Job 42:10

"So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went and did what the LORD commanded them, and the LORD accepted Job."

Key Reflection

In this verse, the spiritual meaning lies in the acceptance of God's will by the friends of Job. Despite their earlier misguided attempts to convince Job of his sinfulness, when they heeded God’s command and acknowledged Job’s righteousness, they were validated in their faith and recognized as instruments of divine justice.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

And the Load turned the captivity of Job -Restored him to his former prosperity. The language is taken from restoration to country and home after having been a captive in a foreign land. This language is often applied in the Scriptures to the return of the Jews from their captivity in Babylon, and some writers have made use of it as an argument to show that Job lived “after” that event. But this conclusion is unwarranted. The language is so general that it might be taken from the return from “any” captivity, and is such as would naturally be employed in the early periods of the world to denote restoration from calamity.

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