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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 Lord, and teachest him out of thy law; (Psa. 94:12)

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Matt. 5:10• ¹⁰Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. (Matt. 5:10)

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

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

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James 1:12• ¹²Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him. (James 1:12)

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

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Matt. 5:10‑11• ¹⁰Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
¹¹Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. (Matt. 5:10‑11)

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Matt. 10:22• ²²And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved. (Matt. 10:22)

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Heb. 3:6,14• ⁶But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.
¹⁴For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end; (Heb. 3:6,14)

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Heb. 10:39• ³⁹But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul. (Heb. 10:39)

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

Job 13:15‑16• ¹⁵Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.
¹⁶He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him. (Job 13:15‑16)

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

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Job 42:10‑17• ¹⁰And the Lord turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.
¹¹Then 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 bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the Lord had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold.
¹²So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.
¹³He had also seven sons and three daughters.
¹⁴And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the second, Kezia; 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.
¹⁶After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations.
¹⁷So Job died, being old and full of days. (Job 42:10‑17)

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Psa. 37:37• ³⁷Mark the perfect man, 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 the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. (Eccl. 7:8)

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1 Peter 1:6‑7,13• ⁶Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
⁷That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honor and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
¹³Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; (1 Peter 1:6‑7,13)

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2 Peter 2:9• ⁹The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished: (2 Peter 2:9)

the Lord is.

Ex. 34:6• ⁶And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, (Ex. 34:6)

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Num. 14:18• ¹⁸The Lord is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation. (Num. 14:18)

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1 Chron. 21:13• ¹³And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall now into the hand of the Lord; for very great are his mercies: 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 turn again unto the Lord, your brethren and your children shall find compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they shall come again into this land: for the Lord your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye return unto him. (2 Chron. 30:9)

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Neh. 9:17,31• ¹⁷And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not.
³¹Nevertheless for thy great mercies' sake thou didst not utterly consume 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, O Lord, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old.
⁷Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, O Lord. (Psa. 25:6‑7)

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Psa. 51:1• ¹<<To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba.>> Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. (Psa. 51:1)

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Psa. 78:38• ³⁸But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath. (Psa. 78:38)

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Psa. 86:5,15• ⁵For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.
¹⁵But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth. (Psa. 86:5,15)

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Psa. 103:8,13• ⁸The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.
¹³Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him. (Psa. 103:8,13)

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Psa. 116:5• ⁵Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful. (Psa. 116:5)

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Psa. 119:132• ¹³²Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name. (Psa. 119:132)

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

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Psa. 145:8• ⁸The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy. (Psa. 145:8)

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Isa. 55:6‑7• ⁶Seek ye the Lord 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 the Lord, 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 mention the lovingkindnesses of the Lord, and the praises of the Lord, according to all that the Lord hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.
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 bare them, and carried them all the days of old. (Isa. 63:7,9)

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Lam. 3:22• ²²It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. (Lam. 3:22)

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Dan. 9:9,18‑19• ⁹To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him;
¹⁸O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.
¹⁹O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O 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 the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil. (Joel 2:13)

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Jonah 4:2• ²And he prayed unto the Lord, and said, I pray thee, O Lord, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great 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 pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy. (Mic. 7:18)

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Luke 1:50• ⁵⁰And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation. (Luke 1:50)

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Luke 6:36• ³⁶Be ye therefore merciful, 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 longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance? (Rom. 2:4)

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Eph. 1:6• ⁶To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved. (Eph. 1:6)

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Eph. 2:4• ⁴But God, who is rich in mercy, for 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."