So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the LORD had told them; and the LORD accepted Job’s request.
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- WEB So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did what Yahweh commanded them, and Yahweh accepted Job.
- KJV 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.
- NKJV So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the Lord commanded them; for the Lord had accepted Job.
- NASB So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the Lord told them; and the Lord accepted Job.
- NLT So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite did as the Lord commanded them, and the Lord accepted Job’s prayer.
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Quick answer
The three friends obey God, and the LORD accepts Job's intercession on their behalf. Obedience and Job's prayer bring them mercy.
Overview
Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar humble themselves and do exactly as God commanded, and the LORD accepts Job. Their restoration comes not through their own arguments but through the mediation of the man they had condemned. The scene underscores grace: reconciliation with God comes through a God-appointed intercessor, a pattern fulfilled perfectly in Christ.
Cross-references & the web
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- Heb 11:8By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going.
- Acts 9:6“Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”
- Acts 10:33So I sent for you immediately, and you were kind enough to come. Now then, we are all here in the presence of God to listen to everything the Lord has instructed you to tell us.”
- Matt 7:24Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
- Prov 3:11–12My son, do not reject the discipline of the LORD, and do not loathe His rebuke;
- Isa 60:14The sons of your oppressors will come and bow down to you; all who reviled you will fall facedown at your feet and call you the City of the LORD, Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
- John 2:5His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever He tells you.”
- Job 42:8So now, take seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. Then My servant Job will pray for you, for I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken accurately about Me, as My servant Job has.”
- Eccl 9:7Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already approved your works:
- Job 22:27You will pray to Him, and He will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows.
- Job 34:31–32Suppose someone says to God, ‘I have endured my punishment; I will offend no more.
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