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After this Job lived one hundred forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons` sons, to four generations.
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A Patriarch's Lifespan
Commentators note that Job lived 140 years after his trials. This remarkable age, likely bringing his total lifespan to around 200 years, places him in the early patriarchal era, before Moses. Scholars suggest the specific number points to Job being a real historical person, not a fictional character.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
After this Job lived one hundred and forty years - As his age at the time his calamities commenced is not mentioned, it is, of course, impos…
19th Century
Anglican
A hundred and forty years. —The particularity of this detail forbids us to suppose that Job was not a real person; his great age a…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
After this lived Job an hundred and forty years Not after he had arrived to the height of his prosperity; not after …
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In the beginning of this book, we had Job's patience under his troubles as an example; here, for our encouragement to follow that example, we have …
13th Century
Catholic
After God had rebuked both Elihu and Job in His discourse (Job 38:2–3), He then rebuked Job’s friends, especially Eliphaz. It is clear …
