He had also seven sons and three daughters.
You have heard of the patience of Job (says the apostle, Jam 5:11) and have seen the end of the Lord, that is, what end the Lord, at length, put to his troubles. In the beginning of this book we had Job's patience under his troubles, for an example; here, in the close, for our encouragement to follow that example, we have the happy issue...
Commenting on Job 42:10-17
And he called the name of the first Jemima,.... That is, the name of the first and eldest daughter was called by Job Jemima; which either signifies "day", so the Targum interprets it, and most do, and so is the same with Diana; or, as Spanheim (u) observes, it may be the same with the Arabic word "jemama", which signifies a turtle or dove (w)...
God rebuked the three friends because they spoke falsely to justify their unkindness, using wrong arguments to defend themselves. Job had denied their theory that calamity always proves peculiar guilt, and he was right about them, though he fell into his own extreme by almost denying all guilt, which he has now repented of.
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Commenting on Job 42:7-17