Job 42:16
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.
15 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.
After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, even four generations.
17 So Job died, being old and full of days.
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
- After this, Job lived 140 years and saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.
- KJV
- After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, even four generations.
- WEB
- After this Job lived one hundred forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, to four generations.
- ASV
- And after this Job lived a hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons` sons, [even] four generations.
- DARBY
- And Job lived after this a hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, four generations.
- BLB
- And Job lived after this a hundred and forty years, and he saw his sons and the sons of his sons, four generations.
- ÅB
- Deretter levde Job hundre og førti år, og han så sine barn og barnebarn i fjerde ledd.
- OTB
- Etter dette levde Job i 140 år; han så sine barn og deres barn til fjerde generasjon.
- B1930
- Derefter levde Job hundre og firti år, og han så sine barn og barnebarn i fjerde ledd.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 17:6
Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
Read in contextGenesis 50:23
And Joseph saw Ephraim’s children of the third generation: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph’s knees.
Read in contextPsalms 128:6
Yea, thou shalt see thy children’s children, and peace upon Israel.
Read in contextGenesis 25:7
And these are the days of the years of Abraham’s life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years.
Read in contextGenesis 47:28
And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years.
Read in contextGenesis 50:26
So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
Read in contextJoshua 24:29
And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years old.
Read in contextGenesis 11:32
And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.
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