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Job 42:15

inheritance among their brethren The Hebrew practice was that the daughters inherited only when there was no son, Numbers 27:1 seq. The disposition of his property made by Job would retain the sisters in the midst of their brethren even after marriage, and allow the affectionate relations existing among Job's children to continue.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Job 42:15. _GAVE THEM INHERITANCE AMONG THEIR BRETHREN._] This seems to refer to the history of the daughters of _Zelophehad_, given Numbers 27:1, who appear to have been the _first_ who were al...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    AND THEIR FATHER GAVE THEM INHERITANCE AMONG THEIR BRETHREN - This is mentioned as a proof of his special regard, and is also recorded because it was not common. Among the Hebrews the daughter inherit...

  • 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...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    IN ALL THE LAND WERE NO WOMEN FOUND SO FAIR— Bishop Warburton, upon his allegorical plan, supposes, that as Job's wife was to represent the idolatrous wives, so the daughters in the allegory are to st...

  • 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 IN ALL THE LAND WERE NO WOMEN FOUND SO FAIR AS THE DAUGHTERS OF JOB: AND THEIR FATHER GAVE THEM INHERITANCE AMONG THEIR BRETHREN._ Inheritance among ... brethren - an unusual favour in the East...

  • 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

    INHERITANCE AMONG THEIR BRETHREN] this was an unusual privilege to women: cp. Numbers 27:1....

  • 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 looked after his daughters carefully. At the time of Job, usually only the sons would share the family’s wealth. Job’s gift to his daughters also shows that he was very wealthy. He had enough mone...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ לֹ֨א נִמְצָ֜א נָשִׁ֥ים יָפֹ֛ות כִּ בְנֹ֥ות

  • 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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Daughters. Alexandrian Septuagint adds, "and sons." --- Brethren. This was contrary to the custom of the Jews, (Numbers xxvii. 8.) but conformable to the Roman laws, and to the Koran. (Sur. 4.) (Calm...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (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...

  • 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 IN ALL THE LAND WERE NO WOMEN FOUND [SO] FAIR AS THE DAUGHTERS OF JOB,.... Either in the whole world, which is not improbable: or it may be rather in the land or country in which they dwelt; and w...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And in all the land were no women found [so] fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren. Ver. 15. _And in all the land there were no women found so fair...

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

    _In all the land were no women found so fair_, &c. In the Old Testament we often find women praised for their beauty, but never in the New, because the beauty of holiness is brought to a much clearer...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job, distinguished for extraordinary beauty; AND THEIR FATHER GAVE THEM INHERITANCE AMONG THEIR BRETHREN, this being an indication o...

  • 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...

  • 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

    Gave his daughters a share, and possibly an equal share, with his sons in his inheritance; which in so plentiful an estate he might easily do, especially to such amiable sisters, without the envy of t...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Job 42:15 land H776 found H4672 (H8738) women H802 beautiful H3303 daughters H1323 Job H347 father H1 gave...

  • 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

    _Were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job._ JOB’S DAUGHTERS It is a long lane that has no turning. Job’s captivity was turned at last. It is a true saying that godliness is profitable for...

  • 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

    Acts 7:20; Joshua 15:18; Joshua 15:19; Joshua 18:4; Numbers 27:7;...

  • 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

    So fair — In the Old Testament we often find women praised for their beauty, but never in the New, because the beauty of holiness is brought to a much clearer light by the gospel....

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