Job 42 · Verse 12

Job 42:12

So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.
Job 42:12, King James Version

Job 42:12 in other translations

BSBSo the LORD blessed Job’s latter days more than his first. He owned 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.
WEBSo 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.
ASVSo Jehovah blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: and he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she-asses.
YLTAnd Jehovah hath blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning, and he hath fourteen thousand of a flock, and six thousand camels, and a thousand pairs of oxen, and a thousand she-asses.
DARBYAnd Jehovah blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning; and he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she-asses.
BBEAnd the Lord's blessing was greater on the end of Job's life than on its start: and so he came to have fourteen thousand sheep and goats, and six thousand camels, and two thousand oxen, and a thousand she-asses.
WebsterSo the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.

What does Job 42:12 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
12. Probably by degrees, not all at once.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 12 The Lord blessed the latter end of Job - Was it not in consequence of his friends bringing him a lamb, sheep, or other kind of cattle, and the quantity of gold mentioned, that his stock of sheep was increased so speedily to 14,000, his camels to 6000, his oxen to 2000, and his she-asses to 1000? Mr. Heath takes the story of the conduct of Job's friends by the worst handle; see Job 42:11. Is it not likely that they themselves were the cause of his sudden accumulation of property? and that they did not visit him, nor seek his familiarity because he was now prosperous; but because they saw that God had turned his captivity, and miraculously healed him? This gave them full proof of his innocence, and they no longer considered him an anathema, or devoted person, whom they should avoid and detest, but one who had been suffering under a strange dispensation of Divine Providence, and who was now no longer a suspicious character, but a favourite of heaven, to whom they should show every possible kindness. They therefore joined hands with God to make the poor man live and their presents were the cause, under God of his restoration to affluence. This takes the subject by the other handle; and I think, as far as the text is concerned, by the right one. He had fourteen thousand sheep - The reader, by referring to Job 1:3, will perceive that the whole of Job's property was exactly doubled.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 42:10-17

In the beginning of this book we had Job's patience under his troubles, for an example; here, for our encouragement to follow that example, we have his happy end. His troubles began in Satan's malice, which God restrained; his restoration began in God's mercy, which Satan could not oppose. Mercy did not return when Job was disputing with his friends, but when he was praying for them. God is served and pleased with…

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Job 42:12 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַֽיהוָ֗הva.Yah.wehand YahwehH3068
בֵּרַ֛ךְbe.Rakhhe blessedH1288
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
אַחֲרִ֥ית'a.cha.Rit[the] latter part ofH319
אִיּ֖וֹב'i.YovJobH347
מֵרֵאשִׁת֑וֹme.re.shi.Tomore than beginning hisH7225
וַֽיְהִי\־vay.hi-and it belongedH1961
ל֡וֹloto him
אַרְבָּעָה֩'ar.ba.'Ahfour-H702
עָשָׂ֨ר'a.SarteenH6240
אֶ֜לֶף'E.lefthousandH505
צֹ֗אןTzonsheepH6629
וְשֵׁ֤שֶׁתve.She.shetand sixH8337
אֲלָפִים֙'a.la.Fimthousand<s>H505
גְּמַלִּ֔יםge.ma.LimcamelsH1581
וְאֶֽלֶף\־ve.'e.lef-and one thousandH505
צֶ֥מֶדTze.medpair[s] ofH6776
בָּקָ֖רba.Karox[en]H1241
וְאֶ֥לֶףve.'E.lefand a thousandH505
אֲתוֹנֽוֹת\׃'a.to.Notfemale donkeysH860

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Cross references for Job 42:12

  • Job 8:7

    Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.

  • Ecclesiastes 7:8

    Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

  • Proverbs 10:22

    The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.

  • Genesis 24:35

    And the Lord hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.

  • Psalms 144:13-15

    That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets: That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets. Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the Lord.

  • Job 1:3

    His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.

  • Genesis 26:12-14

    Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the Lord blessed him. And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great: For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.

  • 1 Timothy 6:17

    Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;

  • Psalms 107:38

    He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.

  • Deuteronomy 8:16

    Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;

  • James 5:11

    Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.

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So.
8:7; De 8:16; Pr 10:22; Ec 7:8; 1Ti 6:17; Jas 5:11
he had.
1:3; Ge 24:35; 26:12-14; Ps 107:38; 144:13-15

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Context

  • Job 42:11

    Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the Lord had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold.

  • Job 42:12

    So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.

  • Job 42:13

    He had also seven sons and three daughters.

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Job 42:12 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y bendijo Jehová la postrimería de Job más que su principio; porque tuvo catorce mil ovejas, y seis mil camellos, y mil yuntas de bueyes, y mil asnas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et l’ Éternel bénit la fin de Job plus que son commencement: et il eut 14 000 brebis, et 6 000 chameaux, et 1 000 paires de bœufs, et 1 000 ânesses;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Jehova segnete das Ende Hiobs mehr als seinen Anfang; und er bekam vierzehntausend Stück Kleinvieh und sechstausend Kamele und tausend Joch Rinder und tausend Eselinnen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Dominus autem benedixit novissimis Job magis quam principio ejus: et facta sunt ei quatuordecim millia ovium, et sex millia camelorum, et mille juga boum, et mille asinæ.