And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.
Turned ... captivity - proverbial for restored, or amply indemnified him for all he had lost (Ezekiel 16:53; Psalms 14:7, "When the Lord bringeth back the captivity of His people, Jacob shall rejoice, etc.; Hosea 6:11). Thus the future vindication of redeemed man, body and soul, against Satan (Job 1:9-12), at the resurrection (Job 19:25-27), has its earnest and adumbration in the temporal vindication of Job at last by Yahweh in person.
Twice - so the 'double' to be rendered to the afflicted literal and spiritual Jerusalem (Isaiah 40:2; Isaiah 60:7; Isaiah 61:7; Zech Twice - so the 'double' to be rendered to the afflicted literal and spiritual Jerusalem (Isaiah 40:2; Isaiah 60:7; Isaiah 61:7; Zechariah 9:12). "The Lord turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends." As in Job's case, so in that of Jesus Christ, the glorious recompence follows the 'intercession' for enemies (Isaiah 53:12, "Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he ... made intercession for the transgressors:" another feature in Job's history typical of Christ; because "the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy," Revelation 19:10).