Job 42:8
Job · Old Testament · Chapter 42
“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.”Job 42:8
What Does Job 42:8 Mean?
Job 42:8 is found in the book of Job, chapter 42, verse 8 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Job 42:8 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
James 5:16“Confess 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.”Numbers 23:1“And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams.”Job 1:5“And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.”Genesis 4:7“If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.”Genesis 20:17“So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children.”1 Chronicles 15:26“And 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.”Job 22:30“He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.”Psalms 103:10“He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.”John 9:31“Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.”Ezekiel 14:14“Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord GOD.”Genesis 20:7“Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.”Matthew 5:24“Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.”Genesis 32:20“And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me.”Numbers 23:29“And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.”2 Chronicles 29:21“And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven he goats, for a sin offering for the kingdom, and for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And he commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer them on the altar of the LORD.”Job 42:9“So 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 3:17“And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”James 5:14“Is 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:”Genesis 19:21“And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.”Exodus 18:12“And Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses’ father in law before God.”
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