Job 42:12

And the Lord blessed the latter end of Job, more than the beginning: 1 And his cattle were fourteen thousand sheep, 1 Six thousand camels, 1 A thousand yoke of oxen, 1 A thousand she-asses of the pastures. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.

In Context

11And all his brethren and his sisters heard 1 All that had happened to him, 1 And they came to him, 1 And so did all that had known him from the first: 1 And they ate and drank with him, and comforted him, 1 And wondered at all that the Lord had brought upon him: 1 And each one gave him a lamb, and four drachma’s weight of gold, even of unstamped gold. 1

13And there were born to him seven sons and three daughters. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 26:12And Isaac sowed in that land, and he found in that year barley a hundredfold, and the Lord blessed him.

Deuteronomy 8:16who fed thee with manna in the wilderness, which thou knewest not, and thy fathers knew not; that he might afflict thee, and thoroughly try thee, and do thee good in thy latter days.

Job 1:3And his cattle consisted of seven thousand sheep, 1 Three thousand camels, 1 Five hundred yoke of oxen, 1 Five hundred she-asses in the pastures, 1 And a very great household, 1 And he had a great husbandry on the earth; 1 And that man was most noble of the men of the east. 1

Proverbs 10:22The blessing of the Lord is upon the head of the righteous; 1 It enriches him, and grief of heart shall not be added to it. 1

Matthew Henry on Job 42:11-17

Job's Renewed Prosperity; The Death of Job. ( b. c. 1520.) 10 And the Lord turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before. 11 Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the Lord had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of… Read the whole commentary →

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