Job 42:7

VII. The Epilogue (42:7-17)

42:7 After the Lord had spoken these things to Job, he 1  said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My anger is stirred up 2  against you and your two friends, because you have not spoken about me what is right, 3  as my servant Job has.

Job 42:11

42:11 So they came to him, all his brothers and sisters and all who had known him before, and they dined 4  with him in his house. They comforted him and consoled him for all the trouble the Lord had brought on him, and each one gave him a piece of silver 5  and a gold ring. 6 

1 tn Heb “the Lord.” The title has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

2 tn Heb “is kindled.”

3 tn The form נְכוֹנָה (nÿkhonah) is from כּוּן (kun, “to be firm; to be fixed; to be established”). Here it means “the right thing” or “truth.” The Akkadian word kenu (from כּוּן, kun) connotes justice and truth.

4 tn Heb “ate bread.”

5 tn The Hebrew word קְשִׂיטָה (qÿsitah) is generally understood to refer to a unit of money, but the value is unknown.

sn The Hebrew word refers to a piece of silver, yet uncoined. It is the kind used in Gen 33:19 and Josh 24:32. It is what would be expected of a story set in the patriarchal age.

6 sn This gold ring was worn by women in the nose, or men and women in the ear.