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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...
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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...
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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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AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton_ (App-6), in verses: Job
42:12, to emphasize each particular thing....
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The exact doubling of Job's former possessions shews that we are not
reading literal history here....
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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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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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_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...
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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...
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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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Job had twice the number of animals that he had in Job 1:2....
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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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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...
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וַֽ יהוָ֗ה בֵּרַ֛ךְ אֶת ־אַחֲרִ֥ית
אִיֹּ֖וב מ
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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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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...
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_Asses. Septuagint, "droves of," &c., which would greatly increase the
number._...
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(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...
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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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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...
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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...
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_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...
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JOB VINDICATED AND RESTORED TO PROSPERITY...
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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...
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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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Job 42:12 LORD H3068 blessed H1288 (H8765) latter H319 Job H347
beginning H7225 fourteen H702 H6240 thousand...
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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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1 Timothy 6:17; Deuteronomy 8:16; Ecclesiastes 7:8; Genesis 24:35;...
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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....
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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 m...