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                        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... 
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                        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... 
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                        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)... 
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                        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... 
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                        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.... 
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                        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;... 
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                        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... 
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                        _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.... 
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                        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... 
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                        And Job had a new family.... 
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                        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... 
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                        וַֽ יְהִי ־לֹ֛ו שִׁבְעָ֥נָה בָנִ֖ים
וְ שָׁלֹ֥ 
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                        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... 
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                        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... 
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                        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... 
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                        (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... 
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                        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... 
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                        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... 
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                        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... 
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                        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... 
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                        He had also seven sons and three daughters, a large family being a
special sign of God's blessing upon a household.... 
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                        JOB VINDICATED AND RESTORED TO PROSPERITY... 
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                        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... 
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                        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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                        No text from Poole on this verse.... 
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                        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... 
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                        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... 
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                        _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... 
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                        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... 
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                        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... 
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                        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;”... 
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                        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 
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                        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... 
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                        Isaiah 49:20; Job 1:2; Psalms 107:41; Psalms 127:3... 
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                        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....