Job 42:9

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    So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite did what the Lord told them; and the Lord accepted Job’s prayer.  Job 42:9 NIV   Accepted – What is implied in the verb “accepted”?  Interestingly, the Hebrew root is nāśāʾ, the same verb that is used for carrying away sin.  When the text tells us that God accepted Job’s prayer, it is telling us…