English Standard Version
Job 42:16
16And after this Job lived 140 years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, four generations.
Job 42:16 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, even four generations.
- New International Version (NIV)After this, Job lived a hundred and forty years; he saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.
- New King James Version (NKJV)After this Job lived one hundred and forty years, and saw his children and grandchildren for four generations.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Job lived 140 years after that, living to see four generations of his children and grandchildren.
Context of Job 42:16
14And he called the name of the first daughter Jemimah, and the name of the second Keziah, and the name of the third Keren-happuch. 15And in all the land there were no women so beautiful as Job's daughters. And their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers. And after this Job lived 140 years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, four generations. 17And Job died, an old man, and full of days.
Read all of Job 42Job 42:16 word by word
וַיְחִ֤י אִיּוֹב֙ אַֽחֲרֵי־זֹ֔את מֵאָ֥ה וְאַרְבָּעִ֖ים שָׁנָ֑ה וַיִּרְאֶ֗ה אֶת־בָּנָיו֙ וְאֶת־בְּנֵ֣י בָנָ֔יו אַרְבָּעָ֖ה דֹּרֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Afterאַחַר'achar · afterH310
- this livedחָיָהchâyâh · to liveH2421
- Jobאִיּוֹב'îyôb · JobH347
- an hundredמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
- and fortyאַרְבָּעִים'arbâ‛îym · fortyH705
- yearsשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
- and sawרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
- his sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
- fourאַרְבַּע'arba‛ 'arbâ‛âh · fourH702
- generationsדּוֹרdôr dôr · generationH1755
Cross-references for Job 42:16
- Genesis 11:32The days of Terah were 205 years, and Terah died in Haran.
- Genesis 25:7These are the days of the years of Abraham's life, 175 years.
- Genesis 35:28Now the days of Isaac were 180 years.
- Genesis 47:28And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years. So the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were 147 years.
- Genesis 50:26So Joseph died, being 110 years old. They embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
- Deuteronomy 34:7Moses was 120 years old when he died. His eye was undimmed, and his vigor unabated.
- Joshua 24:29After these things Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being 110 years old.
- Psalms 90:10The years of our life are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty; yet their span is but toil and trouble; they are soon gone, and we fly away.
- Genesis 50:23And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation. The children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were counted as Joseph's own.
- Psalms 128:6May you see your children's children! Peace be upon Israel!
- Proverbs 17:6Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of children is their fathers.
Commentaries on Job 42:16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16After 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, , ; "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 in the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16After this Job lived an hundred and forty years - As his age at the time his calamities commenced is not mentioned, it is of course impossible to determine how old he was when he died. The Septuagint, however, has undertaken to determine this, but on what authority is unknown. They render this verse, “And Job lived after this affliction an hundred and seventy years: so that all the years that he lived were two hundred and forty.” According to this, his…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. 16Job lived for 140 more years, which was about twice as long as a normal life (Psalm 90:10). If God gave him double what he had before (Job 42:10), Job may have already been 70 years old, making his total life 210 years. This would fit the time of the early patriarchs in the Bible (see Genesis 25:7; 35:28; 47:28; 50:26; Deuteronomy 34:7; Joshua 24:29). to the fourth generation: God blessed Job by letting him live long enough to see his children…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1616. The Septuagint makes Job live a hundred seventy years after his calamity, and two hundred forty in all. This would make him seventy at the time of his calamity, which added to a hundred forty in Hebrew text makes up two hundred ten; a little more than the age (two hundred five) of Terah, father of Abraham, perhaps his contemporary. Man's length of life gradually shortened, till it reached threescore and ten in Moses' time (Psa 90:10). sons' sons--a…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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