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Job 42:10-17

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 previous possessions of livestock are doubled (v. Job 42:12; compare Job 1:3), and 10 more children are born to him (Job 42:13; compare Job 1:2).

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Job 42:10. _THE LORD TURNED THE CAPTIVITY OF JOB_] The _Vulgate_ has: Dominus quoque conversus est ad poenitentiam Job; "And the LORD turned Job to repentance." The _Chaldee_: "The WORD of the...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    AND THE LOAD TURNED THE CAPTIVITY OF JOB - Restored him to his former prosperity. The language is taken from restoration to country and home after having been a captive in a foreign land. This languag...

  • 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

    TURNED THE CAPTIVITY. Figure of speech _Paronomasia_ (App-6), _shdb eth sh buth,_ emphasizing recovery or deliverance from any trouble, as in Psalms 126:1; Psalms 126:4, &c. TWICE AS MUCH. This blessi...

  • 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

    _turned the captivity_ The metaphorical use of the phrase would readily arise in a state of society like that in the East. The expression means that Job's afflictions were removed and his prosperity r...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    THE LORD TURNED THE CAPTIVITY OF JOB— This phrase of _turning,_ or _causing to return the captivity,_ seems to have been overlooked, at least not thoroughly considered by the greater part of the comme...

  • 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

    _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._ Turned ... captivity - proverbial for restored, or amply indemnified...

  • 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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Originally, Job thought that he would be wealthy for his whole life (Job 29:18-20). Then Job thought that he would die because of his illness (Job 7:21). In the end, Job was wealthy again. Our live...

  • 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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    WHEN HE PRAYED FOR HIS FRIENDS. — Job’s personal discipline was not complete till he passed from the sphere of his own sorrows to the work of intercession for his friends, and it was through the very...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַֽ יהוָ֗ה שָׁ֚ב אֶת־_שְׁב֣וּת_† אִיֹּ֔וב בְּ...

  • 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

    And the LORD turned the (i) captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before. (i) He delivered him out of the affliction he was in....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Penance. Hebrew, "return." He resolved to restore him to his former prosperous condition, while he prayed for those who had so cruelly exercised his patience. (Calmet) --- Protestants and Vatable, "th...

  • 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

    AND THE LORD TURNED THE CAPTIVITY OF JOB,.... Not literally, in such sense as Lot's captivity was turned, Genesis 14:12; for Job's person was not seized on and carried away, though his cattle were: no...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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. Ver. 10. _And the Lord turned again the captivity of Job_] He took him...

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

    _And the Lord turned the captivity of Job_ Brought him out of that state of bondage in which he had so long been held by Satan, and out of all his distresses and miseries. The words may be rendered, _...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And the Lord turned the captivity of Job, restored him, vindicated him, amply indemnified him for the losses which he had sustained, WHEN HE PRAYED FOR HIS FRIENDS, thus showing the proper forgiving s...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    JOB VINDICATED AND RESTORED TO PROSPERITY...

  • 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...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    GAVE JOB TWICE AS MUCH: _ Heb._ added to Job unto the double...

  • 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

    TURNED THE CAPTIVITY OF JOB, i.e. brought him out of that state of bondage in which he had been so long held by Satan and by his own Spirit, and out of all his distresses and miseries. Or, _returned J...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Job 42:10 LORD H3068 restored H7725 (H8804) Jobs H347 losses H7622 (H8675) H7622 prayed H6419 ...

  • 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

    _And the Lord turned the captivity of Job._ THE TURNING OF JOB’S CAPTIVITY Since God is immutable He acts always upon the same principles, and hence His course of action in the olden times to a man o...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Then Job answered the Lord, and said._ JOB’S CONFESSION AND RESTORATION I. Job’s acknowledgment of God’s greatness. Throughout his speeches Job had frequently asserted the majesty of God. But now h...

  • 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 Samuel 2:7; 2 Chronicles 25:9; Acts 7:50; Acts 7:60; Deuteronomy 30:3

  • 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....

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Captivity — All his bodily distempers were thoroughly healed, and probably in a moment. His mind was calmed, his peace returned, and the consolations of God were not small with him. Prayed — Whereby h...

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