10And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.
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That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee.
If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous. …
Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the LORD'S hand double for all her sins.
By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.
Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! when the LORD bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 10-17)You have heard of the patience of Job (says the apostle, Jas. 5:11) and have seen the end of the Lord , that is, what end the Lord, at length, put to his troubles. In the beginning of this book we had Job’s patience under his troubles, for an example; here, in the close, for our encouragement to follow that example, we have the happy issue of his troubles and the prosperous condition to which he w…
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