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Behold, we count them happya which endure. Ye have heard of the patiencec of Job, and have seen the endd of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.

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Psa. 94:12• ¹²Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Jah, and whom thou teachest out of thy law; (Psa. 94:12)

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Matt. 5:10• ¹⁰Blessed they who are persecuted on account of righteousness, for *theirs* is the kingdom of the heavens. (Matt. 5:10)

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Job 1:21• ²¹and he said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: Jehovah gave, and Jehovah hath taken away; blessed be the name of Jehovah! (Job 1:21)

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Job 42:10• ¹⁰And Jehovah turned the captivity of Job, when he had prayed for his friends; and Jehovah gave Job twice as much as he had before. (Job 42:10)

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James 1:12• ¹²Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for, having been proved, he shall receive the crown of life, which He has promised to them that love him. (James 1:12)

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Psa. 94:12• ¹²Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Jah, and whom thou teachest out of thy law; (Psa. 94:12)

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Matt. 5:10‑11• ¹⁰Blessed they who are persecuted on account of righteousness, for *theirs* is the kingdom of the heavens.
¹¹Blessed are ye when they may reproach and persecute you, and say every wicked thing against you, lying, for my sake. (Matt. 5:10‑11)

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Matt. 10:22• ²²and ye shall be hated of all on account of my name. But he that has endured to the end, *he* shall be saved. (Matt. 10:22)

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Heb. 3:6,14• ⁶but Christ, as Son over his house, whose house are *we*, if indeed we hold fast the boldness and the boast of hope firm to the end.
¹⁴For we are become companions of the Christ if indeed we hold the beginning of the assurance firm to the end; (Heb. 3:6,14)

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Heb. 10:39• ³⁹But *we* are not drawers back to perdition, but of faith to saving the soul. (Heb. 10:39)

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JOB 1:21,22-2:9,10;

Job 13:15‑16• ¹⁵Behold, if he slay me, yet would I trust in him; but I will defend mine own ways before him.
¹⁶This also shall be my salvation, that a profane man shall not come before his face. (Job 13:15‑16)

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Job 23:10• ¹⁰But he knoweth the way that I take; he trieth me, I shall come forth as gold. (Job 23:10)

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Job 42:10‑17• ¹⁰And Jehovah turned the captivity of Job, when he had prayed for his friends; and Jehovah gave Job twice as much as he had before.
¹¹And all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, came to him, and they ate bread with him in his house, and they condoled with him, and comforted him concerning all the evil that Jehovah had brought upon him; and every one gave him a piece of money, and every one a golden ring.
¹²And Jehovah blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning; and he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she-asses.
¹³And he had seven sons and three daughters.
¹⁴And he called the name of the first, Jemimah; and the name of the second, Keziah; and the name of the third, Keren-happuch.
¹⁵And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job; and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.
¹⁶And Job lived after this a hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, four generations.
¹⁷And Job died, old and full of days. (Job 42:10‑17)

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Psa. 37:37• ³⁷Mark the perfect, and behold the upright, for the end of that man is peace; (Psa. 37:37)

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Eccl. 7:8• ⁸Better is the end of a thing than its beginning; better is a patient spirit than a proud spirit. (Eccl. 7:8)

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1 Peter 1:6‑7,13• ⁶Wherein ye exult, for a little while at present, if needed, put to grief by various trials,
⁷that the proving of your faith, much more precious than of gold which perishes, though it be proved by fire, be found to praise and glory and honour in the revelation of Jesus Christ:
¹³Wherefore, having girded up the loins of your mind, be sober and hope with perfect stedfastness in the grace which will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; (1 Peter 1:6‑7,13)

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2 Peter 2:9• ⁹the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of trial, and to keep the unjust to the day of judgment to be punished; (2 Peter 2:9)

the Lord is.

Ex. 34:6• ⁶And Jehovah passed by before his face, and proclaimed, Jehovah, Jehovah *God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in goodness and truth, (Ex. 34:6)

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Num. 14:18• ¹⁸Jehovah is slow to anger, and abundant in goodness, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and fourth generation. (Num. 14:18)

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1 Chron. 21:13• ¹³And David said to Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall, I pray thee, into the hand of Jehovah, for his mercies are very great; but let me not fall into the hand of man. (1 Chron. 21:13)

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2 Chron. 30:9• ⁹For if ye return to Jehovah, your brethren and your children shall find compassion with those that have carried them captive, so that they shall come again unto this land; for Jehovah your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye return to him. (2 Chron. 30:9)

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Neh. 9:17,31• ¹⁷and refused to obey, neither were they mindful of thy wonders which thou hadst done among them; but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion made a captain to return to their bondage. But thou art a +God ready to forgive, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and of great loving-kindness, and thou forsookest them not.
³¹Nevertheless for thy manifold mercies' sake, thou didst not make a full end of them nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful *God. (Neh. 9:17,31)

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Psa. 25:6‑7• ⁶Remember, Jehovah, thy tender mercies and thy loving-kindnesses; for they are from everlasting.
⁷Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions; according to thy loving-kindness remember thou me, for thy goodness' sake, Jehovah. (Psa. 25:6‑7)

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Psa. 51:1• ¹To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David; when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba. Be gracious unto me, O God, according to thy loving-kindness; according to the abundance of thy tender mercies, blot out my transgressions. (Psa. 51:1)

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Psa. 78:38• ³⁸But he was merciful: he forgave the iniquity, and destroyed them not; but many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his fury: (Psa. 78:38)

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Psa. 86:5,15• ⁵For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive, and art of great loving-kindness unto all that call upon thee.
¹⁵But thou, Lord, art a *God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in goodness and truth. (Psa. 86:5,15)

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Psa. 103:8,13• ⁸Jehovah is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving-kindness.
¹³As a father pitieth his children, so Jehovah pitieth them that fear him. (Psa. 103:8,13)

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Psa. 116:5• ⁵Gracious is Jehovah and righteous; and our God is merciful. (Psa. 116:5)

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Psa. 119:132• ¹³²Turn unto me, and be gracious unto me, as thou art wont to do unto those that love thy name. (Psa. 119:132)

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Psa. 136:1‑26• ¹Give ye thanks unto Jehovah, for he is good; for his loving-kindness endureth for ever:
²Give thanks unto the God of gods, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever;
³Give thanks unto the Lord of lords, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever.
⁴To him who alone doeth great wonders, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever:
⁵To him that by understanding made the heavens, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever;
⁶To him that stretched out the earth above the waters, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever;
⁷To him that made great lights, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever;
⁸The sun for rule over the day, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever,
⁹The moon and stars for rule over the night, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever:
¹⁰To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever,
¹¹And brought out Israel from among them, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever,
¹²With a powerful hand and with a stretched-out arm, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever;
¹³To him that divided the Red sea into parts, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever,
¹⁴And made Israel to pass through the midst of it, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever,
¹⁵And overturned Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever;
¹⁶To him that led his people through the wilderness, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever;
¹⁷To him that smote great kings, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever,
¹⁸And slew famous kings, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever;
¹⁹Sihon king of the Amorites, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever,
²⁰And Og king of Bashan, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever;
²¹And gave their land for an inheritance, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever,
²²An inheritance unto Israel his servant, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever:
²³Who hath remembered us in our low estate, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever;
²⁴And hath delivered us from our oppressors, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever:
²⁵Who giveth food to all flesh, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever.
²⁶Give ye thanks unto the *God of the heavens; for his loving-kindness endureth for ever. (Psa. 136:1‑26)

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Psa. 145:8• ⁸Jehovah is gracious and merciful; slow to anger, and of great loving-kindness. (Psa. 145:8)

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Isa. 55:6‑7• ⁶Seek ye Jehovah while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near.
⁷Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return unto Jehovah, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. (Isa. 55:6‑7)

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Isa. 63:7,9• ⁷I will record the loving-kindnesses of Jehovah, the praises of Jehovah, according to all that Jehovah hath bestowed upon us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel which he hath bestowed upon them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his loving-kindnesses.
⁹In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the Angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bore them and carried them all the days of old. (Isa. 63:7,9)

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Lam. 3:22• ²²It is of Jehovah's loving-kindness we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not; (Lam. 3:22)

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Dan. 9:9,18‑19• ⁹With the Lord our God are mercies and pardons, for we have rebelled against him;
¹⁸Incline thine ear, O my God, and hear; open thine eyes and behold our desolations, and the city that is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee because of our righteousnesses, but because of thy manifold mercies.
¹⁹Lord, hear! Lord, forgive! Lord, hearken and do! defer not, for thine own sake, O my God! for thy city and thy people are called by thy name. (Dan. 9:9,18‑19)

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Joel 2:13• ¹³and rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto Jehovah your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great loving-kindness, and repenteth him of the evil. (Joel 2:13)

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Jonah 4:2• ²And he prayed unto Jehovah, and said, Ah, Jehovah, was not this my saying when I was yet in my country? Therefore I was minded to flee at first unto Tarshish; for I knew that thou art a gracious *God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great loving-kindness, and repentest thee of the evil. (Jonah 4:2)

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Mic. 7:18• ¹⁸Who is a *God like unto thee, that forgiveth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? He retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in loving-kindness. (Mic. 7:18)

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Luke 1:50• ⁵⁰and his mercy is to generations and generations to them that fear him. (Luke 1:50)

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Luke 6:36• ³⁶Be ye therefore merciful, even as your Father also is merciful. (Luke 6:36)

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Rom. 2:4• ⁴or despisest thou the riches of his goodness, and forbearance, and long-suffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leads thee to repentance? (Rom. 2:4)

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Eph. 1:6• ⁶to the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he has taken us into favour in the Beloved: (Eph. 1:6)

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Eph. 2:4• ⁴but God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love wherewith he loved us, (Eph. 2:4)

• Job shows us the ways of the Lord: he needed to have patience, but the end of the Lord was blessing and tender mercy towards him. (“James 5” by J.N. Darby)

• Job's case is specially instructive. In all that he passed through, we see the discipline and chastening of God for the blessing of His servant. (“The Coming of the Lord: James 5” by H. Smith)

• The result of all the trials that Job passed through from Satan the accuser, from his wife, and from his friends, was that he not only triumphed over all the power of the enemy, but through the trials he learned and judged the secret and unsuspected evil of his own heart. (“The Coming of the Lord: James 5” by H. Smith)

• We can see the pity and tender mercy of God shining through all his disasters as we view them in the light shed by the finish of his story. (“James 5” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Behold, we call them blessed who have endured. Ye have heard of the enduranceb of Job, and seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is full of tender compassion and pitiful.

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Hupomone. see Note f, ver. 7.

W. Kelly Translation

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Behold, we call them blessed who endureda. Ye heard of the endurance of Job, and saw [the] Lord’s end; for the Lord is full of compassion, and merciful.

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In the RV it is "endured," not "endure."