Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they consoled him, and comforted him over all the trouble that the LORD had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and everyone a ring of gold.
All Commentaries on Job 42:11 Go To Job 42
George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Brethren. Who had before shamefully abandoned him, chap. vi. 13. (Calmet)
Bemoaned. Literally, "shaked their heads at him "(Haydock) out of pity, (Menochius) or astonishment, (Tirinus; Calmet) at his fallen state, and at the present change for the better. They helped to restore him to affluence, in conformity with the will of God, who caused their presents of multiply. The kindred and friends of Job were undoubtedly numerous. (Haydock)
Ewe. Kesita, "lamb "as most of the ancients agree, (Spanheim) or a piece of money, (Bo chart) marked with the figure of a lamb. (Grotius) See Genesis xxxiii. 19. (Calmet)
Ear-ring. Hebrew Nezem, an ornament (Haydock) "for the nose "still very common in the East. Symmachus adds, "it was unadorned "(Calmet) or plain. Septuagint, "a piece of gold worth four drachms, and not coined "asemon. (Haydock)
Oleaster supposes that the nose was perforated, like the ear. But the ornament would thus be very inconvenient, and we may rather conclude that it hung down from the forehead upon the nose. (St. Jerome, in Ezechiel xvi.) (Pineda)
