Job 42:12
Old Testament • 17 words with Strong's data
"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."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
בָרַךְ
bârak
to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as...
אַחֲרִית
ʼachărîyth
the last or end, hence, the future; also posterity
קֵץ
qêts
an extremity; adverbially (with prepositional prefix) after
אִיּוֹב
ʼÎyôwb
Ijob, the patriarch famous for his patience
רֵאשִׁית
rêʼshîyth
the first, in place, time, order or rank (specifically, a firstfruit)
אֶלֶף
ʼeleph
hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
צֹאן
tsôʼn
a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
שֵׁשׁ
shêsh
six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ord. sixth
אֶלֶף
ʼeleph
hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
אֶלֶף
ʼeleph
hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
עֹל
ʻôl
a yoke (as imposed on the neck), literally or figuratively
בָּקָר
bâqâr
beef cattle or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing); collectively, a herd
אֶלֶף
ʼeleph
hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
Key Terms in This Verse
בָּקָר bâqâr
beef cattle or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing); collectively, a herd
Study H1241 →רֵאשִׁית rêʼshîyth
the first, in place, time, order or rank (specifically, a firstfruit)
Study H7225 →צֹאן tsôʼn
a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
Study H6629 →שֵׁשׁ shêsh
six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ord. sixth
Study H8337 →Cross References
Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.
Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.
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.
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 ...
He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
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;
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;
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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