King James Version
What Does Job 42:15 Mean?
“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.”
Context
13
He had also seven sons and three daughters.
14
And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Kerenhappuch.
15
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.
16
After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations.
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So Job died, being old and full of days.
Commentary
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary2-24. Instances of the wicked doing the worst deeds with seeming impunity (Job 24:2-24).
**Some--**the wicked.
**landmarks--**boundaries between different pastures (De 19:14; Pr 22:28).
Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset, David Brown. Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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