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Upright; he feared God and shunned evil. He had seven sons and three daughters, and he

owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen and five hundred donkeys, and had a large number of servants. He was greatest man among all the people of the East.      Job 1:1~3  

" At this my heart pounds and leaps from its place .Listen! Listen to the roar of his voice,

to the rumbling that comes from his mouth. He unleashes his lightning beneath the whole heaven and sends it to the ends of the earth. After that comes the sound of his roar;

he thunders with his majestic voice. When his voice resounds, he holds nothing back.

 God's voice thunders in marvelous ways; he does great things beyond our understanding.

 He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,'and to the rain shower,  ‘Be a mighty downpour.'So that all men he has made may know his work, he stops every man from his labour. The animals take cover; they remain in their dens. The tempest comes out from its

chamber, the cold from the driving winds. The breath of God produces ice, and the broad waters become frozen. He loads the clouds with moisture; he scatters his lightning through them. At this direction they swirl around over the face of the whole earth to do whatever he commands them. He brings the clouds to punish men, or to water his earth and show his love.    Job　37:1~13

Then the Lord answered Job out of the storm. He said:  Job　38:1

" Where were you when I laid the earth's foundation? Tell me, if you understand.

     Job　38:4

 " Have you journeyed to the springs of the sea or walked in the recesses of the deep?

 Have the gates of death been shown to you? Have you seen the gates of the shadow of death? Have you comprehended the vast expanses of the earth? Tell me, if you know all this." What is the way to the abode of light? And where does darkness reside?

       Job　38:16~19

 " Have you entered the storehouses of the snow or seen the storehouses of the hail,

      Job　38:22

 Then that you replied to the Lord: " I know that you can do all things; no plan of yours can be thwarted . You asked, ‘Who is this that obscures my counsel without knowledge?'

 Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.

 " You said , ‘Listen now, and I will speak; I will question you, and you shall answer me.'

 My ears had heard of you but now my eyes have seen you. Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes.     Job　42:１~6

 After Job had prayed for his friends, the Lord made him prosperous again and gave him

Twice as much as he had before.    Job42:10

The Lord blessed the latter part of Job's life more than the first. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen and a thousand donkeys.

 And he also had seven sons and three daughters .     Job　42:12,13