Job 42:15
in Job 42No women as beautiful as Job’s daughters could be found in all the land, and their father granted them an inheritance among their brothers.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
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.
KJV
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.
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This verse in Job 42
Commentary
10 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
And their father gave them inheritance among their brethren - This is mentioned as a proof of his special regard, and is also recorded because it was not common. Among the Hebrews the daughter inherited only in the case where there was no son, Num 27:8. The property was divided equally among the sons, with the exception that the oldest received a double portion; see Jahn’s “Bib. Arch.” section 1
This site's exposition
He named his first daughter Jemimah
on Job 42:14-15
Job names his daughters, the only daughters named in the book, while the sons go unnamed. Beside their beauty, “their father granted them an inheritance among their brothers”, and Gill counts this gift beside seven brothers the point worth keeping. Clarke adds naming them marks them as Job's particular delight.
This site's exposition
granted them an inheritance among their brothers
Barnes notes that under Numbers 27:8 a daughter received an inheritance only where there were no sons. Their father granted his daughters one among their brothers, a mark of special regard. Clarke recalls the daughters of Zelophehad.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church2 voices
A commentator
Gregory the DialogistMorals on the Book of Job, Book XXXV · Written before 604.
proposed
But in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job. 45. For the souls of the Elect surpass, by the comeliness of their beauty, all the human race which lives after the fashion of men on the earth: and the more they slight themselves by outward affliction, the more truly do they array themselves within.
So the text continues and discusses their beauty, "There was no one found among women as beautiful as the daughters of Job in the whole land." By this we are also given to understand that his sons were preeminent in virtue, for the text continues, …
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
In the Old Testament we often find women praised for their beauty, as Sarah, Rebekah, and many others; but we never find any women in the New Testament whose beauty is in the least taken notice of, no, not the virgin Mary herself, because the beauty of holiness is that which is brought to a much clearer light by the gospel.
The last of his afflictions that are recorded ( ch. i. ), and the most grievous, was the death of all his children at once. His friends upbraided him with it ( ch. viii.
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And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job,.... Either in the whole world, which is not improbable: or it may be rather in the land or country in which they dwelt; and which may be gathered from their names, as before observed.
2 more voices on this verse
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Here he goes on with words to the same purport. Though his patience had not its perfect work, his repentance for his impatience had. He is here thoroughly humbled for his folly and unadvised speaking, and it was forgiven him.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Gave them inheritance among their brethren - This seems to refer to the history of the daughters of Zelophehad, given Num 28:1-8, who appear to have been the first who were allowed an inheritance among their brethren.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
And he named the first Jemimah They were named according to their beauty.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 6 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
14 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְלֹ֨א | velo' | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| נִמְצָ֜א | nimtza' | it was found | H4672 → | 455 times |
| נָשִׁ֥ים | nashim | women | H802 → | 781 times |
| יָפ֛וֹת | yafot | beautiful | H3303 → | |
| כִּבְנ֥וֹת | kivnot | like [the] daughters of | H1323 → | 588 times |
| אִיּ֖וֹב | ʾiyov | Job | H347 → | 58 times |
| בְּכָל־ | bekhol | in all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הָאָ֑רֶץ | haaretz | the land | H776 → | 2504 times |
| וַיִּתֵּ֨ן | vaiyiten | and he gave | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| לָהֶ֧ם | lahem | to them | ||
| אֲבִיהֶ֛ם | ʾavihem | father their | H1 → | 1212 times |
| נַחֲלָ֖ה | nachalah | an inheritance | H5159 → | 222 times |
| בְּת֥וֹךְ | betokh | in among | H8432 → | 418 times |
| אֲחֵיהֶֽם׃ ס | ʾacheihem | brothers their | H251 → | 630 times |
וְלֹ֨אand not
velo'H3808 →5168 times
נִמְצָ֜אit was found
nimtza'H4672 →455 times
נָשִׁ֥יםwomen
nashimH802 →781 times
יָפ֛וֹתbeautiful
yafotH3303 →
כִּבְנ֥וֹתlike [the] daughters of
kivnotH1323 →588 times
אִיּ֖וֹבJob
ʾiyovH347 →58 times
בְּכָל־in all
bekholH3605 →5413 times
הָאָ֑רֶץthe land
haaretzH776 →2504 times
וַיִּתֵּ֨ןand he gave
vaiyitenH5414 →2011 times
לָהֶ֧םto them
lahem
אֲבִיהֶ֛םfather their
ʾavihemH1 →1212 times
נַחֲלָ֖הan inheritance
nachalahH5159 →222 times
בְּת֥וֹךְin among
betokhH8432 →418 times
אֲחֵיהֶֽם׃ סbrothers their
ʾacheihemH251 →630 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 144:12Then our sons will be like plants nurtured in their youth, our daughters like corner pillars carved to adorn a palace.
it leads to
- Psalms 128:3
Your wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons like olive shoots sitting around your table.
- 1 Peter 3:3–6
Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair or gold jewelry or fine clothes,
- Isaiah 44:3–5
For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring.
- Psalms 115:14–15
May the LORD give you increase, both you and your children.
- Song of Solomon 8:8–9
We have a little sister, and her breasts are not yet grown. What shall we do for our sister on the day she is spoken for?
- Psalms 128:3
Through
Acts 7:20At that time Moses was born, and he was beautiful in the sight of God. For three months he was nurtured in his father’s house.
it leads to
- Hebrews 11:23
By faith Moses’ parents hid him for three months after his birth, because they saw that he was a beautiful child, and they were unafraid of the king’s edict.
- Hebrews 11:23
Through
Numbers 27:7“The daughters of Zelophehad speak correctly. You certainly must give them property as an inheritance among their father’s brothers, and transfer their father’s inheritance to them.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 49:11
Abandon your orphans; I will preserve their lives. Let your widows trust in Me.”
- Galatians 3:28
There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
- Jeremiah 49:11
Where this verse is studied
About Job
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Gregory the Dialogist, Morals on the Book of Job, Book XXXV; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Job.