King James Version
Job 42:15 in the King James Version says “And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among th...” — study this verse from Job chapter 42 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
Job 42:15 · KJV
He had also seven sons and three daughters.
And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Kerenhappuch.
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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“found”
H4672properly, to come forth to, i.e., appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e., find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
“as the daughters”
H1323a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“and their father”
H1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
“them inheritance”
H5159properly, something inherited, i.e., (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion
“their brethren”
H251a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance [like h0001])
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