Job 42

Highlighted words differ from the KJV. Most differences are matters of wording, style or the age of the English, not of meaning; a few reflect different manuscripts.

KJV WEB

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KJVThen Job answered the LORD, and said,
WEBThen Job answered Yahweh:
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KJVI know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee.
WEB“I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be restrained.
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KJVWho is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
WEBYou asked, ‘Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?’ therefore I have uttered that which I didn’t understand, things too wonderful for me, which I didn’t know.
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KJVHear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
WEBYou said, ‘Listen, now, and I will speak; I will question you, and you will answer me.’
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KJVI have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.
WEBI had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you.
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KJVWherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
WEBTherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.”
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KJVAnd 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: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.
WEBIt was so, that after Yahweh had spoken these words to Job, Yahweh said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you, and against your two friends; for you have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job has.
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KJVTherefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.
WEBNow therefore, take to yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you, for I will accept him, that I not deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job has.”
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KJVSo 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.
WEBSo Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went and did what Yahweh commanded them, and Yahweh accepted Job.
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KJVAnd the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.
WEBYahweh restored Job’s prosperity when he prayed for his friends. Yahweh gave Job twice as much as he had before.
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KJVThen came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold.
WEBThen all his brothers, all his sisters, and all those who had been of his acquaintance before, came to him and ate bread with him in his house. They comforted him, and consoled him concerning all the evil that Yahweh had brought on him. Everyone also gave him a piece of money, and everyone a ring of gold.
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KJVSo the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.
WEBSo Yahweh blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand female donkeys.
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KJVHe had also seven sons and three daughters.
WEBHe had also seven sons and three daughters.
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KJVAnd he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Keren-happuch.
WEBHe called the name of the first, Jemimah; and the name of the second, Keziah; and the name of the third, Keren Happuch.
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KJVAnd in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.
WEBIn all the land were no women found so beautiful as the daughters of Job. Their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers.
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KJVAfter this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, even four generations.
WEBAfter this Job lived one hundred forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, to four generations.
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KJVSo Job died, being old and full of days.
WEBSo Job died, being old and full of days.

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