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Job 42:11
Job 42:11 is verse 11 of Job chapter 42, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
All his brothers and sisters and prior acquaintances came and dined with him in his house. They consoled him and comforted him over all the adversity that the LORD had brought upon him. And each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring.
Hebrew a kesitah; the value or weight of the kesitah is no longer known.
King James Version
Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold.
World English Bible
Then all his brothers, all his sisters, and all those who had been of his acquaintance before, came to him and ate bread with him in his house. They comforted him, and consoled him concerning all the evil that Yahweh had brought on him. Everyone also gave him a piece of money, and everyone a ring of gold.
literally, kesitah, a unit of money, probably silver
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Job 42:9–13 · Berean Standard Bible
9 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.
10 After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his prosperity and doubled his former possessions.
11 All his brothers and sisters and prior acquaintances came and dined with him in his house. They consoled him and comforted him over all the adversity that the LORD had brought upon him. And each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring.
12 So the LORD blessed Job’s latter days more than his first. He owned 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.
13 And he also had seven sons and three daughters.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Job 19:13He has removed my brothers from me; my acquaintances have abandoned me.
Job 19:14My kinsmen have failed me, and my friends have forgotten me.
Proverbs 16:7When a man’s ways please the LORD, He makes even the man’s enemies live at peace with him.
Job 2:11Now when Job’s three friends—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite—heard about all this adversity that had come upon him, each of them came from his home, and they met together to go and sympathize with Job and comfort him.
Job 4:4Your words have steadied those who stumbled; you have braced the knees that were buckling.
Job 16:5But I would encourage you with my mouth, and the consolation of my lips would bring relief.
Genesis 37:35All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said. “I will go down to Sheol mourning for my son.” So his father wept for him.
Isaiah 35:3Strengthen the limp hands and steady the feeble knees!
Isaiah 35:4Say to those with anxious hearts: “Be strong, do not fear! Behold, your God will come with vengeance. With divine retribution He will come to save you.”
John 11:19and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them in the loss of their brother.
Romans 12:15Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.
1 Corinthians 12:26If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.
Hebrews 12:12Therefore strengthen your limp hands and weak knees.
Hebrews 13:3Remember those in prison as if you were bound with them, and those who are mistreated as if you were suffering with them.
Job 6:22Have I ever said, ‘Give me something; offer me a bribe from your wealth;
Job 6:23deliver me from the hand of the enemy; redeem me from the grasp of the ruthless’?
Genesis 24:22And after the camels had finished drinking, he took out a gold ring weighing a beka, and two gold bracelets for her wrists weighing ten shekels.
Genesis 24:53Then he brought out jewels of silver and gold, and articles of clothing, and he gave them to Rebekah. He also gave precious gifts to her brother and her mother.
1 Samuel 10:27But some worthless men said, “How can this man save us?” So they despised him and brought him no gifts; but Saul remained silent about it.