Job 42 · Verse 15

Job 42:15

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.
Job 42:15, King James Version

Job 42:15 in other translations

BSBNo women as beautiful as Job’s daughters could be found in all the land, and their father granted them an inheritance among their brothers.
WEBIn all the land were no women found so beautiful as the daughters of Job. Their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers.
ASVAnd in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.
YLTAnd there have not been found women fair as the daughters of Job in all the land, and their father doth give to them an inheritance in the midst of their brethren.
DARBYAnd in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job; and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.
BBEAnd there were no women so beautiful as the daughters of Job in all the earth: and their father gave them a heritage among their brothers.
WebsterAnd in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.

What does Job 42:15 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
15. inheritance among ... brethren--An unusual favor in the East to daughters, who, in the Jewish law, only inherited, if there were no sons (Nu 27:8), a proof of wealth and unanimity.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 15 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

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 42:15 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.

וְלֹ֨אve.Lo'and notH3808
נִמְצָ֜אnim.Tza'it was foundH4672
נָשִׁ֥יםna.ShimwomenH802
יָפ֛וֹתya.FotbeautifulH3303
כִּבְנ֥וֹתkiv.Notlike [the] daughters ofH1323
אִיּ֖וֹב'i.YovJobH347
בְּכָל\־be.kholin allH3605
הָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776
וַיִּתֵּ֨ןvai.yi.Tenand he gaveH5414
לָהֶ֧םla.Hemto them
אֲבִיהֶ֛ם'a.vi.Hemfather theirH1
נַחֲלָ֖הna.cha.Lahan inheritanceH5159
בְּת֥וֹךְbe.Tokhin amongH8432
אֲחֵיהֶֽם\׃\ \ס'a.chei.Hembrothers theirH251

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 42:15

  • Numbers 27:7

    The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: thou shalt surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father’s brethren; and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto them.

  • Psalms 144:12

    That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace:

  • Joshua 18:4

    Give out from among you three men for each tribe: and I will send them, and they shall rise, and go through the land, and describe it according to the inheritance of them; and they shall come again to me.

  • Acts 7:20

    In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his father’s house three months:

  • Joshua 15:18-19

    And it came to pass, as she came unto him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wouldest thou? Who answered, Give me a blessing; for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And he gave her the upper springs, and the nether springs.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
no.
Ps 144:12; Ac 7:20
gave.
Nu 27:7; Jos 15:18,19; 18:4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Job 42:14

    And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Keren–happuch.

  • Job 42:15

    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.

  • Job 42:16

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

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Job 42:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y no se hallaron mujeres tan hermosas como las hijas de Job en toda la tierra: y dióles su padre herencia entre sus hermanos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et, dans tout le pays, il ne se trouvait point de femmes belles comme les filles de Job; et leur père leur donna un héritage parmi leurs frères.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und so schöne Frauen wie die Töchter Hiobs wurden im ganzen Lande nicht gefunden. Und ihr Vater gab ihnen ein Erbteil inmitten ihrer Brüder.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Non sunt autem inventæ mulieres speciosæ sicut filiæ Job in universa terra: deditque eis pater suus hæreditatem inter fratres earum.