Job 42:9

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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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Eliphaz	אֱלִיפַ֨ז 'e.li.Faz	H464	Eliphaz · proper noun, a man's name
Temanite	הַתֵּֽימָנִ֜י ha.tei.ma.Ni	H8489	a Temanite or descendant of Teman · definite article + noun, gentilic masculine singular absolute
Bildad	וּבִלְדַּ֣ד u.vil.Dad	H1085	Bildad · conjunction + proper noun, a man's name
Shuhite	הַשּׁוּחִ֗י ha.shu.Chi	H7747	a Shuchite or descendant of Shuach · definite article + noun, gentilic masculine singular absolute
Zophar	צֹפַר֙ tzo.Far	H6691	Tsophar · proper noun, a man's name
Naamathite	הַנַּ֣עֲמָתִ֔י ha.Na.'a.ma.Ti	H5284	a Naamathite · definite article + noun, gentilic masculine singular absolute
went	יָלַךְ yâlak	H3212	to walk (literally or figuratively)
did	וַֽיַּעֲשׂ֔וּ vai.ya.'a.Su	H6213	to do or make · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
LORD	יְהוָ֑ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
commanded	דִּבֶּ֥ר di.Ber	H1696	perhaps properly · verb, piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
LORD	יְהוָ֖ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
accepted	וַיִּשָּׂ֥א vai.yi.Sa'	H5375	to lift · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Job	פְּנֵ֥י pe.Nei	H6440	the face (as the part that turns) · noun, common masculine plural construct

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Hebrews 11:8 By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not k…
Acts 9:6 And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it sh…
Proverbs 3:11-12 My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:
Ecclesiastes 9:7 Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
Matthew 7:24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
Job 34:31-32 Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more:
Isaiah 60:14 The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the sol…
John 2:5 His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Job 42:7-9

Job, in his discourses, had complained very much of the censures of his friends and their hard usage of him, and had appealed to God as Judge between him and them, and thought it hard that judgment was not immediately given upon the appeal. While God was catechising Job out of the whirlwind one would have thought that he only was in the wrong, and that the cause would certainly go against him; but here, to our great surprise, we find it quite otherwise, and the definitive sentence given in Job's favour. Wherefore judge nothing before the time. Those who are truly righteous before God may have their righteousness clouded and eclipsed by great and uncommon afflictions, by the severe censures o…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Job 42:9

The forgiving spirit of Job foreshadows the love of Jesus Christ and of Christians to enemies (Mat 5:44; Luk 23:34; Act 7:60; Act 16:24, Act 16:28, Act 16:30-31).

Adam Clarke on Job 42:8

Take - seven bullocks and seven rams - From this it appears that Job was considered a priest, not only in his own family but also for others. For his children he offered burnt-offerings, Job 1:5; and now he is to make the same kind of offerings, accompanied with intercession, in behalf of his three friends. This is a full proof of the innocence and integrity of Job: a more decided one could not be given, that the accusations of his friends, and their bitter speeches, were as untrue as they were malevolent. God thus clears his character, and confounds their devices.

John Gill on Job 42:9

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. This they did, both as to matter and manner, as the Lord ordered them; and they did it immediately, without consulting flesh and blood, the pride and other passions of their hearts; and they all united in it, and served the Lord with one consent, which showed them to be good men; the Lord also accepted Job; the sacrifice he offered; perhaps by sending fire from heaven, which consumed the burnt offe…

The Church Fathers

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. But it must be noticed, that the order of the pardon they received is so carefully observed, as had been announced, that the Lord is said to have accepted in their sacrifices not their face, but the face of blessed Job. But, because whoever endeavours to intercede for others, promotes still more his own interest from this very love...
— Gregory the Dialogist, Morals on the Book of Job, Book XXXV

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Dictionary and topics

Naamathite — The designation of Zophar, one of Job’s three friends (Job 2:11; 11:1), so called from some place in Arabia, called Naamah probably.
Zophar — Chirping, one of Job’s friends who came to condole with him in his distress (Job 2:11. The LXX. render here “king of the Mineans” = Ma’in, Maonites, Judg. 10:12, in Southern Arabia). He is called a…
Eliphaz · 2. Friend of Job — 2. Friend of Job
Intercession · OF MAN WITH GOD — OF MAN WITH GOD
Zophar · One of Job’ s three friends — One of Job’ s three friends

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Job 42:9

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Job 42:7-9

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Job 42:9

Adam Clarke on Job 42:8

John Gill on Job 42:9

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Job 42:9

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Job 42:7-9

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Job 42:9

Adam Clarke on Job 42:8

John Gill on Job 42:9

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Job 42:8-9

Rashi on Job 42:9