Mark A. Copeland
The Book Of Job
Epilogue - Job Is Blessed (42:7-17)


OBJECTIVES IN STUDYING THIS SECTION

1) To review the conclusion of this book, and how Job is blessed in his latter days

2) To see what is said about Job's three friends, and how they were forgiven

3) To note how the author of the book speaks of "the adversity that the LORD had brought upon"
Job, even though Satan was the immediate cause of Job's suffering

SUMMARY

With Job admitting he had spoken of things he did not understand and having repented, the Lord now
addresses Eliphaz as the representative of Job's three friends. They angered the Lord by saying things
that were not right about God. They are therefore instructed to offer seven bulls and seven rams, with
Job praying in their behalf (42:7-9).

When Job has prayed for his friends, the Lord begins to restore his losses. Job is comforted by his
family and friends for the adversity the Lord has brought upon him. The Lord then blesses Job by
giving him twice the number of livestock he had in the beginning. He is also blessed with seven sons
and three daughters, the latter being named and described as the most beautiful in the land, even
receiving an
inheritance along with their brothers. The book of Job closes with a mention of how Job lived another
140 years, seeing his descendants to the fourth generation before finally dying (42:10-17).

OUTLINE

I. JOB'S FRIENDS REBUKED (42:7-9)

A. GOD REBUKES ELIPHAZ & HIS TWO COMPANIONS (42:7)
1. God's wrath was aroused against them for their "folly" (cf. 42:8)
2. They had not spoken what is right about God, unlike Job
3. In what way, for hadn't Job accused God of injustice?
a. Perhaps in regards to the debate over the cause of suffering
1) They had argued that suffering is always sent by God in response to sin
2) Job had denied that; in this he was right and they were wrong
b. Or in that Job had repented, whereas the three friends had not yet done so

B. THE THREE FRIENDS RESTORED (42:8-9)
1. God instructs them to offer seven bulls and seven rams, and have Job pray for them
2. This they did, for the Lord had accepted Job

II. JOB RESTORED, COMFORTED, AND BLESSED (42:10-17)

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