Job 42:16 (WEB)

Passage

After this Job lived one hundred forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, to four generations.

Nearby Context

Job 42:14 He called the name of the first, Jemimah; and the name of the second, Keziah; and the name of the third, Keren Happuch.

Job 42:15 In all the land were no women found so beautiful as the daughters of Job. Their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers.

Job 42:16 After this Job lived one hundred forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, to four generations.

Job 42:17 So Job died, being old and full of days.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "after", "lived", "hundred", "forty", "years", and "sons". 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 "In all the land were no women..." into verse 17's "So Job died being old and full...", 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.