Job 42:17 — Meaning and Application

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“So Job died, {being} old and full of days.”

Job 42:17

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And in all the land were no women found {so} fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.

After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, {even} four generations.

So Job died, {being} old and full of days.

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Job 42:1

"Then Job answered the LORD, and said,"

Job 42:2

"I know that thou canst do every {thing}, and {that} no thought can be withholden from thee. {no thought can be...: or, no thought of thine can be hindered}"

Job 42:3

"Who {is} he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not."

Job 42:4

"Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me."

Job 42:5

"I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee."

Job 42:6

"Wherefore I abhor {myself}, and repent in dust and ashes."

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