Job 42:16 (LSB)

Passage

And after this, Job lived 140 years and saw his sons and his grandsons, four generations.

Nearby Context

Job 42:14 And he named the first Jemimah and the second Keziah and the third Keren-happuch.

Job 42:15 Now in all the land no women were found so beautiful as Job’s daughters; and their father gave them inheritance among their brothers.

Job 42:16 And after this, Job lived 140 years and saw his sons and his grandsons, four generations.

Job 42:17 Then Job died, an old man and full of days.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "after", "lived", "years", "sons", "grandsons", "four", and "generations". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "after" and "lived", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 15's "Now in all the land no women..." into verse 17's "Then Job died an old man and...", so "after" and "lived" 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 "after" and "lived" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.