Job 42:17

“So Job died, being old and full of days.”

"So Job died, being old and full of days." - Job 42:17
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What does Job 42:17 mean?

Job 42:17 (KJV) reads: "So Job died, being old and full of days." The book of Job is a fascinating and profound exploration of the human experience of suffering and the nature of God and His justice. The story of Job is one of the oldest in the Bible, and it is a complex and…

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The Fulfillment of Days: Embracing Life's Seasons

The verse from the book of Job, "So Job died, being old and full of days" (Job 42:17 KJV), serves as a profound reminder of the journey through life, the inevitability of death, and the grace that envelops a life well-lived. In our fast-paced world, where youth is idolized and…

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A Prayer for Fulfillment and Legacy: Inspired by Job 42:17

Heavenly Father, As I come before You today, I seek to reflect upon the profound lessons of life encapsulated in the verse from Job 42:17: "So Job died, being old and full of days." Lord, this passage resonates within me and calls forth reflections on my own life, the legacies I…

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Job 42:17 - "So Job died, being old and full of days."
Job 42:1 - "Then Job answered the LORD, and said,"
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"Then Job answered the LORD, and said," - Job 42:1
Job 42:10 - "And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before."
Job 42:16 - "After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations."
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 42:13 - "He had also seven sons and three daughters."
Job 42:6 - "Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes."
Job 42:9 - "So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according as the LORD commanded them: the LORD also accepted Job."
Job 42:5 - "I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee."
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 42:2 - "I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee."
Genesis 42:17 - "And he put them all together into ward three days."
Job 42:7 - "¶ And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath."
Job 42:4 - "Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me."
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."
"He had also seven sons and three daughters." - Job 42:13
"Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes." - Job 42:6
Ezekiel 42:17 - "He measured the north side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about."
Job 42:8 - "Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job."
"And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before." - Job 42:10
Job 42:3 - "Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not."
"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
1 Samuel 17:42 - "And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him: for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance."
"After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations." - Job 42:16
Isaiah 42:17 - "¶ They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye are our gods."
"So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according as the LORD commanded them: the LORD also accepted Job." - Job 42:9