Job 42:16
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“After this, Job lived 140 years and saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.”
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“After this, Job lived 140 years and saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, even four generations.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And after this Job lived a hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, even four generations.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And Job liveth after this a hundred and forty years, and seeth his sons, and his sons' sons, four generations;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 42:16 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 11:32Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Haran.
- Genesis 25:7Abraham lived a total of 175 years.
- Genesis 35:28And Isaac lived 180 years.
- Genesis 47:28And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years, and the length of his life was 147 years.
- Genesis 50:23He saw Ephraim’s sons to the third generation, and indeed the sons of Machir son of Manasseh were brought up on Joseph’s knees.
- Genesis 50:26So Joseph died at the age of 110. And they embalmed his body and placed it in a coffin in Egypt.
- Deuteronomy 34:7Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak, and his vitality had not diminished.
- Joshua 24:29Some time later, Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died at the age of 110.
- Psalms 90:10The length of our days is seventy years— or eighty if we are strong— yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.
- Psalms 128:6that you may see your children’s children. Peace be upon Israel!
- Proverbs 17:6Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of a son is his father.
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