Job 42:16
Job · Old Testament · Chapter 42
“After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, even four generations.”Job 42:16
What Does Job 42:16 Mean?
Job 42:16 is found in the book of Job, chapter 42, verse 16 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 19 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (19)
These passages are connected to Job 42:16 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Job 5:26“Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.”Psalms 128:6“Yea, thou shalt see thy children’s children, and peace upon Israel.”Job 33:25“His flesh shall be fresher than a child’s: he shall return to the days of his youth:”Proverbs 17:6“Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.”Genesis 50:23“And Joseph saw Ephraim’s children of the third generation: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph’s knees.”Genesis 25:7“And these are the days of the years of Abraham’s life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years.”Genesis 47:28“And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years.”Genesis 50:26“So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.”Joshua 24:29“And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years old.”Genesis 11:32“And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.”Genesis 35:28“And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years.”Psalms 90:10“The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.”Deuteronomy 34:7“And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.”Job 14:14“If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.”Genesis 47:9“And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.”Job 17:1“My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.”Job 29:18“Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.”Psalms 107:41“Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.”Genesis 48:1“And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.”
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