Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
full of days—fully sated and contented with all the happiness that life could give him; realizing what Eliphaz had painted as the lot of the godly (Job 5:26; Psalms 91:16; Genesis 25:8; Genesis 35:29). The Septuagint adds, "It is written, that he will rise again with those whom the Lord will raise up." Compare Matthew 27:52-53, from which it perhaps was derived spuriously.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Job 42:17:
Job 5:26
Job 42:7
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