KJV King James Version
After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, [even] four generations.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Job 42:16
After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, [even] four generations.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
After this, Job lived 140 years and saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.
WEB World English Bible
After this Job lived one hundred forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, to four generations.
ASV American Standard Version
And after this Job lived a hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, even four generations.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Job liveth after this a hundred and forty years, and seeth his sons, and his sons’ sons, four generations;
Surrounding context — Job 42
13 He had also seven sons and three daughters.
14 And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Kerenhappuch.
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.
16 After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, [even] four generations.
17 So Job died, [being] old and full of days.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיְחִ֤יH2421 · cha.yahto liveאִיּוֹב֙H347 · iy.yovJobאַֽחֲרֵי־H310 · a.charafterזֹ֔אתH2063 · zotthisמֵאָ֥הH3967 · me.ahhundredוְאַרְבָּעִ֖יםH705 · ar.ba.imfortyשָׁנָ֑הH8141 · sha.nehyearוַיִּרְאֶ֗הH7200 · ra.ahto see: seeאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]בָּנָיו֙H1121 · benson: childוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]בְּנֵ֣יH1121 · benson: childבָנָ֔יוH1121 · benson: childאַרְבָּעָ֖הH702 · ar.bafourדֹּרֽוֹת׃H1755 · dorgeneration
Cross-references
Proverbs 17:6Children’s children [are] the crown of old men; and the glory of children [are] their fathers.Genesis 50:23And Joseph saw Ephraim’s children of the third [generation]: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph’s knees.Psalm 128:6Yea, thou shalt see thy children’s children, [and] peace upon Israel.Genesis 47:28And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years.Genesis 25:7And these [are] the days of the years of Abraham’s life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years.Genesis 50:26So Joseph died, [being] an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.Joshua 24:29And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, [being] an hundred and ten years old.Genesis 35:28And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years.Psalm 90:10The days of our years [are] threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength [they be] fourscore years, yet [is] their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.Genesis 11:32And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.Deuteronomy 34:7And Moses [was] an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
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