Job 42:9

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

Job 42:8 Citation

Job 42:8 contains the command the friends obey — this verse shows their compliance with that specific instruction.

Job 33:26 Parallel

In Job 33:26, Elihu says God accepts the prayer of the repentant — here Job's prayer is accepted, fulfilling that principle.

In Genesis 20:17, Abraham prays for Abimelech and God heals him — a direct parallel to Job interceding for his friends and being accepted.

Ezekiel 14:14 says Job's righteousness would only save himself — here his intercession saves his friends, contrasting the limitation.