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Job 42:12–13

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So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.
He had also seven sons and three daughters.
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From verse 12

  1. Job 8:7Rank 1 from verse 12
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    7Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.

  2. Ecclesiastes 7:8Rank 2 from verse 12
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    8Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

  3. Proverbs 10:22Rank 3 from verse 12
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    22The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.

  4. Genesis 24:35Rank 4 from verse 12
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    35And the Lord hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.

  5. Psalms 144:13–15Rank 5 from verse 12
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    13That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets:

    14That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets.

    15Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the Lord.

From verse 13

  1. Job 1:2Rank 1 from verse 13
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    2And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.

  2. Isaiah 49:20Rank 2 from verse 13
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    20The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the other, shall say again in thine ears, The place is too strait for me: give place to me that I may dwell.

  3. Psalms 107:41Rank 3 from verse 13
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    41Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.

  4. Psalms 127:3Rank 4 from verse 13
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    3Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

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Job 42:12

COMBINED MEANING

blessed

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1. Favoured by God, endowed with good, or declared happy. 2. Spoke good of, praised, thanked, or bestowed a blessing upon.

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COMBINED MEANING

latter

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Coming, occurring, or mentioned after another; the later or last of two.

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COMBINED MEANING

end

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Sense 1: The last or concluding part, termination, or limit. Sense 2: A purpose or intended result. Sense 3: As a verb, to cease or bring to a close.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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sheep

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Sense 1: Flock animals kept for wool, food, and sacrifice. Sense 2: Figuratively, people pictured as a flock or as needing a shepherd.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

yoke

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Sense 1: A frame fitted to the necks of draft animals, joining them for work. Sense 2: A pair of animals so joined. Sense 3: A bond, burden, service, or condition of subjection.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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11Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the Lord had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold.

12So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.

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13He had also seven sons and three daughters.

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14And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Keren-happuch.

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