Job 42:15
New International Version
Nowhere in all the land were there found women as beautiful as Job’s daughters, and their father granted them an inheritance along with their brothers.

New Living Translation
In all the land no women were as lovely as the daughters of Job. And their father put them into his will along with their brothers.

English Standard Version
And in all the land there were no women so beautiful as Job’s daughters. And their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers.

Berean Standard Bible
No women as beautiful as Job’s daughters could be found in all the land, and their father granted them an inheritance among their brothers.

King James Bible
And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.

New King James Version
In all the land were found no women so beautiful as the daughters of Job; and their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers.

New American Standard Bible
In all the land no women were found as beautiful as Job’s daughters; and their father gave them inheritances among their brothers.

NASB 1995
In all the land no women were found so fair as Job’s daughters; and their father gave them inheritance among their brothers.

NASB 1977
And in all the land no women were found so fair as Job’s daughters; and their father gave them inheritance among their brothers.

Legacy Standard Bible
Now in all the land no women were found so beautiful as Job’s daughters; and their father gave them inheritance among their brothers.

Amplified Bible
In all the land there were found no women so fair as the daughters of Job; and their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers.

Christian Standard Bible
No women as beautiful as Job’s daughters could be found in all the land, and their father granted them an inheritance with their brothers.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
No women as beautiful as Job’s daughters could be found in all the land, and their father granted them an inheritance with their brothers.

American Standard Version
And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.

Contemporary English Version
They were the most beautiful women in that part of the world, and Job gave them shares of his property, along with their brothers.

English Revised Version
And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Nowhere in the whole country could be found women who were as beautiful as Job's daughters. Their father gave them and their brothers an inheritance.

Good News Translation
There were no other women in the whole world as beautiful as Job's daughters. Their father gave them a share of the inheritance along with their brothers.

International Standard Version
No one could find more beautiful women in the whole land than Job's daughters. Their father gave them their inheritance along with their brothers.

Majority Standard Bible
No women as beautiful as Job’s daughters could be found in all the land, and their father granted them an inheritance among their brothers.

NET Bible
Nowhere in all the land could women be found who were as beautiful as Job's daughters, and their father granted them an inheritance alongside their brothers.

New Heart English Bible
In all the land were no women found so beautiful as the daughters of Job. Their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers.

Webster's Bible Translation
And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.

World English Bible
In all the land were no women found so beautiful as the daughters of Job. Their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And there have not been found women [as] beautiful as the daughters of Job in all the land, and their father gives to them an inheritance in the midst of their brothers.

Young's Literal Translation
And there have not been found women fair as the daughters of Job in all the land, and their father doth give to them an inheritance in the midst of their brethren.

Smith's Literal Translation
And women were not found fair as the daughters of Job, in all the land: and their father will give to them an inheritance in the midst of their brethren.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And there were not found in all the earth women so beautiful as the daughters of Job : and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And, in the whole world, there were not found women so beautiful as the daughters of Job. And so their father gave them an inheritance along with their brothers.

New American Bible
In all the land no other women were as beautiful as the daughters of Job; and their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers.

New Revised Standard Version
In all the land there were no women so beautiful as Job’s daughters; and their father gave them an inheritance along with their brothers.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And in all the land were found no women as beautiful as the daughters of Job; and their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And there were not found women who were as beautiful the daughters of Job in all the land, and their father gave them an inheritance with their brothers
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job; and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And there were not found in comparison with the daughters of Job, fairer women than they in all the world: and their father gave them an inheritance among their brethren.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The LORD Blesses Job
14He named his first daughter Jemimah, his second Keziah, and his third Keren-happuch. 15No women as beautiful as Job’s daughters could be found in all the land, and their father granted them an inheritance among their brothers. 16After this, Job lived 140 years and saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.…

Cross References
Numbers 27:7
“The daughters of Zelophehad speak correctly. You certainly must give them property as an inheritance among their father’s brothers and transfer their father’s inheritance to them.

Joshua 17:3-6
But Zelophehad son of Hepher (the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh) had no sons but only daughters. These are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. / They approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the leaders, and said, “The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brothers.” So Joshua gave them an inheritance among their father’s brothers, in keeping with the command of the LORD. / Thus ten shares fell to Manasseh, in addition to the land of Gilead and Bashan beyond the Jordan, ...

Genesis 48:5-6
And now your two sons born to you in Egypt before I came to you here shall be reckoned as mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, just as Reuben and Simeon are mine. / Any children born to you after them shall be yours, and they shall be called by the names of their brothers in the territory they inherit.

2 Kings 8:6
When the king asked the woman, she confirmed it. So the king appointed for her an officer, saying, “Restore all that was hers, along with all the proceeds of the field from the day that she left the country until now.”

1 Chronicles 7:15
Machir took a wife from among the Huppites and Shuppites. The name of his sister was Maacah. Another descendant was named Zelophehad, who had only daughters.

Psalm 144:12
Then our sons will be like plants nurtured in their youth, our daughters like corner pillars carved to adorn a palace.

Proverbs 31:30
Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.

Genesis 21:10-12
and she said to Abraham, “Expel the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with my son Isaac!” / Now this matter distressed Abraham greatly because it concerned his son Ishmael. / But God said to Abraham, “Do not be distressed about the boy and your maidservant. Listen to everything that Sarah tells you, for through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.

Deuteronomy 21:15-17
If a man has two wives, one beloved and the other unloved, and both bear him sons, but the unloved wife has the firstborn son, / when that man assigns his inheritance to his sons he must not appoint the son of the beloved wife as the firstborn over the son of the unloved wife. / Instead, he must acknowledge the firstborn, the son of his unloved wife, by giving him a double portion of all that he has. For that son is the firstfruits of his father’s strength; the right of the firstborn belongs to him.

1 Samuel 2:20-21
And Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, saying, “May the LORD give you children by this woman in place of the one she dedicated to the LORD.” Then they would go home. / So the LORD attended to Hannah, and she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, the boy Samuel grew up in the presence of the LORD.

2 Samuel 14:27
Three sons were born to Absalom, and a daughter named Tamar, who was a beautiful woman.

2 Chronicles 11:21
Rehoboam loved Maacah daughter of Absalom more than all his wives and concubines. In all, he had eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and he was the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.

Isaiah 43:6-7
I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’ and to the south, ‘Do not hold them back!’ Bring My sons from afar, and My daughters from the ends of the earth— / everyone called by My name and created for My glory, whom I have indeed formed and made.”

Galatians 3:28
There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

Acts 2:17-18
‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams. / Even on My menservants and maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.


Treasury of Scripture

And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brothers.

no

Psalm 144:12
That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace:

Acts 7:20
In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his father's house three months:

gave

Numbers 27:7
The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: thou shalt surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father's brethren; and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto them.

Joshua 15:18,19
And it came to pass, as she came unto him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wouldest thou? …

Joshua 18:4
Give out from among you three men for each tribe: and I will send them, and they shall rise, and go through the land, and describe it according to the inheritance of them; and they shall come again to me.

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No women as beautiful as Job’s daughters
This phrase highlights the extraordinary beauty of Job's daughters, which is emphasized as unparalleled in "all the land." The Hebrew word for "beautiful" here is "יָפֶה" (yafeh), which conveys not only physical attractiveness but also a sense of grace and favor. In the ancient Near Eastern context, beauty was often seen as a sign of divine blessing. The mention of their beauty underscores the restoration and blessing that God bestowed upon Job after his trials, reflecting a return to favor and abundance.

could be found in all the land
The phrase "in all the land" suggests a comprehensive scope, indicating that Job's daughters' beauty was recognized far and wide. This hyperbolic expression serves to emphasize the extent of God's blessing upon Job's family. In the cultural and historical context, such a statement would have been significant, as it implies a level of renown and honor that transcends local boundaries, suggesting that God's restoration of Job was complete and public.

and their father granted them an inheritance among their brothers
This phrase is particularly noteworthy in the historical and cultural context of the ancient Near East, where inheritance typically passed through male descendants. The Hebrew word for "inheritance" is "נַחֲלָה" (nachalah), which refers to a portion or share of property. By granting his daughters an inheritance "among their brothers," Job breaks with tradition, highlighting the radical nature of his actions. This act can be seen as a reflection of the equitable and just character of God, who values all His children equally. It also prefigures the New Testament teaching of equality in Christ, as seen in Galatians 3:28, where there is neither male nor female in the body of Christ. This decision by Job underscores the theme of restoration and justice that permeates the conclusion of the Book of Job, illustrating a return to divine order and blessing.

Verse 15. - And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job. Beauty has always been highly valued in the East; and Job would feel himself highly favoured in having three beautiful daughters. It may have been on account of their great beauty that their father gave them inheritance among their brethren, which was certainly an unusual practice in the East.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
No
וְלֹ֨א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

women
נָשִׁ֥ים (nā·šîm)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female

as beautiful
יָפ֛וֹת (yā·p̄ō·wṯ)
Adjective - feminine plural
Strong's 3303: Fair, beautiful

as Job’s
אִיּ֖וֹב (’î·yō·wḇ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 347: Job -- a patriarch

daughters
כִּבְנ֥וֹת (kiḇ·nō·wṯ)
Preposition-k | Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's 1323: A daughter

could be found
נִמְצָ֜א (nim·ṣā)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present

in all
בְּכָל־ (bə·ḵāl)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

the land,
הָאָ֑רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

and their father
אֲבִיהֶ֛ם (’ă·ḇî·hem)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 1: Father

granted
וַיִּתֵּ֨ן (way·yit·tên)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

them
לָהֶ֧ם (lā·hem)
Preposition-l | Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1992: They

an inheritance
נַחֲלָ֖ה (na·ḥă·lāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5159: Something inherited, occupancy, an heirloom, an estate, patrimony, portion

among
בְּת֥וֹךְ (bə·ṯō·wḵ)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 8432: A bisection, the centre

their brothers.
אֲחֵיהֶֽם׃ (’ă·ḥê·hem)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 251: A brother, )


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