Job's Closing Restoration

After the LORD had spoken to Job, he spoke to Eliphaz. He said he was angry with Eliphaz and his two friends because they had not spoken rightly about him, as Job had. The friends were told to take offerings, go to Job, and ask him to pray for them.

Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar obeyed the LORD’s command. They did what he said, and the LORD accepted Job. Job was the one chosen to pray for the friends who had spoken wrongly.

When Job prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his prosperity. The LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before. Then Job’s brothers, sisters, and former acquaintances came to his house, ate with him, and comforted him for the trouble that had come upon him. Each one also gave him money and a gold ring.

The LORD blessed the later part of Job’s life more than the beginning. Job came to have fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and one thousand female donkeys. He also had seven sons and three daughters.

Job named his three daughters Jemimah, Keziah, and Keren Happuch. In all the land, no women were found as beautiful as Job’s daughters. Their father gave them an inheritance along with their brothers.

After this, Job lived for one hundred forty years. He saw his sons and his grandsons to four generations. Then Job died, old and full of days. What do you notice about the way this ending joins God’s correction, Job’s prayer, and God’s blessing?