The LORD restored Job’s prosperity when he prayed for his friends. The LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 10. Penance. Hebrew “return.” He resolved to restore him to his former prosperous condition, while he prayed for those who had so cruelly exercised his patience. Calmet.—Prot. and Vatable, “the Lord turned the captivity of Job:” so any great distress may be styled, though Job was in a manner abandoned to the power and bondage of satan. Septuagint “But the Lord gave an increase to Job, and while he was praying for his friends, He forgave them their sin. And,” and so forth Bible.—Twice, excepting children, who were living ( Worthington.) with God. Rabbins. Saint Gregory and so forth—Some also include the years of Job’s life, but that is not clear, (see Spanheim, chapter 7. Calmet.) though not improbable; as he might very well live twice as long as he had done, if we suppose that the was about ( Bible.) 50 when he was so much distressed (Petau); and thus arrived at the age of 140, verse 16. Bible.