Job 42:16 (ASV)

Passage

And after this Job lived a hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons` sons, [even] four generations.

Nearby Context

Job 42:14 And he called the name of the first, Jemimah: and the name of the second, Keziah; and the name of the third, Keren-happuch.

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 42:16 And after this Job lived a hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons` sons, [even] four generations.

Job 42:17 So Job died, being old and full of days. Book I Psalm 1

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "after", "lived", "hundred", "forty", "years", and "sons". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "after" and "lived", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 15's "And in all the land were no..." into verse 17's "So Job died being old and full...", so "after" and "lived" belong inside that flow. In Job context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "after" and "lived" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.