Job 42:14 (DRB)

Passage

And he called the name of one Dies, and the name of the second Cassia, and the name of the third Cornustibii.

Nearby Context

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.

Job 42:15 And there were not found in all the earth women so beautiful as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.

Job 42:16 And Job lived after these things, a hundred and forty years, and he saw his children, and his children's children, unto the fourth generation, and he died an old man, and full of days.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "called", "name", "dies", "second", "cassia", and "third". 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 there were not found in all...", 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.