Passage Research
Job 42 — Sermon Preparation
Job repents before the God he has now seen; God rebukes the three friends, restores to Job twice what he lost, and blesses his latter days more than his former. Below is a research summary for Job 42, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 17
- verses
- 241 / 131
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 10
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
Job 42 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אִיּוֹב | ʼÎyôwb | H347 | 13 | Ijob |
| דָבַר | dâbar | H1696 | 5 | arrange, speak |
| אֶלֶף | ʼeleph | H505 | 4 | thousand |
| קֶרֶן הַפּוּךְ | qeren hap-pûwk | H7163 | 2 | Keren-hap-Puk |
| עֶבֶד | ʻebed | H5650 | 4 | servant |
| יָדַע | yâdaʻ | H3045 | 4 | know, seeing |
| תֵּימָנִי | Têymânîy | H8489 | 2 | Temanite |
How preachers through history handled this text
10 public-domain excerpts on Job 42, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“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 our warm devotions, not with our warm disputes. God doubled Job's possessions. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Job 42:10–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Naamah 2— Job 42:9
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