Job 42:8-10 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 42:7-9

Job, in his discourses, had complained very much of the censures of his friends and their hard usage of him, and had appealed to God as Judge between him and them, and thought it hard that judgment was not immediately given upon the appeal. While God was catechising Job out of the whirlwind one would have thought that he only was in the wrong, and that the cause would certainly go against him; but here, to our great surprise, we find it quite otherwise, and the definitive sentence given in... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 42:10-17

You have heard of the patience of Job (says the apostle, Jas. 5:11) and have seen the end of the Lord, that is, what end the Lord, at length, put to his troubles. In the beginning of this book we had Job's patience under his troubles, for an example; here, in the close, for our encouragement to follow that example, we have the happy issue of his troubles and the prosperous condition to which he was restored after them, which confirms us in counting those happy which endure. Perhaps, too, the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 42:8

Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks, and seven rams ,.... Creatures used in sacrifice before the giving of the Levitical law, Genesis 4:4 ; and the same number of the same creatures were offered by Balaam in the country of Moab, not far from where Job lived, nor at any great distance of time from his age, Numbers 23:1 ; and among the Gentiles in later times F17 "----Septem mactare juvencos", &c.; Virgil. Aeneid. 6. v. 38, 39. . And these were typical of Christ, being... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 42:9

So Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, went ,.... Having taken the above creatures for sacrifice, as directed, they went to Job with them; and did according as the Lord commanded them ; offered them by Job for a burnt offering, and desired him to pray for them. This they did, both as to matter and manner, as the Lord ordered them; and they did it immediately, without consulting flesh and blood, the pride and other passions of their hearts; and they... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 42:10

And the Lord turned the captivity of Job ,.... Not literally, in such sense as Lot's captivity was turned, Genesis 14:12 ; for Job's person was not seized on and carried away, though his cattle were: nor spiritually, being delivered from the captivity of sin; that had been his case many years ago, when first converted: but it is to be understood of his restoration from afflictions and calamities to a happy state; as of the return of his substance, his health and friends, and especially of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 42:8

Take - seven bullocks and seven rams - From this it appears that Job was considered a priest, not only in his own family but also for others. For his children he offered burnt-offerings, Job 1:5 ; and now he is to make the same kind of offerings, accompanied with intercession, in behalf of his three friends. This is a full proof of the innocence and integrity of Job: a more decided one could not be given, that the accusations of his friends, and their bitter speeches, were as untrue as... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 42:10

The Lord turned the captivity of Job - The Vulgate has: Dominus quoque conversus est ad poenitentiam Job ; "And the Lord turned Job to repentance." The Chaldee: "The Word of the Lord ( דיי מימרא meymera dayai ) turned the captivity of Job." There is a remark which these words suggest, which has been rarely, if at all, noticed. It is said that the Lord turned the captivity of Job When He Prayed for His Friends. He had suffered much through the unkindness of these friends; they had... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 42:1-17

This concluding chapter divides into two parts. In the first part ( Job 42:1-6 ) Job makes his final submission, humbling himself in the dust before God. In the second (verses 7-17) the historical framework, in which the general dialogue is set, is resumed and brought to a close. God's approval of Job is declared, and his anger denounced against the three friends, who are required to expiate their guilt by a sacrifice, and only promised forgiveness if Job will intercede on their behalf... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 42:1-17

The conclusion of the drama. I. THE SETTLEMENT OF THE THIRD CONTROVERSY BETWEEN JEHOVAH AND JOB . ( Job 42:1-6 .) This controversy, it will be remembered, arose out of the intensity of Job's sufferings and the perplexity of Job's spirit, which caused him on the one hand to form too favourable an opinion of his own, and on the other hand too unfavourable an opinion of God's, righteousness; to misinterpret the facts of providence almost as egregiously as, though in an... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 42:1-17

Commentators have generally recognized that this psalm is introductory and prefatory. Jerome says that many called it "the Preface of the Holy Ghost." Some of the Fathers did not even regard it as a psalm at all, but as a mere preface, and so reckoned the second psalm as the first (in many manuscripts of the New Testament, the reading is "first psalm" instead of "second psalm" in Acts 13:33 ). The composition is, as Hengstenberg observes, "a short compendium of tile main subject of the... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 42:7-9

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 42:10-17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 42:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 42:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 42:10

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 42:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 42:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 42:1-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 42:1-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 42:1-17

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