Job 42:11-17

42:11 So they came to him, all his brothers and sisters and all who had known him before, and they dined ¹  with him in his house. They comforted him and consoled him for all the trouble the Lord had brought on him, and each one gave him a piece of silver ²  and a gold ring. ³ 

42:12 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. 42:13 And he also had seven sons ⁴  and three daughters. 42:14 The first daughter he named Jemimah, ⁵  the second Keziah, ⁶  and the third Keren-Happuch. ⁷  42:15 Nowhere in all the land could women be found who were as beautiful as Job’s daughters, and their father granted them an inheritance alongside their brothers.

42:16 After this Job lived 140 years; he saw his children and their children to the fourth generation. 42:17 And so Job died, old and full of days.

[42:11]  ¹ tn Heb “ate bread.”

[42:11]  ² tn The Hebrew word קְשִׂיטָה (qÿsitah) is generally understood to refer to a unit of money, but the value is unknown.

[42:11]  ³ sn This gold ring was worn by women in the nose, or men and women in the ear.

[42:13]  ⁴ tn The word for “seven” is spelled in an unusual way. From this some have thought it means “twice seven,” or fourteen sons. Several commentators take this view; but it is probably not warranted.

[42:14]  ⁵ sn The Hebrew name Jemimah means “dove.”

[42:14]  ⁶ sn The Hebrew name Keziah means “cassia.”

[42:14]  ⁷ sn The Hebrew name Keren-Happuch means “horn of eye-paint.”