Job 42, Epilogue

Job makes a final statement. He takes back what he said about God and repents. He does not repent about things he did before the calamities, but rather statements he made in the dialogues. This is in line with Elihu's reasoning and arguments and in full rejection of the ideas from his 3 friends.

God then directs Eliphaz and the two other to repent for not speaking accurately about God. They must do some sacrifices.

God says nothing to Elihu, which implicitly validates Elihu's perspective.

Job prays for forgiveness for his 3 friends and God gives him twice what he had before. The number of animals is precisely doubled the number find in Job 1. He also has 7 sons and 3 daughters, the number of children he had before.

He lived 140 years after that and saw 4 generations of children and grandchildren. This is in line with what his expectations about God's blessing on the righteous from the dialogues.