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Job 42:17

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

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Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

So Job died, being old and full of days - Having filled up the ordinary term of human life at that period of the world. He reached an honored old age, and when he died was not prematurely cut down. He…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Job died, being old and full of days - He had seen life in all its varieties; he had risen higher than all the men of the East, and sunk lower in affliction, poverty, and distress, than any other…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Job 42:10-17

You have heard of the patience of Job (says the apostle, Jam 5:11) and have seen the end of the Lord, that is, what end the Lord, at length, put to his troubles. In the beginning of this book we had…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Job dies, old and full of days. "Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy" (Jas 5:11).

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