4And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.
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Let brotherly love continue.
A Song of degrees of David. Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 4-5)We have here a further account of Job’s prosperity and his piety. I. His great comfort in his children is taken notice of as an instance of his prosperity; for our temporal comforts are borrowed, depend upon others, and are as those about us are. Job himself mentions it as one of the greatest joys of his prosperous estate that his children were about him , Job 29:5. They kept a circular feast at s…
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