Job 42:12

New English Translation

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.

Cross References

Genesis 24:35

“The Lord has richly blessed my master and he has become very wealthy. The Lord has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, male and female servants, and camels and donkeys.

Genesis 32:14

two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,

Job 1:10

Have you not made a hedge around him and his household and all that he has on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his livestock have increased in the land.

Job 1:2

Seven sons and three daughters were born to him.

Job 1:3

His possessions included 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, and 500 female donkeys; in addition he had a very great household. Thus he was the greatest of all the people in the east.

Job 8:7

Your beginning will seem so small, since your future will flourish.

Psalm 107:38

He blessed them so that they became very numerous. He would not allow their cattle to decrease in number.

Proverbs 10:22

The blessing from the Lord makes a person rich, and he adds no sorrow to it.

Ecclesiastes 7:8

The end of a matter is better than its beginning; likewise, patience is better than pride.

Ezekiel 36:11

I will increase the number of people and animals on you; they will increase and be fruitful. I will cause you to be inhabited as in ancient times, and will do more good for you than at the beginning of your history. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

Deuteronomy 8:16

fed you in the desert with manna (which your ancestors had never before known) so that he might by humbling you test you and eventually bring good to you.

1 Timothy 6:17

Command those who are rich in this world’s goods not to be haughty or to set their hope on riches, which are uncertain, but on God who richly provides us with all things for our enjoyment.

James 5:11

Think of how we regard as blessed those who have endured. You have heard of Job’s endurance and you have seen the Lord’s purpose, that the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.