<p class="bodytext">So the <sc>Lordsc><n id="1" /> restored what Job had lost<n id="2" /> after he prayed for his friends,<n id="3" /> and the <sc>Lordsc> doubled<n id="4" /> all that had belonged to Job.

Nowhere in all the land could women be found who were as beautiful as Job&#8217;s daughters, and their father granted them an inheritance alongside their brothers.p>

His possessions<n id="1" /> included<n id="2" /> 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, and 500 female donkeys; in addition he had a very great household.<n id="3" /> Thus he<n id="4" /> was the greatest of all the people in the east.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="bodytext">So the <sc>Lordsc> said to Satan, &#8220;All right then,<n id="1" /> everything he has is<n id="2" /> in your power.<n id="3" /> Only do not extend your hand against the man himself!&#8221;<n id="4" /> So Satan went out<n id="5" /> from the presence of the <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="6" />p>

But he replied,<n id="1" /> &#8220;You&#8217;re talking like one of the godless<n id="2" /> women would do! Should we receive<n id="3" /> what is good from God, and not also<n id="4" /> receive<n id="5" /> what is evil?&#8221;<n id="6" /> In all this Job did not sin by what he said.<n id="7" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">When Job&#8217;s three friends heard about all this calamity that had happened to him, each of them came from his own country<n id="2" /> &#8211; Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite.<n id="3" /> They met together<n id="4" /> to come to show sympathy<n id="5" /> for him and to console<n id="6" /> him.