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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Job 42:12

Blessed — Not only with spiritual, but also with temporal blessings. Just double to what they were, Job 1:3. This is a remarkable instance of the extent of the Divine providence, to things that seem minute as this, the exact number of a man's cattle; as also of the harmony of providence, and the reference of one event to another: for known unto God are all his works, from the beginning to the end.

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See also Job 42:12 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Job 42:12. _THE LORD BLESSED THE LATTER END OF JOB_] Was it not in consequence of his friends bringing him a _lamb, sheep_, or other kind of _cattle_, and the _quantity of gold_ mentioned, that...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    SO THE LORD BLESSED THE LATTER END OF JOB - To wit, by giving him double what he had possessed before his calamities came upon him; see Job 42:10. FOR HE HAD FOURTEEN THOUSAND SHEEP ... - The possessi...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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)...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton_ (App-6), in verses: Job 42:12, to emphasize each particular thing....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    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....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The exact doubling of Job's former possessions shews that we are not reading literal history here....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _SO THE LORD BLESSED THE LATTER END OF JOB MORE THAN HIS BEGINNING: FOR HE HAD FOURTEEN THOUSAND SHEEP, AND SIX THOUSAND CAMELS, AND A THOUSAND YOKE OF OXEN, AND A THOUSAND SHE ASSES._ Probably by de...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    Note that the numbers are double those mentioned in Job 1:3, an indication of the ideal nature of this history of Job: see on Job 1:2. The prophets often allude to the double compensation in store for...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Job had twice the number of animals that he had in Job 1:2....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    FOURTEEN THOUSAND SHEEP. — The number of Job’s cattle here is exactly the double of those in Job 1:3. That Job’s latter end should be blessed had been the promise of all his friends (Job 5:24, &c., Jo...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַֽ יהוָ֗ה בֵּרַ֛ךְ אֶת ־אַחֲרִ֥ית אִיֹּ֖וב מ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had (l) fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses. (l) God made...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Asses. Septuagint, "droves of," &c., which would greatly increase the number._...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (10) В¶ 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. (11) Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sis...

  • John Brown Commentaries Selected Books of the Bible

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    SO THE LORD BLESSED THE LATTER END OF JOB MORE THAN HIS BEGINNING,.... Which verified the words of Bildad, Job 8:6; though they were spoken by him only by way of supposition. All blessings are of the...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses. Ver. 12. _So the...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job_ Not only with spiritual, but also with temporal blessings. _For he had fourteen thousand sheep_, &c. Just double to what they were, Job 1:3. This is a remar...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    JOB VINDICATED AND RESTORED TO PROSPERITY...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning, by doubling his former substance; FOR HE HAD FOURTEEN THOUSAND SHEEP, AND SIX THOUSAND CAMELS, AND A THOUSAND YOKE OF OXEN, AND A THO...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THE LORD BLESSED JOB, not only with spiritual, but also with temporal and earthly blessings....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Job 42:12 LORD H3068 blessed H1288 (H8765) latter H319 Job H347 beginning H7225 fourteen H702 H6240 thousand...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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;”...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Timothy 6:17; Deuteronomy 8:16; Ecclesiastes 7:8; Genesis 24:35;...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    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....

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