Job 42:11

"Then there came unto him, all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him concerning all the evil that Jehovah had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one a ring of gold."

"Concerning all the evil that Jehovah had brought upon him" (Job 42:11). One thing that is absolutely clear in the Book of Job is the fact that it was Satan, not Jehovah, who slaughtered Job's children, impoverished him, and reduced him to the utmost suffering and disease; yet here, it is stated that, "Jehovah had brought" all these things upon him. Here we have enunciated the Biblical premise that God indeed "does" that which he allows to happen. Thus Job was by no means in error when he spoke of the terrible things that God had done to him. There is another principle somewhat akin to this, namely, that whatever a man commands another to do, it is also true that he himself does it.

"Every man gave him a piece of money ... gold ring ...etc." (Job 42:11). These things were not what increased Job's wealth, "For these gifts were tokens of love and esteem, rather than gifts to alleviate his poverty."[15]