Job 42:13

"So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand female donkeys."

Key Reflection

In Job 42:13, the Lord blesses Job's latter days more than his early struggles, as he is restored with significant wealth—fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand female donkeys. This restoration not only underscores God’s ultimate vindication but also highlights the profound reversal from Job's initial suffering to his renewed prosperity, reflecting both divine justice and mercy.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

He had also seven sons and three daughters -The same number which he had before his trials. Nothing is said of his wife, or whether these children were, or were not, by a second marriage. The last mention that is made of his wife is inJob 19:17, where he says that “his breath was strange to his wife, though he entreated her for the children’s sake of his own body.” The character of this woman does not appear to have been such as to have deserved further notice than the fact, that she contributed greatly to increase the calamities of her husband.

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