Job 42:14 (DBY)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

Job 42:12 And Jehovah blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning; and he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she-asses.

Job 42:13 And he had seven sons and three daughters.

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 Job lived after this a hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, four generations.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "called", "name", "first", "jemimah", "second", and "keziah". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "called" and "name", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "And he had seven sons and three..." into verse 15's "And in all the land were no...", so "called" and "name" 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 "called" and "name" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.