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He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen and a thousand donkeys. <a href="/nlt/job/42.htm">New Living Translation</a> So the LORD blessed Job in the second half of his life even more than in the beginning. For now he had 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 teams of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys. <a href="/esv/job/42.htm">English Standard Version</a> And the LORD blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning. And he had 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys. <a href="/bsb/job/42.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> So the LORD blessed Job’s latter days more than his first. He owned 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys. <a href="/kjv/job/42.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/job/42.htm">New King James Version</a> Now the LORD blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning; for he had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and one thousand female donkeys. <a href="/nasb_/job/42.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> The LORD blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning; and he had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand female donkeys. <a href="/nasb/job/42.htm">NASB 1995</a> The LORD blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning; and he had 14,000 sheep and 6,000 camels and 1,000 yoke of oxen and 1,000 female donkeys. <a href="/nasb77/job/42.htm">NASB 1977 </a> And the LORD blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning, and he had 14,000 sheep, and 6,000 camels, and 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys. <a href="/lsb/job/42.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> And Yahweh blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning; and he had 14,000 sheep and 6,000 camels and 1,000 pairs of oxen and 1,000 female donkeys. <a href="/amp/job/42.htm">Amplified Bible</a> And the LORD blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning; for he had 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys. <a href="/csb/job/42.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> So the LORD blessed the last part of Job’s life more than the first. He owned fourteen thousand sheep and goats, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and one thousand female donkeys. <a href="/hcsb/job/42.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> So the LORD blessed the last part of Job&#8217s life more than the first. He owned 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys. <a href="/asv/job/42.htm">American Standard Version</a> So Jehovah blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: And he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she-asses. <a href="/cev/job/42.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> The LORD now blessed Job more than ever; he gave him 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 pair of oxen, and 1,000 donkeys. <a href="/erv/job/42.htm">English Revised Version</a> So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: and he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she-asses. <a href="/gwt/job/42.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> The LORD blessed the latter years of Job's life more than the earlier years. He had 14,000 sheep and goats, 6,000 camels, 2,000 oxen, and 1,000 donkeys. <a href="/gnt/job/42.htm">Good News Translation</a> The LORD blessed the last part of Job's life even more than he had blessed the first. Job owned fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, two thousand head of cattle, and one thousand donkeys. <a href="/isv/job/42.htm">International Standard Version</a> The LORD blessed Job during the latter part of his life more than the former, since he owned 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 teams of oxen and 1,000 female donkeys. <a href="/msb/job/42.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> So the LORD blessed Job?s latter days more than his first. He owned 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys. <a href="/net/job/42.htm">NET Bible</a> So the LORD blessed the second part of Job's life more than the first. He had 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys. <a href="/nheb/job/42.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand female donkeys. <a href="/wbt/job/42.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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. <a href="/web/job/42.htm">World English Bible</a> So Yahweh blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand female donkeys. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/job/42.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And YHWH has blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning, and he has fourteen thousand of a flock, and six thousand camels, and one thousand pairs of oxen, and one thousand female donkeys. <a href="/ylt/job/42.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And Jehovah hath blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning, and he hath fourteen thousand of a flock, and six thousand camels, and a thousand pairs of oxen, and a thousand she-asses. <a href="/slt/job/42.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And Jehovah blessed the latter state of Job more than his beginning: and there will be to him fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she-asses.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/job/42.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning. And he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses. <a href="/cpdv/job/42.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And the Lord blessed the latter end of Job even more than his beginning. And he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand pairs of oxen, and a thousand she-donkeys. <a href="/nabre/job/42.htm">New American Bible</a> Thus the LORD blessed the later days of Job more than his earlier ones. Now he had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she-donkeys. <a href="/nrsvce/job/42.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> The LORD blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning; and he had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand donkeys.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/job/42.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> 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. <a href="/hpbt/job/42.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And LORD JEHOVAH blessed the end of Job more than his beginning, and he had fourteen thousand sheep and six thousand camels and a thousand yokes of oxen and a thousand she donkeys<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/job/42.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning; and he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she-asses. <a href="/sep/job/42.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And the Lord blessed the latter end of Job, more than the beginning: and his cattle were fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen, a thousand she-asses of the pastures. <a href="/parallel/job/42-12.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=6702" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/job/42.htm">The LORD Blesses Job</a> …11All his brothers and sisters and prior acquaintances came and dined with him in his house. They consoled him and comforted him over all the adversity that the LORD had brought upon him. And each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring. 12<a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (Conj-w:: N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">So the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/1288.htm" title="1288: bê·raḵ (V-Piel-Perf-3ms) -- To kneel, bless. A primitive root; to kneel; by implication to bless God, and man; also to curse.">blessed</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/347.htm" title="347: ’î·yō·wḇ (N-proper-ms) -- A patriarch. From 'ayab; hated; Ijob, the patriarch famous for his patience.">Job’s</a> <a href="/hebrew/319.htm" title="319: ’a·ḥă·rîṯ (N-fsc) -- The after-part, end. From 'achar; the last or end, hence, the future; also posterity.">latter days</a> <a href="/hebrew/7225.htm" title="7225: mê·rê·ši·ṯōw (Prep-m:: N-fsc:: 3ms) -- Beginning, chief. From the same as ro'sh; the first, in place, time, order or rank.">more than his first.</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: way·hî- (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">He owned</a> <a href="/hebrew/lōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/702.htm" title="702: ’ar·bā·‘āh (Number-ms) -- Four. Masculine oarbaah; from raba'; four.">14,000</a> <a href="/hebrew/6240.htm" title="6240: ‘ā·śār (Number-ms) -- Ten. For eser; ten, i.e. -teen; also -teenth."></a> <a href="/hebrew/505.htm" title="505: ’e·lep̄ (Number-msc) -- A thousand. Prop, the same as 'eleph; hence a thousand."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6629.htm" title="6629: ṣōn (N-cs) -- Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock. Or tsaown; from an unused root meaning to migrate; a collective name for a flock; also figuratively.">sheep,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8337.htm" title="8337: wə·šê·šeṯ (Conj-w:: Number-msc) -- Masculine shishshah; a primitive number; six (see suws) beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ord. Sixth.">6,000</a> <a href="/hebrew/505.htm" title="505: ’ă·lā·p̄îm (Number-mp) -- A thousand. Prop, the same as 'eleph; hence a thousand."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1581.htm" title="1581: gə·mal·lîm (N-mp) -- A camel. Apparently from gamal; a camel.">camels,</a> <a href="/hebrew/505.htm" title="505: wə·’e·lep̄- (Conj-w:: Number-msc) -- A thousand. Prop, the same as 'eleph; hence a thousand.">1,000</a> <a href="/hebrew/6776.htm" title="6776: ṣe·meḏ (N-ms) -- A couple, pair. A yoke or team; hence, an acre.">yoke</a> <a href="/hebrew/1241.htm" title="1241: bā·qār (N-ms) -- Cattle, herd, an ox. From baqar; beef cattle or an animal of the ox family of either gender; collectively, a herd.">of oxen,</a> <a href="/hebrew/505.htm" title="505: wə·’e·lep̄ (Conj-w:: Number-msc) -- A thousand. Prop, the same as 'eleph; hence a thousand.">and 1,000</a> <a href="/hebrew/860.htm" title="860: ’ă·ṯō·w·nō·wṯ (N-fp) -- A female donkey. Probably from the same as 'eythan; a female donkey.">female donkeys.</a> 13And he also had seven sons and three daughters.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/genesis/12-2.htm">Genesis 12:2</a> I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. <a href="/genesis/24-35.htm">Genesis 24:35</a> “The LORD has greatly blessed my master, and he has become rich. He has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, menservants and maidservants, camels and donkeys. <a href="/genesis/26-12.htm">Genesis 26:12-14</a> Now Isaac sowed seed in the land, and that very year he reaped a hundredfold. And the LORD blessed him, / and he became richer and richer, until he was exceedingly wealthy. / He owned so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him. <a href="/genesis/30-43.htm">Genesis 30:43</a> Thus Jacob became exceedingly prosperous. He owned large flocks, maidservants and menservants, and camels and donkeys. <a href="/genesis/49-25.htm">Genesis 49:25</a> by the God of your father who helps you, and by the Almighty who blesses you, with blessings of the heavens above, with blessings of the depths below, with blessings of the breasts and womb. <a href="/deuteronomy/28-11.htm">Deuteronomy 28:11</a> The LORD will make you prosper abundantly—in the fruit of your womb, the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your land—in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give you. <a href="/deuteronomy/30-9.htm">Deuteronomy 30:9</a> So the LORD your God will make you abound in all the work of your hands and in the fruit of your womb, the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your land. Indeed, the LORD will again delight in your prosperity, as He delighted in that of your fathers, <a href="/1_kings/3-13.htm">1 Kings 3:13</a> Moreover, I will give you what you did not request—both riches and honor—so that during all your days no man in any kingdom will be your equal. <a href="/1_chronicles/29-12.htm">1 Chronicles 29:12</a> Both riches and honor come from You, and You are the ruler over all. In Your hands are power and might to exalt and give strength to all. <a href="/psalms/112-3.htm">Psalm 112:3</a> Wealth and riches are in his house, and his righteousness endures forever. <a href="/proverbs/10-22.htm">Proverbs 10:22</a> The blessing of the LORD enriches, and He adds no sorrow to it. <a href="/proverbs/22-4.htm">Proverbs 22:4</a> The rewards of humility and the fear of the LORD are wealth and honor and life. <a href="/isaiah/61-7.htm">Isaiah 61:7</a> Instead of shame, My people will have a double portion, and instead of humiliation, they will rejoice in their share; and so they will inherit a double portion in their land, and everlasting joy will be theirs. <a href="/malachi/3-10.htm">Malachi 3:10</a> Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure. <a href="/matthew/6-33.htm">Matthew 6:33</a> But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>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.<a href="/songs/8-7.htm">Song of Solomon 8:7</a> Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.<a href="/deuteronomy/8-16.htm">Deuteronomy 8:16</a> Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;<a href="/proverbs/10-22.htm">Proverbs 10:22</a> The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.he had<a href="/job/1-3.htm">Job 1:3</a> His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.<a href="/genesis/24-35.htm">Genesis 24:35</a> And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.<a href="/genesis/26-12.htm">Genesis 26:12-14</a> Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/30-7.htm">Asses</a> <a href="/job/40-19.htm">Beginning</a> <a href="/job/31-20.htm">Blessed</a> <a href="/job/31-20.htm">Blessing</a> <a href="/job/1-17.htm">Camels</a> <a href="/job/24-5.htm">Donkeys</a> <a href="/job/39-3.htm">End</a> <a href="/job/31-13.htm">Female</a> <a href="/job/30-1.htm">Flock</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/13-21.htm">Fourteen</a> <a href="/job/39-1.htm">Goats</a> <a href="/job/36-26.htm">Greater</a> <a href="/job/42-10.htm">Job</a> <a href="/job/42-9.htm">Job's</a> <a href="/job/29-23.htm">Latter</a> <a href="/job/1-14.htm">Oxen</a> <a href="/1_kings/19-19.htm">Pairs</a> <a href="/job/41-6.htm">Part</a> <a href="/job/1-14.htm">She-Asses</a> <a href="/job/31-20.htm">Sheep</a> <a href="/job/5-19.htm">Six</a> <a href="/job/8-7.htm">Start</a> <a href="/job/33-23.htm">Thousand</a> <a href="/job/1-3.htm">Yoke</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/104-11.htm">Asses</a> <a href="/psalms/102-25.htm">Beginning</a> <a href="/psalms/1-1.htm">Blessed</a> <a href="/psalms/3-8.htm">Blessing</a> <a href="/isaiah/21-7.htm">Camels</a> <a href="/psalms/104-11.htm">Donkeys</a> <a href="/job/42-17.htm">End</a> <a href="/psalms/68-11.htm">Female</a> <a href="/psalms/49-14.htm">Flock</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-48.htm">Fourteen</a> <a href="/psalms/50-9.htm">Goats</a> <a href="/psalms/4-7.htm">Greater</a> <a href="/job/42-15.htm">Job</a> <a href="/job/42-15.htm">Job's</a> <a href="/psalms/37-37.htm">Latter</a> <a href="/psalms/8-7.htm">Oxen</a> <a href="/isaiah/21-7.htm">Pairs</a> <a href="/psalms/5-9.htm">Part</a> <a href="/genesis/12-16.htm">She-Asses</a> <a href="/psalms/8-7.htm">Sheep</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-16.htm">Six</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-7.htm">Start</a> <a href="/psalms/3-6.htm">Thousand</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/5-8.htm">Yoke</a><div class="vheading2">Job 42</div>1. <a href="/job/42-1.htm">Job submits himself unto God</a> 7. <a href="/job/42-7.htm">God, preferring Job's cause, makes his friends submit themselves, and accepts him</a> 10. <a href="/job/42-10.htm">He magnifies and blesses Job</a> 16. <a href="/job/42-16.htm">Job's age and death</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This phrase highlights the restoration and blessing that God bestowed upon Job after his period of intense suffering and testing. The concept of God blessing the latter days more than the former is a recurring theme in Scripture, emphasizing God's ability to restore and multiply blessings beyond previous states (see <a href="/deuteronomy/30-3.htm">Deuteronomy 30:3-5</a>, <a href="/joel/2-25.htm">Joel 2:25</a>). Job's restoration serves as a testament to God's faithfulness and justice, affirming that enduring faith and righteousness are ultimately rewarded. This also prefigures the ultimate restoration and blessing found in Christ, who brings eternal life and restoration to those who believe.He owned 14,000 sheep, Sheep were a significant measure of wealth in ancient times, used for wool, meat, and sacrificial offerings. The doubling of Job's sheep from 7,000 to 14,000 signifies not only material prosperity but also God's abundant provision. This increase reflects the principle found in <a href="/proverbs/10-22.htm">Proverbs 10:22</a>, where the blessing of the Lord brings wealth without painful toil. The sheep also symbolize the flock of believers, with Christ as the Good Shepherd, indicating spiritual abundance and care.6,000 camels, Camels were valuable for trade and transportation, especially in the arid regions of the Near East. The doubling of camels from 3,000 to 6,000 underscores Job's restored status and influence in the community, as camels were essential for long-distance trade routes. This increase can be seen as a metaphor for the expansion of influence and the spreading of God's blessings, akin to the Great Commission in <a href="/matthew/28-19.htm">Matthew 28:19-20</a>, where believers are called to spread the gospel to all nations.1,000 yoke of oxen, A yoke of oxen, typically two animals, was crucial for plowing fields and agricultural productivity. The increase from 500 to 1,000 yoke signifies a doubling of Job's capacity for cultivation and harvest, symbolizing fruitfulness and divine favor. This abundance can be linked to the biblical principle of sowing and reaping found in <a href="/galatians/6-7.htm">Galatians 6:7-9</a>, where faithful labor in God's service yields a bountiful harvest.and 1,000 female donkeys. Female donkeys were prized for their ability to bear offspring and provide milk, contributing to the sustainability and growth of a household's wealth. The doubling from 500 to 1,000 female donkeys highlights the theme of multiplication and prosperity. In a broader sense, this increase can be seen as a type of the church, which is called to be fruitful and multiply spiritually, as seen in <a href="/acts/2-47.htm">Acts 2:47</a>, where the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a> A man of great faith and patience, who endured immense suffering and loss, yet remained faithful to God. His account is a testament to perseverance and divine restoration. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a> The sovereign God who allowed Job's trials but ultimately restored and blessed him abundantly, demonstrating His justice and mercy. 3. <a href="/topical/j/job's_restoration.htm">Job's Restoration</a> The event where God restored Job's fortunes, giving him more than he had before his trials, symbolizing divine recompense and blessing. 4. <a href="/topical/j/job's_livestock.htm">Job's Livestock</a> The specific mention of sheep, camels, oxen, and donkeys highlights the material blessings and wealth that were restored to Job, signifying prosperity and God's favor. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_land_of_uz.htm">The Land of Uz</a> The setting of Job's life and trials, representing a place of both suffering and blessing.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_justice.htm">God's Sovereignty and Justice</a> God's control over our lives includes both trials and blessings. Trusting in His justice and timing is crucial, as He ultimately works for our good. <a href="/topical/r/restoration_and_blessing.htm">Restoration and Blessing</a> God is a God of restoration. Even when we face loss, He can restore and bless us beyond our original state, as seen in Job's life. <a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_in_trials.htm">Faithfulness in Trials</a> Job's account encourages us to remain faithful during trials, trusting that God sees our struggles and will reward our perseverance. <a href="/topical/m/material_blessings_as_a_sign_of_favor.htm">Material Blessings as a Sign of Favor</a> While spiritual blessings are paramount, material blessings can also be a sign of God's favor and provision, as demonstrated in Job's restoration. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_patience.htm">The Importance of Patience</a> Patience is a virtue that is rewarded by God. Job's patience through suffering is a model for us to emulate in our own lives.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_42.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 42</a> <a href="/q/why_do_some_suffer_but_not_grow.htm">If suffering purifies people, why do some suffer terribly and never grow from it?</a> <a href="/q/evidence_for_job's_age_and_wealth.htm">Where is the historical or archaeological evidence to support Job's remarkable longevity and wealth mentioned in Job 42:16–17? </a> <a href="/q/how_is_job's_fortune_restored_easily.htm">How can Job's fortunes in Job 42 be restored so easily, despite the irreversible trauma and loss he suffered earlier? </a> <a href="/q/why_doesn't_job_42_10-17_address_moral_issues.htm">Why does the text (Job 42:10–17) fail to address the moral or scientific implications of Job receiving new children as though they replaced the ones he lost? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/job/42.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(12) Fourteen thousand sheep.--The number of Job's cattle here is exactly the double of those in <a href="/job/1-3.htm" title="His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.">Job 1:3</a>. That Job's latter end should be blessed had been the promise of all his friends (<a href="/job/5-24.htm" title="And you shall know that your tabernacle shall be in peace; and you shall visit your habitation, and shall not sin.">Job 5:24</a>, &c., <a href="/context/job/8-7.htm" title="Though your beginning was small, yet your latter end should greatly increase.">Job 8:7-20</a>, &c., <a href="/job/11-16.htm" title="Because you shall forget your misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:">Job 11:16</a>, &c., 22:27, &c.), but then it was hampered with a condition which involved the falsehood of all Job's previous life, and it was the unjust imputation of this falsehood to Job which was an offence against the truth of God, and Was so regarded by Him. Truth had to be violated in order that God's justice might stand, which was the greatest possible offence and indignity to the Divine justice.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/42.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 12. - So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning (comp. above, ver. 10). The restoration of prosperity, prophesied by Eliphaz (<a href="/job/5-18.htm">Job 5:18</a> 26), Bildad (<a href="/job/8-20.htm">Job 8:20, 21</a>), and Zophar (<a href="/job/11-13.htm">Job 11:13-19</a>), 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 general law seems to be that such earthly compensation is withheld. But, in combination with the instinct which demands that retributive justice shall prevail universally, it may be taken as an earnest of God's ultimate dealings with men, and a sure indication that, if not on earth, at least in the future state; each man shall receive "the deeds done in the body," according to that he hath done, whether it be good or evil. For he had (rather, and he had) fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she-asses. In every case the exact double of his original possessions (see <a href="/job/1-3.htm">Job 1:3</a>; and comp. above, ver. 12). We need not suppose, however, that either the round numbers, or the exact duplicity, are historical. <a href="/commentaries/job/42-12.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>So the LORD וַֽיהוָ֗ה (Yah·weh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel blessed בֵּרַ֛ךְ (bê·raḵ) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1288.htm">Strong's 1288: </a> To kneel, to bless God, man, to curse Job's אִיּ֖וֹב (’î·yō·wḇ) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_347.htm">Strong's 347: </a> Job -- a patriarch latter [days] אַחֲרִ֥ית (’a·ḥă·rîṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_319.htm">Strong's 319: </a> The last, end, the future, posterity more than his first. מֵרֵאשִׁת֑וֹ (mê·rê·ši·ṯōw) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7225.htm">Strong's 7225: </a> The first, in place, time, order, rank He owned וַֽיְהִי־ (way·hî-) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> To fall out, come to pass, become, be 14,000 אַרְבָּעָה֩ (’ar·bā·‘āh) Number - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_702.htm">Strong's 702: </a> Four sheep, צֹ֗אן (ṣōn) Noun - common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6629.htm">Strong's 6629: </a> Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock 6,000 וְשֵׁ֤שֶׁת (wə·šê·šeṯ) Conjunctive waw | Number - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8337.htm">Strong's 8337: </a> Six (a cardinal number) camels, גְּמַלִּ֔ים (gə·mal·lîm) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1581.htm">Strong's 1581: </a> A camel 1,000 וְאֶֽלֶף־ (wə·’e·lep̄-) Conjunctive waw | Number - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_505.htm">Strong's 505: </a> A thousand yoke צֶ֥מֶד (ṣe·meḏ) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6776.htm">Strong's 6776: </a> A couple, pair of oxen, בָּקָ֖ר (bā·qār) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1241.htm">Strong's 1241: </a> Beef cattle, ox, a herd and 1,000 וְאֶ֥לֶף (wə·’e·lep̄) Conjunctive waw | Number - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_505.htm">Strong's 505: </a> A thousand female donkeys. אֲתוֹנֽוֹת׃ (’ă·ṯō·w·nō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_860.htm">Strong's 860: </a> A female donkey <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/42-12.htm">Job 42:12 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/job/42-12.htm">Job 42:12 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/job/42-12.htm">Job 42:12 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/job/42-12.htm">Job 42:12 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/job/42-12.htm">Job 42:12 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/job/42-12.htm">Job 42:12 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/42-12.htm">Job 42:12 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/42-12.htm">Job 42:12 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/job/42-12.htm">Job 42:12 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/job/42-12.htm">Job 42:12 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/job/42-12.htm">OT Poetry: Job 42:12 So Yahweh blessed the latter end (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/42-11.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 42:11"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 42:11" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/42-13.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 42:13"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 42:13" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>