Job 42:10
Good News Translation
Then, after Job had prayed for his three friends, the LORD made him prosperous again and gave him twice as much as he had had before.

New Revised Standard Version
And the LORD restored the fortunes of Job when he had prayed for his friends; and the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.

Contemporary English Version
After Job had prayed for his three friends, the LORD made Job twice as rich as he had been before.

New American Bible
The LORD also restored the prosperity of Job, after he had prayed for his friends; the LORD even gave to Job twice as much as he had before.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The Lord also was turned at the penance of Job, when he prayed for his friends. And the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The Lord also was turned at the penance of Job, when he prayed for his friends. And the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.

turned

Job 5:18-20 For he woundeth, and cureth: he striketh, and his hands shall heal. . . .

Deuteronomy 30:3 The Lord thy God will bring back again thy captivity, and will have mercy on thee, and gather thee again out of all the nations, into which he scattered thee before.

Psalm 14:7 Who shall give out of Sion the salvation of Israel? when the Lord shall have turned away the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

Psalm 53:6 Who will give out of Sion the salvation of Israel? when God shall bring back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

Psalm 126:1,4 A gradual canticle. When the Lord brought back the captivity of Sion, we became like men comforted. . . .

when

Genesis 20:17 And when Abraham prayed, God healed Abimelech and his wife, and his handmaids, and they bore children:

Exodus 17:4,5 And Moses cried to the Lord, saying: What shall I do to this people? Yet a little more and they will stone me. . . .

Numbers 12:2,13 And they said: Hath the Lord spoken by Moses only? Hath he not also spoken to us in like manner? And when the Lord heard this, . . .

Numbers 14:1-4,10,13-20 Therefore the whole multitude crying wept that night. . . .

Numbers 16:21,22,46-48 Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may presently destroy them. . . .

Deuteronomy 9:20 And he was exceeding angry against Aaron also, and would have destroyed him, and I prayed in like manner for him.

Luke 16:27 And he said: Then, father, I beseech thee that thou wouldst send him to my father's house, for I have five brethren,

Acts 7:50,60 Hath not my hand made all these things? . . .

the lord

Job 8:6,7 If thou wilt walk clean and upright, he will presently awake unto thee, and will make the dwelling of thy justice peaceable: . . .

Job 22:24,25 He shall give for earth flint, and for flint torrents of gold. . . .

Deuteronomy 8:18 But remember the Lord thy God, that he hath given thee strength, that he might fulfil his covenant, concerning which he swore to thy fathers, as this present day sheweth.

1 Samuel 2:7 The Lord maketh poor and maketh rich, he humbleth and he exalteth:

2 Chronicles 25:9 And Amasias said to the man of God: What will then become of the hundred talents which I have given to the soldiers of Israel? and the man of God answered him: The Lord is rich enough to be able to give thee much more than this.

Proverbs 22:4 The fruit of humility is the fear of the Lord, riches and glory and life.

Haggai 2:8 The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the Lord of hosts.

Isaiah 40:2 Speak ye to the heart of Jerusalem, and call to her: for her evil is come to an end, her iniquity is forgiven: she hath received of the hand of the Lord double for all her sins.

Isaiah 61:7 For your double confusion and shame, they shall praise their part: therefore shall they receive double in their land, everlasting joy shall be unto them.

Context
The LORD Blesses Job
10The Lord also was turned at the penance of Job, when he prayed for his friends. And the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.11And all his brethren came to him, and all his sisters, and all that knew him before, and they ate bread with him in his house: and bemoaned him, and comforted him upon all the evil that God had brought upon him. And every man gave him one ewe, and one earring of gold.…
Cross References
James 5:11
Behold, we account them blessed who have endured. You have heard of the patience of Job and you have seen the end of the Lord, that the Lord is merciful and compassionate.

Deuteronomy 30:3
The Lord thy God will bring back again thy captivity, and will have mercy on thee, and gather thee again out of all the nations, into which he scattered thee before.

1 Samuel 2:8
He raiseth up the needy from the dust, and lifteth up the poor from the dunghill: that he may sit with princes, and hold the throne of glory. For the poles of the earth are the Lord's, and upon them he hath set the world.

Job 1:2
And there were born to him seven sons and three daughters.

Job 1:3
And his possession was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a family exceedingly great: and this man was great among all the people of the east.

Job 42:9
So Eliphaz the Themanite, and Baldad the Suhite, and Sophar the Naamathite went, and did as the Lord had spoken to them, and the Lord accepted the face of Job.

Psalm 14:7
Who shall give out of Sion the salvation of Israel? when the Lord shall have turned away the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

Psalm 85:1
Unto the end, for the sons of Core, a psalm. [2] Lord, thou hast blessed thy land: thou hast turned away the captivity of Jacob.

Psalm 126:1
A gradual canticle. When the Lord brought back the captivity of Sion, we became like men comforted.

Job 42:9
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