Bible Strands
Job 42:9
So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the LORD had told them; and the LORD accepted Job’s prayer.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrative closes God’s direct address to Eliphaz, noting that the three friends obeyed the command to approach Job, after which God receives Job’s intercession on their behalf.
The words — וַיֵּלֵכוּ (va/i.ye.le.Khu) = “and they went” and וַיַּעֲשׂוּ (va/i.ya.'a.Su) = “and they did” mark the precise sequence of movement and compliance.
The thread — This pattern of immediate obedience to divine direction parallels the responsive movement in Acts 9:6 and the faith-driven departure in Hebrews 11:8.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition that human folly yields to God’s appointed mediator, and that obedience to divine instruction precedes the acceptance of prayer.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Hebrews 11:8 By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going.
- Acts 9:6 “Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”
- Proverbs 3:11 My son, do not reject the discipline of the LORD, and do not loathe His rebuke;
- Ecclesiastes 9:7 Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already approved your works:
- Matthew 7:24 Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
- Job 34:31 Suppose someone says to God, ‘I have endured my punishment; I will offend no more.
- Isaiah 60:14 The sons of your oppressors will come and bow down to you; all who reviled you will fall facedown at your feet and call you the City of the LORD, Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
- John 2:5 His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever He tells you.”
- Acts 10:33 So I sent for you immediately, and you were kind enough to come. Now then, we are all here in the presence of God to listen to everything the Lord has instructed you to tell us.”
- Job 22:27 You will pray to Him, and He will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows.