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John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Job 42:7-17

The Epilogue7-17. These vv. describe the happy ending to Job’s trials and his restoration to prosperity. It is a sequel in full accord with the religious ideas of the Hebrews. With no clear idea of a future state, where compensation will be found for the ills of this world, long life and earthly happiness were regarded as the only evidence of God’s favour and approval. The feeling that the happy ending spoils the effect is modern, but incorrect. For it would have made a very bad impression on... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Job 42:3

XLII.(3) Who is he that hideth counsel?—It is quite obvious that the right way of understanding these verses is, as in Isaiah 63:1-6, after the manner of a dialogue, in which Job and the Lord alternately reply. “Who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge?” were the words with which God Himself joined the debate in Job 38:2; and therefore, unless we assign them to Him here also, we must regard them as quoted by Job, and applied reflectively to himself; but it is far better to consider... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Job 42:4

(4) Hear, I beseech thee.—This cannot in like manner be appropriately assigned to Job, but, as in Job 38:3; Job 40:7, must be referred to God; then the confession of Job 42:5-6 comes in very grandly. How much of our knowledge of God is merely hearsay? and it is not till the experimental teaching of the Holy Ghost has revealed God to our consciences that we really see Him with the inward eye. The confession of Job, therefore, is the confession of every converted man. Compare in a much later and... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Job 42:7

(7) And it was so.—The verdict that is spoken against the friends of Job is based rather on the tone and spirit of what they have said than on any of their actual words, for many of these are conspicuous for their wisdom, truth, and beauty. But throughout they had been on the wrong side, and seemed to think that the cause of God had need to be upheld at all risks, and that it might even be required to tell lies for God (Job 13:7); and it was this that provoked the Divine indignation. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Job 42:8

(8) Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams.—It is remarkable that the sacrifices prescribed for Job’s friends were similar to those which Balaam prescribed for Balak (Numbers 23:2-29). This is probably one indication out of many that the age of Job was that of Moses, or before it. “My servant Job shall pray for you.” This, strange to say, was the very promise with which Eliphaz himself had closed his third and last speech. His words therefore received a striking fulfilment in... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Job 42:10

(10) When he prayed for his friends.—Job’s personal discipline was not complete till he passed from the sphere of his own sorrows to the work of intercession for his friends, and it was through the very act of this self-oblivion and self-sacrifice that his own deliverance was brought about. When he prayed for his friends, we are told, the Lord turned his own captivity: that is, restored and re-instated him in prosperity even greater than before.This is the true moral of all human history, which... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Job 42:11

(11) Every man also gave him a piece of money.—The Hebrew word is kesîtâh, which is found also in the narrative of Jacob’s purchase of the field of the children of Hamor (Genesis 33:19). Some have supposed, from a comparison of this passage with Genesis 23:16, which relates the corresponding transaction between Abraham and the sons of Heth, that the value of the kesîtâh was four shekels, but this is, of course, not certain from these narratives. Tradition says that the kesîtâh was a coin with... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Job 42:12

(12) Fourteen thousand sheep.—The number of Job’s cattle here is exactly the double of those in Job 1:3. That Job’s latter end should be blessed had been the promise of all his friends (Job 5:24, &c., Job 8:7-20, &c., Job 11:16, &c., 22:27, &c.), but then it was hampered with a condition which involved the falsehood of all Job’s previous life, and it was the unjust imputation of this falsehood to Job which was an offence against the truth of God, and Was so regarded by Him.... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Job 42:14

(14) Jemima.—This name perhaps means as fair as the day.Kezia—i.e., cassia, an aromatic bark, much prized by the ancients. (See Psalms 45:9.)Kerenhappuch—i.e., the horn for containing kohl for the eyes. The Eastern women are in the habit of painting the upper part of the eyelids with stibium, so that a black edge is formed about them and they seem larger. (See 2 Kings 9:30; Jeremiah 4:30.) The meaning of this name is the paint-box for this purpose. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Job 42:16

(16) An hundred and forty years.—The particularity of this detail forbids us to suppose that the character of Job was other than real; his great age also shows that he must be referred to the very early patriarchal times, probably anterior to Moses. read more

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Job 42:7-17

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Job 42:3

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Job 42:4

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Job 42:7

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Job 42:8

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Job 42:10

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Job 42:11

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Job 42:12

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Job 42:14

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Job 42:16

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