Job 42:12

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¹⁰ 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 sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold.

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.

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, 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 thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.
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Ecclesiastes 7:8
Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
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Proverbs 10:22
The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.
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Genesis 24:35
And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.
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Psalms 144:13–15
That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets:
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Job 1:3
His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.
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Genesis 26:12–14
Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.
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1 Timothy 6:17
Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
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