Job 42:11

All his brothers and sisters and prior acquaintances came and dined with him in his house. They consoled him and comforted him over all the adversity that the LORD had brought upon him. And each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The narrator describes the immediate aftermath of Job praying for his friends and the LORD restoring his prosperity, detailing the return of his community to his household.

The words — The text specifies יֹדְעָ֣י/ו (yo.de.'A/v), literally "[those who] knew him," and אַחְיוֹתָ֜י/ו ('ach.yo.ta/v), meaning "his sisters," delineating the precise social boundaries of the visitors.

The thread — This scene inverts the isolation of Job 19:13 where brothers and acquaintances deserted him, while mirroring the formal condolence visit in Job 2:11 and the giving of a gold ring in Genesis 24:22.

Why it lands — The passage documents a tangible reversal of abandonment through shared dining, spoken comfort, and silver and gold gifts, requiring the reader to note how communal restoration follows divine restoration.

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The Hebrew words

וַיָּבֹ֣אוּva/i.ya.Vo.'uand/ they came אֵ֠לָיו'E.la/vto/ him כָּל־kol-all אֶחָ֨יו'e.Cha/vbrothers/ his וְכָל־ve./kholand/ all אַחְיוֹתָ֜יו'ach.yo.ta/vsisters/ his וְכָל־ve./kholand/ all יֹדְעָ֣יוyo.de.'A/v[those who] knew/ him לְפָנִ֗יםle./fa.Nim<to>/ before וַיֹּאכְל֨וּva/i.yo.khe.Luand/ they ate עִמּ֣וֹi.M/owith/ him לֶחֶם֮le.Chembread בְּבֵיתוֹ֒be./vei.T/oin/ house/ his וַיָּנֻ֤דוּva/i.ya.Nu.duand/ they showed sympathyלוֹ֙l/oto/ himוַיְנַחֲמ֣וּva/y.na.cha.Muand/ they comforted אֹת֔וֹ'o.T/o<obj.>/ him עַ֚ל'alon כָּל־kol-all הָ֣רָעָ֔הha./ra.'Ahthe/ trouble אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-which הֵבִ֥יאhe.Vi'he had brought יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahweh עָלָ֑יו'a.La/von/ him וַיִּתְּנוּ־va/i.yi.te.nu-and/ they gaveל֗וֹl/oto/ himאִ֚ישׁ'isheach one קְשִׂיטָ֣הke.si.Taha piece of money אֶחָ֔ת'e.Chatone וְאִ֕ישׁve./'Ishand/ each one נֶ֥זֶםNe.zema ring of זָהָ֖בza.Havgold אֶחָֽד׃ ס'e.Chadone

King James Version

Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the Lord had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold.

Cross-references

Job 2:11 Now when Job’s three friends—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite—heard about all this adversity that had come upon him, each of them came from his home, and they met together to go and sympathize with Job and comfort him.
Job 19:13 He has removed my brothers from me; my acquaintances have abandoned me.
Genesis 24:22 And after the camels had finished drinking, he took out a gold ring weighing a beka, and two gold bracelets for her wrists weighing ten shekels.
Proverbs 16:7 When a man’s ways please the LORD, He makes even the man’s enemies live at peace with him.
Romans 12:15 Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.
Hebrews 12:12 Therefore strengthen your limp hands and weak knees.
Genesis 24:53 Then he brought out jewels of silver and gold, and articles of clothing, and he gave them to Rebekah. He also gave precious gifts to her brother and her mother.
Genesis 37:35 All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said. “I will go down to Sheol mourning for my son.” So his father wept for him.
Joshua 24:32 And the bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought up out of Egypt, were buried at Shechem in the plot of land that Jacob had purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver. So it became an inheritance for Joseph’s descendants.
1 Samuel 10:27 But some worthless men said, “How can this man save us?” So they despised him and brought him no gifts; but Saul remained silent about it.