Job 42:12 (DRB)

Passage

And the Lord 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.

Nearby Context

Job 42:10 The Lord also was turned at the penance of Job, when he prayed for his friends. And the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.

Job 42:11 And all his brethren came to him, and all his sisters, and all that knew him before, and they ate bread with him in his house: and bemoaned him, and comforted him upon all the evil that God had brought upon him. And every man gave him one ewe, and one earring of gold.

Job 42:12 And the Lord 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 one Dies, and the name of the second Cassia, and the name of the third Cornustibii.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "sheep", "lord", "blessed", "latter", "than", "beginning", "fourteen", and "thousand". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "sheep" and "lord", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "And all his brethren came to him..." into verse 13's "And he had seven sons and three...", so "sheep" and "lord" 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 "sheep" and "lord" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.