Job 42:8
Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.
Original Language Analysis
וְעַתָּ֡ה
H6258
קְחֽוּ
Therefore take
H3947
קְחֽוּ
Therefore take
Strong's:
H3947
Word #:
2 of 33
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
וְשִׁבְעָ֨ה
and seven
H7651
וְשִׁבְעָ֨ה
and seven
Strong's:
H7651
Word #:
4 of 33
seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
פָרִים֩
bullocks
H6499
פָרִים֩
bullocks
Strong's:
H6499
Word #:
5 of 33
a bullock (apparently as breaking forth in wild strength, or perhaps as dividing the hoof)
וְשִׁבְעָ֨ה
and seven
H7651
וְשִׁבְעָ֨ה
and seven
Strong's:
H7651
Word #:
6 of 33
seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
אֵילִ֜ים
rams
H352
אֵילִ֜ים
rams
Strong's:
H352
Word #:
7 of 33
properly, strength; hence, anything strong; specifically an oak or other strong tree
וּלְכ֣וּ׀
H1980
וּלְכ֣וּ׀
Strong's:
H1980
Word #:
8 of 33
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
וְהַעֲלִיתֶ֤ם
and offer up
H5927
וְהַעֲלִיתֶ֤ם
and offer up
Strong's:
H5927
Word #:
12 of 33
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
עוֹלָה֙
for yourselves a burnt offering
H5930
עוֹלָה֙
for yourselves a burnt offering
Strong's:
H5930
Word #:
13 of 33
a step or (collectively, stairs, as ascending); usually a holocaust (as going up in smoke)
בַּֽעַדְכֶ֔ם
H1157
בַּֽעַדְכֶ֔ם
Strong's:
H1157
Word #:
14 of 33
in up to or over against; generally at, beside, among, behind, for, etc
יִתְפַּלֵּ֖ל
shall pray
H6419
יִתְפַּלֵּ֖ל
shall pray
Strong's:
H6419
Word #:
17 of 33
to judge (officially or mentally); by extension, to intercede, pray
עֲלֵיכֶ֑ם
H5921
עֲלֵיכֶ֑ם
Strong's:
H5921
Word #:
18 of 33
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
כִּ֧י
H3588
כִּ֧י
Strong's:
H3588
Word #:
19 of 33
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
אִם
H518
אִם
Strong's:
H518
Word #:
20 of 33
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
פָּנָ֣יו
for you for him
H6440
פָּנָ֣יו
for you for him
Strong's:
H6440
Word #:
21 of 33
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
אֶשָּׂ֗א
will I accept
H5375
אֶשָּׂ֗א
will I accept
Strong's:
H5375
Word #:
22 of 33
to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
לְבִלְתִּ֞י
H1115
לְבִלְתִּ֞י
Strong's:
H1115
Word #:
23 of 33
properly, a failure of, i.e., (used only as a negative particle, usually with a prepositional prefix) not, except, without, unless, besides, because n
עֲשׂ֤וֹת
lest I deal
H6213
עֲשׂ֤וֹת
lest I deal
Strong's:
H6213
Word #:
24 of 33
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
עִמָּכֶם֙
H5973
עִמָּכֶם֙
Strong's:
H5973
Word #:
25 of 33
adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then
נְבָלָ֔ה
with you after your folly
H5039
נְבָלָ֔ה
with you after your folly
Strong's:
H5039
Word #:
26 of 33
foolishness, i.e., (morally) wickedness; concretely, a crime; by extension, punishment
כִּ֠י
H3588
כִּ֠י
Strong's:
H3588
Word #:
27 of 33
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
לֹ֣א
H3808
לֹ֣א
Strong's:
H3808
Word #:
28 of 33
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
דִבַּרְתֶּ֥ם
in that ye have not spoken
H1696
דִבַּרְתֶּ֥ם
in that ye have not spoken
Strong's:
H1696
Word #:
29 of 33
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
נְכוֹנָ֖ה
of me the thing which is right
H3559
נְכוֹנָ֖ה
of me the thing which is right
Strong's:
H3559
Word #:
31 of 33
properly, to be erect (i.e., stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix,
Cross References
Numbers 23:1And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams.1 Chronicles 15:26And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, that they offered seven bullocks and seven rams.James 5:16Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.Job 22:30He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.Psalms 103:10He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.Genesis 20:17So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children.Ezekiel 14:14Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord GOD.Job 42:9So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according as the LORD commanded them: the LORD also accepted Job.Matthew 3:17And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.James 5:14Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
Historical Context
Ancient Near Eastern mediation often required intermediaries. God's appointment of Job as intercessor reverses the friends' assumed superiority.
Questions for Reflection
- What does it mean to pray for those who wronged you?
- How does Job's intercession for his friends anticipate Christ's priestly work?
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Analysis & Commentary
God commands the friends: 'my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly.' This requires the accusers to seek intercession from the accused. Job's priestly function for his friends models Christ's intercession for sinners.