King James Version
What Does Job 42:16 Mean?
“After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations.”
Context
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.
17
So Job died, being old and full of days.
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(16) **An hundred and forty years.**—The particularity of this detail forbids us to suppose that the character of Job was other than real; his great age also shows that he must be referred to the very early patriarchal times, probably anterior to Moses.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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