Job 42:16

Translations

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

And Job lived after this a hundred and forty years, and he saw his sons and the sons of his sons, four generations.

Latin

Vixit autem Job post hæc centum quadraginta annis, et vidit filios suos, et filios filiorum suorum usque ad quartam generationem: et mortuus est senex, et plenus dierum.

Original

Hebrew

English

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

Notes

Job 42:16

Job lived for 140 more years, which was about twice as long as a normal life (Psalm 90:10). If God gave him double what he had before (Job 42:10), Job may have already been 70 years old, making his total life 210 years. This would fit the time of the early patriarchs in the Bible (see Genesis 25:7; 35:28; 47:28; 50:26; Deuteronomy 34:7; Joshua 24:29).
to the fourth generation: God blessed Job by letting him live long enough to see his children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren grow up (Genesis 50:23; Psalm 128:6).

Events

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Proverbs 17:6
Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of a son is his father.
Genesis 50:23
He saw Ephraim’s sons to the third generation, and indeed the sons of Machir son of Manasseh were brought up on Joseph’s knees.
Psalm 128:6
…that you may see your children’s children. Peace be upon Israel!
Genesis 50:26
So Joseph died at the age of 110. And they embalmed his body and placed it in a coffin in Egypt.
Genesis 25:7
Abraham lived a total of 175 years.
Genesis 47:28
And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years, and the length of his life was 147 years.
Joshua 24:29
Some time later, Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died at the age of 110.
Psalm 90:10
The 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.
Genesis 35:28
And Isaac lived 180 years.
Genesis 11:32
Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Haran.
Deuteronomy 34:7
Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak, and his vitality had not diminished.

People

Job: A righteous man who endured great suffering

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Book of Job Wisdom Literature

Topics

Job: A Man Who Lived in Uz: Death of Job: A Man Who Lived in Uz: Later Blessings and Riches of Longevity: Job, |Lived One-Hundred and Forty Years| After his Ordeal

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