Job 42

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 42:11

Then came there unto him all his brethren - " Job being restored to his former health and fortunes, the author," says Mr. Heath, "presents us with a striking view of human friendship. His brethren, who, in the time of his affliction, kept at a distance from him; his kinsfolk, who ceased to know him; his familiar friends, who had forgotten him; and his acquaintance, who had made themselves perfect strangers to him; those to whom he had showed kindness, and who yet had ungratefully neglected... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 42:12

The Lord blessed the latter end of Job - Was it not in consequence of his friends bringing him a lamb, sheep, or other kind of cattle, and the quantity of gold mentioned, that his stock of sheep was increased so speedily to 14,000, his camels to 6000, his oxen to 2000, and his she-asses to 1000? Mr. Heath takes the story of the conduct of Job's friends by the worst handle; see Job 42:11 . Is it not likely that they themselves were the cause of his sudden accumulation of property? and that... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 42:13

Seven sons and three daughters - This was the same number as before; and so the Vulgate, Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic read: but the Chaldee doubles the sons, "And he had fourteen sons, and three daughters." read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 42:14

The name of the first Jemima - ימימה yemimah , days upon days. Kezia - קציעה ketsiah , cassia, a well-known aromatic plant. And, Keren-happuch - הפוך קרן keren happuch , the inverted or flowing horn, cornucopiae, the horn of plenty. The Chaldee will not permit these names to pass without a comment, to show the reason of their imposition: "He called the first Jemimah, because she was as fair as the day; the second Ketsiah, because she was as precious as cassia; the third... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 42:15

Gave them inheritance among their brethren - This seems to refer to the history of the daughters of Zelophehad, given Numbers 28:1-8 , who appear to have been the first who were allowed an inheritance among their brethren. read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 42:16

After this lived Job a hundred and forty years - How long he had lived before his afflictions, we cannot tell. If we could rely on the Septuagint, all would be plain, who add here, Τα δε παντα ετη εζησεν, διακοσια τεσσαρακοντα ; "And all the years that Job lived were two hundred and forty." This makes him one hundred years of age when his trial commenced. Coverdale has, After this lyved Job forty yeares, omitting the hundred. So also in Becke's Bible, 1549. From the age, as marked down... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 42:17

Job died, being old and full of days - He had seen life in all its varieties; he had risen higher than all the men of the East, and sunk lower in affliction, poverty, and distress, than any other human being that had existed before, or has lived since. He died when he was satisfied with this life; this the word שבע seba implies. He knew the worst and the best of human life; and in himself the whole history of Providence was exemplified and illustrated, and many of its mysteries unfolded.... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Job 42:1-2

Then Job answered the Lord, and said, I know that thou caner do every thing ; i.e. I know and acknowledge thy omnipotence, which thou hast set forth so magnificently before me in ch. 38-41. It is brought home to me by the grand review of thy works which thou hast made, and the details into which thou hast condescended to enter. I know also and acknowledge that no thought can be with-holden from thee ; i.e. I confess also thy omniscience—that thou knowest even the thoughts of all... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Job 42:1-2

The confession of God's supremacy. At last the end has come to the discipline of Job. He is brought to more than resignation—to a clear perception of the supremacy of God, and to a humble submission to it. I. THE FACT OF GOD 'S SUPREMACY . This is what Job has now come to see. God is supreme both in power and in wisdom. 1 . In power . There is no resisting his might. He does as he will with the children of men. Even "the king of the children of pride" is one of his... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Job 42:1-6

Job's answer and confession. It Consists of— I. THE HUMBLE ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF GOD 'S POWER . (Verse 2.) God can do everything; and no "beginning," no germinating or budding thought, is hidden from him; he sees it alike in its origin, development, and end. Both the fearful forms of force in the animal life of nature, and the striking destinies of individual men, are constant proofs of the presence of him who governs the world in power and in justice. II. AS ... read more

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