Job 42:13 (KJV)

Passage

He had also seven sons and three daughters.

Nearby Context

Job 42:11 Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold.

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

Job 42:13 He had also seven sons and three daughters.

Job 42:14 And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Kerenhappuch.

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.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "seven", "sons", "three", and "daughters". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "seven" and "sons", 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 latter end..." into verse 14's "And he called the name of the...", so "seven" and "sons" 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 "seven" and "sons" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.