being part of the poetic books job, psalms, proverbs, ecclesiastes, and song of songs in todays bible editions. The word battell used in the original 1611 edition actually means a list of debts owed. As the margin in the new king james version notes, this can also be translated. Job bible book with full chapters king james version. My wrath is kindled against you and against your two friends. God discusses a number of unusual animals in the king james translation of job, chapter 39. Job is not being chastised for disobedience as jobs counselors had suggested. Hes blameless and upright, and he has kids, a wife, land, and a bunch of sheep. Then the lord answered job out of the whirlwind, and said, 38.
Strongs exhaustive concordance of the bible, numbered to the hebrew, chaldee, and greek, and english, coded to the strongs concordance numbers. At last, god fulfills jobs desire for a facetoface encounter. The book of job provides us with our basis for understanding the purpose and course of. May these scriptures be a blessing to all of us this day. The book of job, chapter 41 sacred name king james version. Godly hatred of ones own defilement is the natural accompaniment of a believers confrontation with the holy god. Then job answered the lord, and said, 2 i know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee. Lo and behold, satan comes out and challenges god on jobs goodness. Galatians whole book king james version kjv alexander scourby free audio video bible duration. After this lived job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons sons, even four generations. You asked, who is this who hides counsel without knowledge. I know that thou canst 1 do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee.
Job was such a righteous man and god said it and spoke it. Job chapter 42 king james version kjv alexander scourby. Then job answered the lord, and said, i know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee. His troubles began in satans malice, which god restrained. David guzik commentary on job 42 describes jobs repentance and restoration, as he. Before we get into chapter 42, i just wanted to give you a little bit of a background to this whole section of isaiah chapter 40 66. Job chapter 42 kjv king james version notice the bible tells us that god gave job twice as much as he had back in ch. Next chapter of job the book of job, chapter 42 we hope that you find the content of the book of job, chapter 42 from the douay rheims version of the catholic bible helpful to your bible studies and for references which allow you to read the books and individual verses of this chapter. From the context, properly seeing god involves getting the self out of the way. Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge 38. Job 40 and 41 is the the prophesy quoted by jesus in luke 10 18 revealed in rev. My servant job will pray for you, and i will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. Jobs repentance and restorationthen job answered the lord and said.
The images job held both of god in his relationship with job and of himself in his relationship with god and fellow man are shattered into an unrecognizable mass of pulp. The book of job the books of reference used for this study of the book of psalms were the bible, king james version, called the companion bible, publisher kregel. You asked, who is this that obscures my plans without knowledge. Surely i spoke of things i did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know. My servant job will pray for you, and i will accept his. Commentary on the book of job chapter fortytwo by wm w wells. Job chapter 42 coffmans commentary of the new testament. And it is written that he will rise again with those whom the lord raises up the companion bible, appendix 62. I know that you can do everything, and that no purpose of yours can be withheld from you. I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear god hath ordained, that as death entered into the world at first by the ear, poisoned by that old man slayer, genesis 3.
And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of job. Solomon says, better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof, eccl. Then job answered the lord and said, i know that you can do all things,and that no thought or purpose of yours can be restrained. At the end of that time, in verse 7 of chapter 42, we read this account. You have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant job has. What is taught about trial in the new testament is founded on the principles found right here in the book of job. Perhaps the best ending to job is included in this line added to chapter 42, verse 17, which some versions of the septuagent include in an appendix. And it was so, that after the lord had spoken these words unto job, the lord said to eliphaz the temanite, my wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends. This is the conclusion, the climax, of his long and detailed story.
When the understanding is enlightened by the spirit of grace, our knowledge of divine. And his friends who came to him were eliphaz, of the children of esau, king of the thaemanites, baldad son of the sauchaeans, sophar king of the kinaeans. Job 42 commentary matthew henry commentary on the whole. I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee. As the margin in the new king james version notes, this can also be. When the understanding is enlightened by the spirit of grace, our knowledge.
At the end of chapter 42, job regains wealth and has new servants, livestock, and children. The underlined word here is not in the text, having been supplied by the translators. The catholic church could never explain these passages because they are part of them. After the lord had spoken these words to job, the lord said to eliphaz the temanite. In chapter 42, after listening to gods countercharges, job abhors himself and repents in dust in ashes. The new element in the second cycle is that elihus speech is interrupted by the dramatic appearance of god himself job 38. However, we do see in job a man who lacks an understanding of gods ways. Wisdom which does not grasp the book of job, is doomed to falter, as did solomon. My servant job will pray for you, and i will accept his prayer and not deal. Clicking on a chapter will show you the text of that chapter of job in the bible king james version.