“Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.”
The narrative continues: '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's prayer.' The friends obey God's command. They sacrifice and presumably submit to Job's intercession. The acceptance of Job's prayer by God completes the vindication: Job's prayer is acceptable to God. The verse establishes that Job's spiritual standing before God is affirmed; his prayers are heard and answered. The completion of the friends' act of submission and Job's intercession resolves the relational damage caused by the disputations.
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