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Therefore take to 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 you have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.
Reference
Greek: ἀπορφανίζω (aporphanízō)
to bereave wholly, i.e. (figuratively) separate (from intercourse)
Hebrew: gâzâh
to cut off, i.e. portion out
Greek: νυνί (nyní)
just now
Hebrew: ʼĕdayin
then (of time)
Greek: ἑπτά (heptá)
seven
Hebrew: shâbûwaʻ
literally, sevened, i.e. a week (specifically, of years)
Greek: καίγε (kaíge)
and at least (or even, indeed)
Hebrew: kîy
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
Greek: ἑπτά (heptá)
seven
Hebrew: shâbûwaʻ
literally, sevened, i.e. a week (specifically, of years)
Greek: καίγε (kaíge)
and at least (or even, indeed)
Hebrew: kîy
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
Greek: ἄγε (áge)
properly, lead, i.e. come on
Greek: θεράπων (therápōn)
a menial attendant (as if cherishing)
Hebrew: ʻăbad
a servant
Greek: Ἰώβ (Iṓb)
Job (i.e. Ijob), a patriarch
Hebrew: ʼÎyôwb
Ijob, the patriarch famous for his patience
Greek: καίγε (kaíge)
and at least (or even, indeed)
Hebrew: kîy
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
Hebrew: nᵉçak
to pour out a libation
Greek: ἀντί (antí)
opposite, i.e. instead or because of (rarely in addition to)
Hebrew: bᵉmôw
in, with, by, etc.
Hebrew: ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
Hebrew: ʻălâh
a holocaust
Greek: καίγε (kaíge)
and at least (or even, indeed)
Hebrew: kîy
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
Greek: θεράπων (therápōn)
a menial attendant (as if cherishing)
Hebrew: ʻăbad
a servant
Greek: Ἰώβ (Iṓb)
Job (i.e. Ijob), a patriarch
Hebrew: ʼÎyôwb
Ijob, the patriarch famous for his patience
Greek: εὔχομαι (eúchomai)
to wish; by implication, to pray to God
Hebrew: tsᵉlâʼ
pray
Greek: ἀντί (antí)
opposite, i.e. instead or because of (rarely in addition to)
Hebrew: bᵉmôw
in, with, by, etc.
Greek: ἀντί (antí)
opposite, i.e. instead or because of (rarely in addition to)
Hebrew: bᵉmôw
in, with, by, etc.
Greek: τοῦτον (toûton)
this (person, as objective of verb or preposition)
Greek: θέλησις (thélēsis)
determination (properly, the act), i.e. option
Hebrew: tsᵉbâʼ
to please
Greek: μέ (mé)
me
Hebrew: ʼănâʼ
I
Greek: δέχομαι (déchomai)
to receive (in various applications, literally or figuratively)
Hebrew: dâshên
to be fat; transitively, to fatten (or regard as fat); specifically to anoint; figuratively, to satisfy; to remove (fat) ashes (of sacrifices)
Hebrew: bal
properly, a failure; by implication nothing; usually (adverb) not at all; also lest
Greek: μέ (mé)
me
Hebrew: ʼănâʼ
I
Greek: ἐντυγχάνω (entynchánō)
to chance upon, i.e. (by implication) confer with; by extension to entreat (in favor or against)
Greek: ὑπάρχω (hypárchō)
to begin under (quietly), i.e. come into existence (be present or at hand); expletively, to exist (as copula or subordinate to an adjective, participle, adverb or preposition, or as an auxiliary to a principal (verb)
Hebrew: ʼăthar
a place; (adverb) after
Greek: ἄνοια (ánoia)
stupidity; by implication, rage
Hebrew: ʼivveleth
silliness
Hebrew: zôw
this or that
Greek: κατέχω (katéchō)
to hold down (fast), in various applications (literally or figuratively)
Greek: οὐδαμῶς (oudamōs)
by no means
Hebrew: ʼîyn
is it not?
Greek: ἐμός (emós)
my
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Greek: παρόμοιος (parómoios)
alike nearly, i.e. similar
Greek: θεράπων (therápōn)
a menial attendant (as if cherishing)
Hebrew: ʻăbad
a servant
Greek: Ἰώβ (Iṓb)
Job (i.e. Ijob), a patriarch
Hebrew: ʼÎyôwb
Ijob, the patriarch famous for his patience
Parallel theme
1 Chronicles 15:26
Job 22:30
Psalm 103:10
Ezekiel 14:14
Job 42:9
Matthew 3:17
Prayer
James 5:16
Genesis 20:17
James 5:14
Sacrifice
Numbers 23:1
Verse Explanation
God instructs Eliphaz and his companions to offer sacrifices and tells Job to pray for them. The friends must acknowledge their error, while Job becomes the person through whom restoration is extended to them.
History
Ancient sacrificial setting, 2nd–1st millennia BC. Animal sacrifices were established elements of ancient Near Eastern religious practice.