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And YHWHוַיהוָהturned backשָׁבthe captivityאֶת שְׁבוּתof Jobאִיּוֹבwhen he prayedבְּהִתְפַּלְלוֹforבְּעַדhis companions,רֵעֵהוּand YHWHוַ יְהוָהincreasedיֹּסֶףallאֶת כָּלthatאֲשֶׁרJobאִיּוֹבhadלְtwofold.לְמִשְׁנֶה
Job 42:10
Study it in the app“And YHWH turned back the captivity of Job when he prayed for his companions, and YHWH increased all that Job had twofold.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 42:10, word by word
- And YHWHיהוָהyhva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yhva” appears- turned backשָׁבshav
bring back
To return something, restore.
Where else “shav” appears- the captivityשְׁבוּתshevut
captivity, fortunes
Captivity: the condition of those taken away as prisoners far from their land. "Turn back the captivity" is to restore someone to his former state.
Where else “shevut” appears- of Jobאִיּוֹבiyov
Job
Job: the man of the land of Uz, blameless and upright, whose story of suffering and of questions to God is told in the book that bears his name. Ezekiel 14:14 and James 5:11 also mention him.
Where else “iyov” appears- when he prayedהִתְפַּלְלhitpall
pray
To talk with God, often asking for others.
Where else “hitpall” appears- his companionsרֵעֵree
companion
A companion, a friend.
Where else “ree” appears- increasedיֹּסֶףyosef
add
To put more on top of what is already there, to make it grow.
Where else “yosef” appears- twofoldמִשְׁנֶהmishne
double
Twice the amount.
Where else “mishne” appears
Translation note
“Turned back the captivity”: a Hebrew expression for “changed his fortune,” “restored him”; Job had not been a prisoner.
The context
9So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as YHWH had told them; and YHWH accepted Job.
10 · This verse (above)
11Then there came to him all his brothers and all his sisters and all who had known him before, and they ate bread with him in his house; and they showed him sympathy and comforted him for all the evil that YHWH had brought upon him; and they gave him each one a qesita and each one a ring of gold.