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Job 42:13
He had also seven sons and three daughters, a large family being a special sign of God's blessing upon a household.
He had also seven sons and three daughters, a large family being a special sign of God's blessing upon a household.
Verse Job 42:13. _SEVEN SONS AND THREE DAUGHTERS._] This was the _same_ _number_ as before; and so the Vulgate, Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic read: but the Chaldee _doubles_ the sons, "And he had _fo...
HE HAD ALSO SEVEN SONS AND THREE DAUGHTERS - The same number which he had before his trials. Nothing is said of his wife, or whether these children were, or were not, by a second marriage. The last me...
VII. THE EPILOGUE: JOB'S RESTORATION AND BLESSING CHAPTER 42:7-17 _ 1. Jehovah's message to Job's friends (Job 42:7)_ 2. Job's restoration (Job 42:10) 3. The conclusion: Peace (Job 42:16)...
Job's final speech (continuation of Job 40:3). Job 42:1 is to be removed as a gloss: as are also Job 42:3 a, Job 42:4 b, which are quoted from...
The former number of Job's children is restored to him. The name _Jemima_probably means _dove_, comp. Song of Solomon 6:9; Song of Solomon 5:2; _Kezia_is _cassia_, the aromatic spice, Psalms 45:8;...
Job is restored to a prosperity double that which he formerly enjoyed; his former friends gather around him; he is again blessed with children; and dies, old and full of days....
B. JOB IS RESTORED TO PROSPERITY AND BLESSED WITH CHILDREN. (JOB 42:10-17) TEXT 42:10-17 10 And Jehovah turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: and Jehovah gave Job twice as much...
_HE HAD ALSO SEVEN SONS AND THREE DAUGHTERS._ The same number as before: perhaps by a second wife: in Job 19:17 his wife last mentioned....
THE EPILOGUE 7-17. These vv. describe the happy ending to Job's trials and his restoration to prosperity. It is a sequel in full accord with the religious ideas of the Hebrews. With no clear idea of a...
JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD Job _KEITH SIMONS_ Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible. This commentary has been through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 42 THE END OF JOB’S TROUBLE...
And Job had a new family....
וַֽ יְהִי ־לֹ֛ו שִׁבְעָ֥נָה בָנִ֖ים וְ שָׁלֹ֥
XXIX. EPILOGUE Job 42:7 AFTER the argument of the Divine voice from the storm the epilogue is a surprise, and many have doubted whether it is in line with the rest of the work. Did Job need these mu...
RESTORED TO RIGHT RELATIONS WITH GOD Job 42:1 In complete surrender Job bowed before God, confessing his ignorance and owning that he had spoken glibly of things which he understood not. He had retor...
Job's answer is full of the stateliness of a great submission. As he speaks the words of surrender he appears mightier in his submission than all the things into the presence of which he has been brou...
(13) He had also seven sons and three daughters. (14) And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Kerenhappuch. (15) And in all the land...
God Speaks Job Repents I. INTRODUCTION A. Last week we covered a lot of territory! 1. We finished with Elihu's speeches to Job and found that, although he was a lot more accurate in what he had to...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 38 THROUGH 42. Jehovah then speaks, and addressing Job, carries on the subject. He makes Job sensible of his nothingness. Job confesses himself to be vile, an...
HE HAD ALSO SEVEN SONS, AND THREE DAUGHTERS. The same number of children, and of the same sort he had before, Job 1:2; and according to Nachman the very same he had before, which the additional letter...
He had also seven sons and three daughters. Ver. 13. _He had also seven sons and three daughters_] Whose perfections sweetened the sorrow which the loss of the other had caused him. - _Sic uno avuls...
JOBS REPENTANCE AND PRAYER (vv.1-9) Who would not be totally subdued after hearing God speak such things as He did to Job? What a change took place in Job's attitude and in his words! He was humbled...
10-17 In the beginning of this book we had Job's patience under his troubles, for an example; here, for our encouragement to follow that example, we have his happy end. His troubles began in Satan's...
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Job 42:13 seven H7658 sons H1121 three H7969 daughters H1323 Job 1:2; Psalms 107:41,...
CONTENTS: Job's self-judgment, followed by new prosperity. CHARACTERS: God, Job, Eliphaz, three friends. CONCLUSION: Righteousness in a man is excellent but when one becomes too much aware of their...
Job 42:5. _But now mine eye seeth thee._ I have seen thee in thy works, and heard the voice of nature. I have heard all those speeches of my friends, circumscribed in knowledge, and erroneous in judgm...
_So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job._ THE LIMITATION OF JOB’S BLESSINGS TO THIS LIFE Is there not something incongruous in the large award of temporal good, and even something unnecessary in t...
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 42:7 Epilogue: The Vindication, Intercession, and Restoration of Job. The final section of the book reveals on earth what the prologue had stated: Job’s suffering was not a consequence...
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 42:10__ Now that he has surrendered to God and has been reconciled with his friends, Job experiences restoration. He is still broken and bereaved, but as the restoration proceeds, his...
NOTES Job 42:11. “_A piece of money_.” According to Gesenius and others, קשׂיִטָה (_kesitah_), from the unused root קָשַׂט = قَسَطٰ (_kasata_) to “be just or true;” whence قسْط (_Kistoon_) “balances;”...
SECTION VII.—HISTORICAL SEQUEL TO THE DIALOG EXPOSITION JOB 42:1 This concluding chapter divides into two parts. In the first part (Job 42:1) Job makes his final subm
Then Job answered the LORD, and said, I know that you can do everything, and that no thought can be withheld from thee (Job 42:1-2). Pretty important: "I know God can do everything." Secondly, "I kno...
Isaiah 49:20; Job 1:2; Psalms 107:41; Psalms 127:3...
GOD SPEAKS TO JOB Job 38:1 _to Job 42:1_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS God's words to Job do not carry much by way of the explanation of redemption. Job was a child of God, and well-instructed on those lines....