by Anthony N. Wade

Much of the religious world has heard the story about Job. So much of this story has been misconstrued. Some have determined that Job's trial was a lifetime of misery. Others have come to the discovery that what he went through was only about nine months. If we are going to study the life of Job we must fast forward to what transpired at the end of his life.

Job 42:12-17 The Living Bible

{12} So the Lord blessed Job at the end of his life more than at the beginning. For now he had 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 teams of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.

{13} God also gave him seven more sons and three more daughters. These were the names of his daughters: Jemima, Kezia, Keren.

{15} And in all the land there were no other girls as lovely as the daughters of Job; and their father put them into his will along with their brothers.

{16} Job lived 140 years after that, living to see his grandchildren and great-grandchildren too.

{17} Then at last he died, an old, old man, after living a long, good life.