American Standard Version
Job 42:15
15And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.
Job 42:15 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)Nowhere in all the land were there found women as beautiful as Job’s daughters, and their father granted them an inheritance along with their brothers.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And in all the land there were no women so beautiful as Job's daughters. And their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers.
- New King James Version (NKJV)In all the land were found no women so beautiful as the daughters of Job; and their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers.
Context of Job 42:15
13He had also seven sons and three daughters. 14And he called the name of the first, Jemimah; and the name of the second, Keziah; and the name of the third, Keren-happuch. 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. 16And after this Job lived a hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, even four generations. 17So Job died, being old and full of days.
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וְלֹ֨א נִמְצָ֜א נָשִׁ֥ים יָפ֛וֹת כִּבְנ֥וֹת אִיּ֖וֹב בְּכָל־הָאָ֑רֶץ וַיִּתֵּ֨ן לָהֶ֧ם אֲבִיהֶ֛ם נַחֲלָ֖ה בְּת֥וֹךְ אֲחֵיהֶֽם׃ סRead the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 42:15
- Psalms 144:12When our sons shall be as plants grown up in their youth, And our daughters as corner-stones hewn after the fashion of a palace;
- Acts 7:20At which season Moses was born, and was exceeding fair; and he was nourished three months in his father’s house:
- Numbers 27:7The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: thou shalt surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father’s brethren; and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto them.
- Joshua 15:18And it came to pass, when she came unto him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she alighted from off her ass; and Caleb said, What wouldest thou?
- Joshua 18:4Appoint for you three men of each tribe: and I will send them, and they shall arise, and walk through the land, and describe it according to their inheritance; and they shall come unto me.
Commentaries on Job 42:15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15Gave 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 the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15And their father gave them inheritance among their brethren - This is mentioned as a proof of his special regard, and is also recorded because it was not common. Among the Hebrews the daughter inherited only in the case where there was no son, Numbers 27:8. The property was divided equally among the sons, with the exception that the oldest received a double portion; see Jahn‘s “Bib. Arch.” section 168. This custom, prevailing still extensively in the…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-17Verses 10-17 In the beginning of this book we had Job's patience under his troubles, for an example; here, for our encouragement to follow that example, we have his happy end. His troubles began in Satan's malice, which God restrained; his restoration began in God's mercy, which Satan could not oppose. Mercy did not return when Job was disputing with his friends, but when he was praying for them. God is served and pleased with our warm devotions, not with…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15their father granted them an inheritance among their brothers: Daughters usually inherited only if there were no male children (Numbers 27; 36). Perhaps Job's unusual action indicated his great wealth. Only a rich man could give some wealth to the families into which his daughters would marry.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. inheritance among ... brethren--An unusual favor in the East to daughters, who, in the Jewish law, only inherited, if there were no sons (Nu 27:8), a proof of wealth and unanimity.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 42
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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