Job 42 (NASB)

17 verses · New American Standard Bible · Formal equivalence (most literal)

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Job Chapter 42 contains 17 verses and is presented here in the New American Standard Bible (NASB), which uses a formal equivalence (most literal) approach. Read the full text below, compare with other translations, or navigate to any of the 42 chapters in Job.

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Chapter 41Psalms 1

1Then Job answered the LORD and said,

2'I know that You can do all things, And that no purpose of Yours can be thwarted.

3'Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?' 'Therefore I have declared that which I did not understand, Things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.'

4'Hear, now, and I will speak; I will ask You, and You instruct me.'

5'I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear; But now my eye sees You;

6Therefore I retract, And I repent in dust and ashes.'

7It came about after the LORD had spoken these words to Job, that the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, 'My wrath is kindled against you and against your two friends, because you have not spoken of Me what is right as My servant Job has.

8'Now therefore, take for yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, and go to My servant Job, and offer up a burnt offering for yourselves, and My servant Job will pray for you. For I will accept him so that I may not do with you [according to your] folly, because you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has.'

9So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite [and] Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the LORD told them; and the LORD accepted Job.

10The LORD restored the fortunes of Job when he prayed for his friends, and the LORD increased all that Job had twofold.

11Then all his brothers and all his sisters and all who had known him before came to him, and they ate bread with him in his house; and they consoled him and comforted him for all the adversities that the LORD had brought on him. And each one gave him one piece of money, and each a ring of gold.

12The LORD blessed the latter [days] of Job more than his beginning; and he had 14,000 sheep and 6,000 camels and 1,000 yoke of oxen and 1,000 female donkeys.

13He had seven sons and three daughters.

14He named the first Jemimah, and the second Keziah, and the third Keren-happuch.

15In all the land no women were found so fair as Job's daughters; and their father gave them inheritance among their brothers.

16After this, Job lived 140 years, and saw his sons and his grandsons, four generations.

17And Job died, an old man and full of days.

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What is Job 42 in the NASB?

Job 42 in the New American Standard Bible (NASB) contains 17 verses. The NASB uses a formal equivalence (most literal) approach, first published in 1971 (rev. 2020).

How does the NASB translate Job 42 differently?

The New American Standard Bible uses formal equivalence (most literal), balancing accuracy with modern readability. Compare this with the NIV (dynamic equivalence) version of Job 42 for a different perspective.

How many verses are in Job 42 (NASB)?

Job Chapter 42 contains 17 verses in the New American Standard Bible. The book of Job has 42 chapters total.

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