Job 42:12

10 After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his prosperity and doubled his former possessions.

11 All his brothers and sisters and prior acquaintances came and dined with him in his house. They consoled him and comforted him over all the adversity that the LORD had brought upon him. And each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring.

So the LORD blessed Job’s latter days more than his first. He owned 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.

13 And he also had seven sons and three daughters.

14 He named his first daughter Jemimah, his second Keziah, and his third Keren-happuch.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
So the LORD blessed Job’s latter days more than his first. He owned 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.
KJV
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.
WEB
So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand female donkeys.
ASV
So Jehovah blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: And he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she-asses.
DARBY
And Jehovah blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning; and he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she-asses.
BLB
And YHWH blessed the latter of Job more than his first, and there were unto him fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand female donkeys.
ÅB
Og Herren velsignet Jobs siste dager mere enn hans første[^2], og han fikk fjorten tusen sauer og seks tusen kameler og tusen par okser og tusen eselhopper.
OTB
Herren velsignet den siste delen av Jobs liv mer enn begynnelsen. Han hadde fjorten tusen sauer, seks tusen kameler, tusen par okser og tusen esler.
B1930
Og Herren velsignet Jobs siste dager mere enn hans første, og han fikk fjorten tusen får og seks tusen kameler og tusen par okser og tusen aseninner. / < JBS 1, 3; 8, 7.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Job 8:7

    Though your beginnings were modest, your latter days will flourish.

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  • Ecclesiastes 7:8

    The end of a matter is better than the beginning, and a patient spirit is better than a proud one.

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  • Proverbs 10:22

    The blessing of the LORD enriches, and He adds no sorrow to it.

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  • Genesis 24:35

    “The LORD has greatly blessed my master, and he has become rich. He has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, menservants and maidservants, camels and donkeys.

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  • Psalms 144:13–15

    Our storehouses will be full, supplying all manner of produce; our flocks will bring forth thousands, tens of thousands in our fields.

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  • Job 1:3

    and he owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and a very large number of servants. Job was the greatest man of all the people of the East.

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  • Genesis 26:12–14

    Now Isaac sowed seed in the land, and that very year he reaped a hundredfold. And the LORD blessed him,

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  • 1 Timothy 6:17

    Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy.

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