Job 42:17
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.
16 After this, Job lived 140 years and saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.
And so Job died, old and full of years.
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
- And so Job died, old and full of years.
- KJV
- So Job died, being old and full of days.
- WEB
- So Job died, being old and full of days.
- ASV
- So Job died, being old and full of days. Book I Psalm 1
- DARBY
- And Job died, old and full of days.
- BLB
- And Job died, old and full of days.
- ÅB
- Og Job døde, gammel og mett av dager.
[^1]: 1MO 33, 19.
[^2]: JBS 1, 3; 8, 7. - OTB
- Slik døde Job, etter å ha levd et langt og fullt liv.
- B1930
- Og Job døde, gammel og mett av dager.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 25:8
And at a ripe old age he breathed his last and died, old and contented, and was gathered to his people.
Read in contextGenesis 15:15
You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.
Read in contextJob 5:26
You will come to the grave in full vigor, like a sheaf of grain gathered in season.
Read in contextPsalms 91:16
With long life I will satisfy him and show him My salvation.”
Read in contextDeuteronomy 6:2
so that you and your children and grandchildren may fear the LORD your God all the days of your lives by keeping all His statutes and commandments that I give you, and so that your days may be prolonged.
Read in contextProverbs 3:16
Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.
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