Job 42:13

Job 42:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He had also seven sons and three daughters.
• New International Version (NIV)And he also had seven sons and three daughters.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He had also seven sons and three daughters.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He also had seven sons and three daughters.

Context of Job 42:13

11Then Job's brothers and sisters came to eat a big meal with him in his house. People who had been Job's friends came also. They all told him that they were sad about his troubles. They were upset because the Lord had caused him to suffer. Each of them gave Job a piece of silver and a gold ring. 12After this, the Lord blessed Job more than in the beginning of his life. All these animals belonged to Job: 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 pairs of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys. He had seven sons and three daughters. 14The daughters' names were Jemimah, Keziah, and Keren-Happuch. 15They were the most beautiful women in the whole land of Uz. Job said that they should receive some of his things after he died, along with their brothers.

Job 42:13 word by word

וַֽיְהִי־ל֛וֹ שִׁבְעָ֥נָה בָנִ֖ים וְשָׁל֥וֹשׁ בָּנֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• He had also sevenשִׁבְעָ֫נָהshib‛ânâh · sevenH7658
• sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• and threeשָׁלֹשׁshâlôsh shâlôsh shelôshâh shelôshâh · threeH7969
• daughtersבַּתbath · daughterH1323

Cross-references for Job 42:13

• Job 1:2Job had seven sons and three daughters.
• Psalms 107:41But for people who are poor and weak, he rescues them from their trouble. He gives them many children, so that they have big families.
• Psalms 127:3Children are a gift from the Lord. He blesses us with descendants.
• Isaiah 49:20The children who were born in a foreign land will return to you. You will hear them say, “This place is too small for us. Find more room for us to live in.”

Commentaries on Job 42:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Seven 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 the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13He had also seven sons and three daughters - The same number which he had before his trials. Nothing is said of his wife, or whether these children were, or were not, by a second marriage. The last mention that is made of his wife is in Job 19:17, where he says that “his breath was strange to his wife, though he entreated her for the children‘s sake of his own body.” The character of this woman does not appear to have been such as to have deserved further…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
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. The same number as before, Job 1:2; perhaps by a second wife; in Job 19:17 his wife is last mentioned.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