Job 42:13 (GNV)

Passage

He had also seue sonnes, and three daughters.

Nearby Context

Job 42:11 Then came vnto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had bene of his acquaintance before, and did eate bread with him in his house, and had compassion of him, and comforted him for al the euil, that the Lord had brought vpon him, and euery man gaue him a piece of money, and euery one an earing of golde.

Job 42:12 So the Lord blessed the last dayes of Iob more then the first: for he had foureteene thousand sheepe, and sixe thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand shee asses.

Job 42:13 He had also seue sonnes, and three daughters.

Job 42:14 And he called the name of one Iemimah, and the name of the seconde Keziah, and the name of the third Keren-happuch.

Job 42:15 In all the lande were no women found so faire as the daughters of Iob, and their father gaue them inheritaunce among their brethren.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "seue", "sonnes", "three", and "daughters". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "seue" and "sonnes", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 12's "So the Lord blessed the last dayes..." into verse 14's "And he called the name of one...", so "seue" and "sonnes" 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 "seue" and "sonnes" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.