Job 42:10-17 ESV

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 42:7-17

Conclusion of the story. I. THE DIVINE JUSTIFICATION OF JOB . ( Job 42:7-10 .) The cure of the inward sickness of the sufferer's spirit is followed here, as we often see in the course of life, by outward health and happiness. 1 . The reproof of the friends. ( Job 42:7 .) Addressing Eliphaz, as their chief spokesman, Jehovah declares his displeasure that they have not spoken the truth concerning him. Not that they have spoken with wilful dishonesty, but that they have been... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Job 42:7-17

The Divine vindication of Job. The poem ends in undimmed brightness. The great ends of suffering have been answered. Job has been put to the proof and tried, and he has been found faithful. God has permitted all the joy and light of his life to be wiped out. His faithful servant of whom it was said, "There is none like him in the earth," has been subjected to the severest tests; yet, according to the Divine assertion, he has spoken of God "the thing that is right." Now he who had appeared to... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Job 42:10

And the Lord turned the captivity of Job . The literal use of this phrase is common, the metaphorical use of it uncommon, in Scripture. Still, it is so simple a metaphor, and captivity so common a thing among ancient peoples, that it may well have been in general use among the nations of Western Asia from very primitive times. It signifies, as Professor Lee remarks, "a restoration to former happy circumstances.'' When he prayed for his friends. Perhaps his complete forgiveness by God was... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Job 42:10

The captivity turned. I. THE REVERSAL . 1 . A true reversal. Job's troubles have come to an end. That was a long avenue of fire which he was made to pass through; but the terminus was reached at last. Man may be "born unto trouble as the sparks fly upward" ( Job 5:7 ); but he is not born to everlasting trouble. St. Paul writes of "our light affliction, which is but for a moment" ( 2 Corinthians 4:17 ). Present distress is not a presage of future evil. The very blackness... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Job 42:11

Then came there unto him all his brethren . Job's "brethren," and his desertion by them in his misfortunes, had been mentioned in Job 19:13 . Now these fair-weather friends flocked to him again, and professed affection and interest, ignoring probably, or excusing, their long absence and neglect. And all his sisters . One sex had behaved no better to him than the other. His nearest female relatives had failed to show themselves the "ministering angels" that they are commonly accounted,... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Job 42:11-17

The return of prosperity. Job is now restored to the favour of God. The result is earthly prosperity. With our Christian light we know that this does not always follow, nor is it the best blessing. But as the portrait of Job is painted in the colours of his day, we must accept the lessons which it contains in sympathy with his age and circumstances. Let us, then, look at the ingredients of the new prosperity. I. A REVIVAL OF OLD FRIENDSHIPS . We are horrified to have it brought... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Job 42:12

So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning (comp. above, verse 10). The restoration of prosperity, prophesied by Eliphaz ( Job 5:18 26), Bildad ( Job 8:20 , Job 8:21 ), and Zophar ( Job 11:13-19 ), but not expected by Job, came, not in consequence of any universal law, but by the will of God, and his pure grace and favour. It in no way pledged God to compensate worldly adversity by worldly prosperity in the case of any other sufferer; and certainly the... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Job 42:13

He had also seven sons and three daughters . The same number as previously ( Job 1:2 ), neither more nor fewer. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Job 42:14

And he called the name of the first, Jemima . The name "Jemima" is probably derived from yom ( יוֹם ), "day," and means "Fair as the day." And the name of the second, Kezia . "Kezia" (rather, "Keziah") was the Hebrew name of the spice which the Greeks and Romans called "cassia," a spice closely allied to cinnamon, and much esteemed in the East (see Herod; 3.110). And the name of the third, Keren-happuch ; literally, horn of stibium—stibium being the dye (antimony) with which... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Job 42:15

And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job . Beauty has always been highly valued in the East; and Job would feel himself highly favoured in having three beautiful daughters. It may have been on account of their great beauty that their father gave them inheritance among their brethren, which was certainly an unusual practice in the East. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 42:7-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 42:7-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 42:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 42:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 42:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 42:11-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 42:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 42:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 42:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 42:15

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