Job 42:13
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.
12 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.
And he also had seven sons and three daughters.
14 He named his first daughter Jemimah, his second Keziah, and his third Keren-happuch.
15 No women as beautiful as Job’s daughters could be found in all the land, and their father granted them an inheritance among their brothers.
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.
Compare
- BSB
- And he also had seven sons and three daughters.
- KJV
- He had also seven sons and three daughters.
- WEB
- He had also seven sons and three daughters.
- ASV
- He had also seven sons and three daughters.
- DARBY
- And he had seven sons and three daughters.
- BLB
- And there were unto him seven sons and three daughters.
- ÅB
- Og han fikk syv sønner og tre døtre.
- OTB
- Han ble velsignet med syv sønner og tre døtre.
- B1930
- Og han fikk syv sønner og tre døtre.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 1:2
He had seven sons and three daughters,
Read in contextPsalms 127:3
Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.
Read in contextPsalms 107:41
But He lifts the needy from affliction and increases their families like flocks.
Read in contextIsaiah 49:20
Yet the children of your bereavement will say in your hearing, ‘This place is too small for us; make room for us to live here.’
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