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Job 42:11-13
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Job 42:11-13
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11 So they came to him, all his brothers and sisters and all who had known him before, and they dined[a] 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[b] and a gold ring.[c]
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. 13 And he also had seven sons[d] and three daughters.
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- Job 42:11 tn Heb “ate bread.”
- Job 42:11 tn The Hebrew word קְשִׂיטָה (qesitah) is generally understood to refer to a unit of money, but the value is unknown.sn The Hebrew word refers to a piece of silver, yet uncoined. It is the kind used in Gen 33:19 and Josh 24:32. It is what would be expected of a story set in the patriarchal age.
- Job 42:11 sn This gold ring was worn by women in the nose, or men and women in the ear.
- Job 42:13 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.
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