suffered, but instead describes his great wisdom and power. When Job repents (first in 40:3–5 and then in 42:1–6), he does not repent of sin that led to his suffering in the first place (there was no such sin), but rather of his falsely accusing God of injustice (see 40:8). The book ends with a prose epilogue (42:7–17). First God speaks to Eliphaz, who represents the three friends and tells them that they must ask Job to offer an intercessory prayer and sacrifices on their behalf because they have