Skip to content
mannafest.faith
Read

Job 42:16

After this, Job lived 140 years and saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And after this Job lived a hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, even four generations.

KJV

After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, even four generations.

⋯

Commentary

2 voices

Voices on this verse

loading…

Original language & word study

15 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיְחִ֤יvay.Chiand he livedH2421 →
אִיּוֹב֙'i.yOvJobH347 →
אַֽחֲרֵי־'a.cha.rei-afterH310 →
זֹ֔אתZotthisH2063 →
מֵאָ֥הme.'Ahone hundredH3967 →
וְאַרְבָּעִ֖יםve.'ar.ba.'Imand fortyH705 →
שָׁנָ֑הsha.Nahyear[s]H8141 →
וַיִּרְאֶ֗הvai.yarand he sawH7200 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
בָּנָיו֙ba.Navchildren hisH1121 →
וְאֶת־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853 →
בְּנֵ֣יbe.Nei[the] children ofH1121 →
בָנָ֔יוva.Navchildren hisH1121 →
אַרְבָּעָ֖ה'ar.ba.'AhfourH702 →
דֹּרֽוֹת׃do.RotgenerationsH1755 →

The walk

Related verses

16 strongest cross-references

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

Job 33:25then his flesh is refreshed like a child’s; he returns to the days of his youth.Proverbs 17:6Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of a son is his father.Genesis 50:23He saw Ephraim’s sons to the third generation, and indeed the sons of Machir son of Manasseh were brought up on Joseph’s knees.Psalms 128:6that you may see your children’s children. Peace be upon Israel!Genesis 47:28And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years, and the length of his life was 147 years.Genesis 50:26So Joseph died at the age of 110. And they embalmed his body and placed it in a coffin in Egypt.Genesis 25:7Abraham lived a total of 175 years.Joshua 24:29Some time later, Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died at the age of 110.Genesis 35:28And Isaac lived 180 years.Genesis 11:32Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Haran.Psalms 90:10The length of our days is seventy years— or eighty if we are strong— yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.Deuteronomy 34:7Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak, and his vitality had not diminished.Job 14:14When a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait, until my renewal comes.Job 17:1“My spirit is broken; my days are extinguished; the grave awaits me.Psalms 107:41But He lifts the needy from affliction and increases their families like flocks.Genesis 48:1Some time later Joseph was told, “Your father is ill.” So he set out with his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.

Featured studies on this passage

Gerard van Honthorst, King David Playing the Harp: the shepherd-king whose name stands over nearly half the Psalter (Psalms 3–41 and beyond).

Walks through Job 42

Wisdom and the Poets

Open the study →

Walks through Job 42

Numbered Sayings: Three Things, Then Four

Open the study →

About Job

Job Hears of His Misfortunes — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Job Hears of His Misfortunes — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Job: the study guide →Read chapter 42 →The featured study →
Continue: Job 42 →