Job 42:12

12 Ainsi l'Éternel bénit le dernier état de Job plus que le premier; il eut quatorze mille brebis, six mille chameaux, et mille couples de bœufs, et mille ânesses.

Job 42:12 Meaning and Commentary

Job 42:12

So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his
beginning
Which verified the words of Bildad, ( Job 8:6 Job 8:7 ) ; though they were spoken by him only by way of supposition. All blessings are of the Lord, temporal and spiritual; and sometimes the last days of a good man are his best, as to temporal things, as were David's, and here Job's; though this is not always the case: however, if their last days are but the best in spiritual things, that is enough: if they have more faith, hope, love, patience, humility, and self-denial, and resignation of will to the will of God; are more holy, humble, spiritually and heavenly minded; have more light and knowledge in divine things; have more peace and joy, and are more fruitful in every good work, and more useful; and often they are in their very last moments most cheerful and comfortable: the best wine is reserved till last;

for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a
thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses:
just double the number of each of what he had before, ( Job 1:3 ) .

Job 42:12 In-Context

10 Et l'Éternel rétablit Job dans ses biens, quand il eut prié pour ses amis; et il lui rendit au double tout ce qu'il avait eu.

11 Tous ses frères, et toutes ses sœurs, tous ceux qui l'avaient connu auparavant vinrent vers lui, et mangèrent avec lui dans sa maison. Ils lui firent leurs condoléances, et le consolèrent au sujet de tout le mal que l'Éternel avait fait venir sur lui, et chacun lui donna une késita et un anneau d'or.

12 Ainsi l'Éternel bénit le dernier état de Job plus que le premier; il eut quatorze mille brebis, six mille chameaux, et mille couples de bœufs, et mille ânesses.

13 Il eut sept fils et trois filles.

14 Il donna à la première le nom de Jémima (colombe), à la seconde celui de Ketsia (parfum), à la troisième celui de Kéren-Happuc (flacon de fard).