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Job 42:15

Nowhere in all the land could women be found who were as beautiful as Job's daughters, and their father granted them an inheritance alongside their brothers.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Inheritance;   Job;   Women;   Thompson Chain Reference - Beauty;   Beauty-Disfigurement;   Women;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Parents;  

Dictionaries:

- Holman Bible Dictionary - Job, the Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Inheritance;   Job;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Blessedness;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Heir;   Job, Book of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Inheritance;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
No women as beautiful as Job’s daughters could be found in all the land, and their father granted them an inheritance with their brothers.
Hebrew Names Version
In all the land were no women found so beautiful as the daughters of Iyov. Their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers.
King James Version
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.
English Standard Version
And in all the land there were no women so beautiful as Job's daughters. And their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers.
New Century Version
There were no other women in all the land as beautiful as Job's daughters. And their father Job gave them land to own along with their brothers.
Amplified Bible
In all the land there were found no women so fair as the daughters of Job; and their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers.
New American Standard Bible
In all the land no women were found as beautiful as Job's daughters; and their father gave them inheritances among their brothers.
World English Bible
In all the land were no women found so beautiful as the daughters of Job. Their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers.
Geneva Bible (1587)
In all the lande were no women found so faire as the daughters of Iob, & their father gaue them inheritaunce among their brethren.
Legacy Standard Bible
Now in all the land no women were found so beautiful as Job's daughters; and their father gave them inheritance among their brothers.
Berean Standard Bible
No women as beautiful as Job's daughters could be found in all the land, and their father granted them an inheritance among their brothers.
Contemporary English Version
They were the most beautiful women in that part of the world, and Job gave them shares of his property, along with their brothers.
Complete Jewish Bible
Nowhere in the land could women be found as beautiful as Iyov's daughters; and their father gave them inheritances along with their brothers.
Darby Translation
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.
Easy-to-Read Version
Job's daughters were among the most beautiful women in all the country. And, like their brothers, they each got a share of their father's property.
George Lamsa Translation
And in all the land were found no women as beautiful as the daughters of Job; and their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers.
Good News Translation
There were no other women in the whole world as beautiful as Job's daughters. Their father gave them a share of the inheritance along with their brothers.
Lexham English Bible
And beautiful women were not found in all the land like Job's daughters, and their father gave to them an inheritance in the midst of their brothers.
Literal Translation
And in all the land there were not found women as beautiful as Job's daughters. And their father gave them inheritance among their brothers.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
In all the londe were none founde so fayre, as the doughters of Iob, & their father gaue them enheritaunce amonge their brethren.
American Standard Version
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.
Bible in Basic English
And there were no women so beautiful as the daughters of Job in all the earth: and their father gave them a heritage among their brothers.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
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.
King James Version (1611)
And in all the land were no women found so faire as the daughters of Iob: and their father gaue them inheritance among their brethren.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
In al the land were no women found so faire as the daughters of Iob: and their father gaue them inheritaunce among their brethren.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And there were not found in comparison with the daughters of Job, fairer women than they in all the world: and their father gave them an inheritance among their brethren.
English Revised Version
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.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
`Sotheli no wymmen weren foundun so faire in al erthe, as the douytris of Joob; and her fadir yaf eritage to hem among her britheren.
Update Bible Version
And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brothers.
Webster's Bible Translation
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.
New King James Version
In all the land were found no women so beautiful as the daughters of Job; and their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers.
New Living Translation
In all the land no women were as lovely as the daughters of Job. And their father put them into his will along with their brothers.
New Life Bible
No women were found in all the land who were as beautiful as Job's daughters. And their father gave them a share among their brothers.
New Revised Standard
In all the land there were no women so beautiful as Job's daughters; and their father gave them an inheritance along with their brothers.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And there were found no women so fair as the daughters of Job, in all the land, - and their father gave them an inheritance, in the midst of their brethren.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And there were not found in all the earth women so beautiful as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.
Revised Standard Version
And in all the land there were no women so fair as Job's daughters; and their father gave them inheritance among their brothers.
Young's Literal Translation
And there have not been found women fair as the daughters of Job in all the land, and their father doth give to them an inheritance in the midst of their brethren.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He sends forth His command to the earth; His word runs very swiftly.

Contextual Overview

10 So the Lord restored what Job had lost after he prayed for his friends, and the Lord doubled all that had belonged to Job. 11 So they came to him, all his brothers and sisters and all who had known him before, and they dined with him in his house. They comforted him and consoled him for all the trouble the Lord had brought on him, and each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring. 12 So the Lord blessed the second part of Job's life more than the first. He had 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys. 13 And he also had seven sons and three daughters. 14 The first daughter he named Jemimah, the second Keziah, and the third Keren-Happuch. 15 Nowhere in all the land could women be found who were as beautiful as Job's daughters, and their father granted them an inheritance alongside their brothers. 16 After this Job lived 140 years; he saw his children and their children to the fourth generation. 17 And so Job died, old and full of days.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

no: Psalms 144:12, Acts 7:20

gave: Numbers 27:7, Joshua 15:18, Joshua 15:19, Joshua 18:4

Reciprocal: Numbers 36:2 - to give

Cross-References

Genesis 42:7
When Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he pretended to be a stranger to them and spoke to them harshly. He asked, "Where do you come from?" They answered, "From the land of Canaan, to buy grain for food."
Genesis 42:12
"No," he insisted, "but you have come to see if our land is vulnerable."
Genesis 42:16
One of you must go and get your brother, while the rest of you remain in prison. In this way your words may be tested to see if you are telling the truth. If not, then, as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!"
Genesis 42:20
But you must bring your youngest brother to me. Then your words will be verified and you will not die." They did as he said.
Genesis 42:22
Reuben said to them, "Didn't I say to you, ‘Don't sin against the boy,' but you wouldn't listen? So now we must pay for shedding his blood!"
Genesis 42:30
"The man, the lord of the land, spoke harshly to us and treated us as if we were spying on the land.
Genesis 42:33
"Then the man, the lord of the land, said to us, ‘This is how I will find out if you are honest men. Leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain for your hungry households and go.
Genesis 42:34
But bring your youngest brother back to me so I will know that you are honest men and not spies. Then I will give your brother back to you and you may move about freely in the land.'"
Genesis 42:37
Then Reuben said to his father, "You may put my two sons to death if I do not bring him back to you. Put him in my care and I will bring him back to you."
Genesis 43:3
But Judah said to him, "The man solemnly warned us, ‘You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.'

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And in all the land were no women found [so] fair as the daughters of Job,.... Either in the whole world, which is not improbable: or it may be rather in the land or country in which they dwelt; and which may be gathered from their names, as before observed. The people of God, and children of Christ, the antitype of Job, are all fair, and there is no spot in them; a perfection of beauty, perfectly comely, through the comeliness of Christ put upon them, and are without spot or wrinkle, or any such thing;

and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren; which was done not on account of their beauty or virtue; nor is this observed so much to show the great riches of Job, that he could give his daughters as much as his sons, as his impartiality to his children, and his strict justice and equity in distributing his substance to them all alike, making no difference between male and female. And so in Christ, the antitype of Job, there is neither male nor female, no difference between them, Galatians 3:28: but being all children, they are heirs, heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, and equally partake of the same inheritance with the saints in light, Romans 8:17.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And their father gave them inheritance among their brethren - This is mentioned as a proof of his special regard, and is also recorded because it was not common. Among the Hebrews the daughter inherited only in the case where there was no son, Numbers 27:8. The property was divided equally among the sons, with the exception that the oldest received a double portion; see Jahn’s “Bib. Arch.” section 168. This custom, prevailing still extensively in the East, it seems existed in the time of Job, and it is mentioned as a remarkable circumstance that he made his daughters heirs to his property with their brothers. It would also be rather implied in the passage before us that they were equal heirs.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Job 42:15. Gave them inheritance among their brethren. — This seems to refer to the history of the daughters of Zelophehad, given Numbers 27:1-8, who appear to have been the first who were allowed an inheritance among their brethren.


 
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