Job 42

Job 42:2

CAnst do every thing] Genesis 18:14. Jere. 3. 27. Luke 1. 37.

that no thought can be withholden from thee] No thought so secret, but thou dost see it, Hebrews 4:13. Psalms 139:2. nor any thing that thou thinkest, but thou canst bring it to passe.

no thought can be withholden] Or, no thought of thine can be hindred.

Job 42:3

Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge?] Job repeats Gods words, chap. 38. 2. As if he would say, Thou hast charged me of speaking foolishly of thy proceedings, and now I confesse my folly.

Job 42:4

Hear, I beseech thee] He repeats his own words, chap. 13. 22. and so confesseth a second fault, That he desired to dispute with God.

I] Or, now I.

I] Or, or I.

Job 42:5

I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear] Thou hast spoken to me, and revealed thy self more clearly, and gloriously, then ever before, chap. 38. 1. and so convinced me of my folly and boldnesse: Therefore I repent, &c.

heard of thee] Or, heard thee.

by the hearing of the ear] Chap 28. 22.

but] Or, and.

Job 42:6

and repent in dust and ashes] Sitting in dust and ashes, as an humble sign of true repentance, Isaiah 58:5. Jere. 6. 26. and 25. 34. Lamentations 3:16. Jon. 3. 6.

Job 42:7

ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right] Ye have not spoken rightly of my providence, in that ye condemned Job my true servant for an hypocrite, because of his afflictions.

Job 42:8

and go to my servant Job] When ye have reconciled your selves to him for condemning him, he shall pray for you, and I will hear him. A great honour to Job, that he must pray for them, who condemned him.

him] Heb. his face, or person.

Job 42:9

accepted] Genesis 4:9.

Job] Heb. the face of Job.

Job 42:10

the Lord turned the captivity of Jb] God delivered him out of all his afflictions, which held him as a prisoner, chap. 13. 27. Psl. 69. 33.

the Lord gave Job twice as muh as he had before] Except in children, which cannot be said to be doubled, unlesse they be reckoned as not lost that God had tken away before.

gave Job twice as much as he had before] Heb. added all that had been to Job unto the double.

Job 42:11

all his brothren, and all his sisters] That is, all his kinred, chap. 19. 13.

comforted him over all the evil that the Lord had brought upon him] Chap. 29. 25.

Job 42:12

So the Lord blessed the latter nd of Job more then his beginning] God made him twice so rich in cattel, as he was before, and gave him as many children, as he had taken from him.

she-asses] Or, asses, chap. 1. 3.

Job 42:14

Jemima] Of long life, or beautifull as the day.

Kezia] As pleasant as Cassia, or sweet spice, Psalms 45:8.

Keren-happuch] The horn of beauty.