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    TREASURES FROM GOD’S WORD | JOB 38-42

    Praying for Others Pleases Jehovah

    Jehovah expected Job to pray for Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar

    42:7-10

    Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar offer up a burnt sacrifice as Job prays in their behalf

    • Jehovah told Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar to go to Job and offer up a burnt sacrifice

    • Job was expected to pray in their behalf

    • After Job prayed for them, he was blessed

    Jehovah greatly blessed Job for his faith and endurance

    42:10-17

    • Job is restored to good health

      Jehovah removed Job’s tribulation, restoring him to good health

    • Job receives comfort from others

      Job received true comfort from friends and relatives for all that he had suffered

    • A herd of sheep

      Jehovah restored Job’s prosperity, giving him twice the amount that he had lost

    • Job and his wife with their children

      Job and his wife came to have ten more children

    • Job and his wife stand with their extended family

      Job lived for another 140 years and enjoyed seeing four generations of his family line