Job 42:7 (LSB)

Passage

Now it happened after Yahweh had spoken these words to Job, that Yahweh said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My anger burns against you and against your two friends because you have not spoken of Me what is right as My servant Job has.

Nearby Context

Job 42:5 I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear; But now my eye sees You;

Job 42:6 Therefore I reject myself, And I repent in dust and ashes.”

Job 42:7 Now it happened after Yahweh had spoken these words to Job, that Yahweh said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My anger burns against you and against your two friends because you have not spoken of Me what is right as My servant Job has.

Job 42:8 So now, take for yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, and go to My servant Job, and offer up a burnt offering for yourselves, and My servant Job will pray for you. For I will accept him so that I may not do with you according to your folly, because you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has.”

Job 42:9 So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as Yahweh told them; and Yahweh accepted Job.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "happened", "after", "yahweh", "spoken", "words", "said", and "eliphaz". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "happened" and "after", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "Therefore I reject myself And I repent..." into verse 8's "So now take for yourselves seven bulls...", so "happened" and "after" belong inside that flow. In Job context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "happened" and "after" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.