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42:10-17 The Lord Restores Job. It is of utmost significance to note that Job's restoration occurs only at this point, when he has capitulated to God and has been reconciled with his friends--still in his broken and bereaved state. Precisely at this point, community is reestablished (vv. 10-11) and Job himself restored (vv. 12-15). As the restoration proceeds, his previous possessions of livestock are doubled (v. 12; cf. 1:3, and see note on 42:16), and a further
42:11 After he was restored, Job's siblings and other friends came to him and showed him sympathy and comforted him, which restored a loss that Job had earlier lamented (cf. 19:13-19). This was the original intention of the three friends (see 2:11), but Job ends up receiving comfort primarily through his matured relationship with the Lord (see 42:6) and also through being vindicated by the Lord before those from whom he previously, and rightly, received respect (see Introduction: Literary Features).
42:14 Jemimah . . . Keziah . . . Keren-happuch. The name of the first daughter means "dove"; the second, "a kind of perfume"; and the third, "a type of eye shadow." Their beauty indicates a special status.
