Job 42:9

"So Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according as Jehovah commanded them: and Jehovah accepted Job."

From this, it is evident that it was actually Job's intercessory prayer that constituted the principal element in the procurement of their forgiveness. The value of a truly righteous man's prayers upon behalf of others appears here as a glorious achievement. "The prayer of a righteous man availeth much" (James 5:16). "Job is thus a type of Christ, not merely in his undeserved sufferings, but also in his mediatorial intercession for his friends."[13] Kelly also noted that, "Job here stands as a prefiguration of the Christian man in his acceptance of divine grace, and earlier, he had illustrated the deep need of all mankind for justification."[14]