Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.(Job 42:4)

I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.(Job 42:5)

Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.(Job 42:6)

And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.

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.(Job 42:8)

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.(Job 42:9)

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.(Job 42:10)

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Job 42:7 - Cross Reference

Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God. (Job 32:2)

Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest. (Psalm 51:4)

Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him. (Job 2:11)

Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, (Job 4:1)

When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, then his wrath was kindled. (Job 32:5)

But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee; (Job 11:5)

Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, (Job 8:1)

Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, (Job 11:1)