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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 disciplinest, O Jah,{HR}And teachest out of thy law; (Psa. 94:12)

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Matt. 5:10• ¹⁰Blessed they that have been persecuted for righteousness' sake; for theirs is the kingdom of the heavens. (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: 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 in his praying for his friends; and Jehovah increased all that Job had two-fold. (Job 42:10)

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James 1:12• ¹²Blest [is] a man who endureth trial; because, having been put to the proof, he shall receive the crown of life which he promised to those that love him. (James 1:12)

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Psa. 94:12• ¹²Blessed [is] the man whom thou disciplinest, O Jah,{HR}And teachest out of thy law; (Psa. 94:12)

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Matt. 5:10‑11• ¹⁰Blessed they that have been persecuted for righteousness' sake; for theirs is the kingdom of the heavens.
¹¹Blessed are ye when they shall reproach and persecute you, and falsely say every wicked word against you for my sake. (Matt. 5:10‑11)

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Matt. 10:22• ²²{i}and ye shall be hated of all on account of my name. But he that has endured to [the] end, he shall be saved.{/i} (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 the hope firm unto the end.
¹⁴For we are become companions of Christ if indeed we hold fast the beginning of the confidence firm unto the end. (Heb. 3:6,14)

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Heb. 10:39• ³⁹But we are not of drawing back unto perdition but of faith unto soul-saving. (Heb. 10:39)

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

Job 13:15‑16• ¹⁵Lo, he will slay me, yet will I trust him;{HR}But my ways to his face I will argue.
¹⁶This also will be my salvation,{HR}That no polluted one shall come before him. (Job 13:15‑16)

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Job 23:10• ¹⁰But he knoweth the way, who is with me;{HR}He trieth me, as gold I come forth. (Job 23:10)

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Job 42:10‑17• ¹⁰And Jehovah turned the captivity of Job in his praying for his friends; and Jehovah increased all that Job had two-fold.
¹¹And there came unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all his former acquaintance, and ate bread with him in his house, and condoled with him, and comforted him over all the evil which Jehovah had brought upon him; and they gave him each a kesitah, and each a ring of gold.
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 Jemima, and the name of the second Kezia, and the name of the third Keren-happuch.
¹⁵And there were not found in all the land women fair as the daughters of Job; and their father gave them inheritance in the midst of 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 sated [with] days. (Job 42:10‑17)

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Psa. 37:37• ³⁷Mark the perfect [man]{HR}And behold the upright [man],{HR}For the end to [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:{HR}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 exult, now for a little (if it is needful) put to grief in manifold trials,
⁷that the proof of your faith, much more precious than gold that perisheth though proved by fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at [the] revelation of Jesus Christ:
¹³Wherefore, having girded up the loins of your mind, being sober, hope perfectly for the grace that is to be brought to you at Jesus Christ's revelation; (1 Peter 1:6‑7,13)

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2 Peter 2:9• ⁹[the] Lord knoweth to deliver the godly out of trial, and to keep unjust [men] for judgment-day to be punished; (2 Peter 2:9)

the Lord is.

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

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Num. 14:18• ¹⁸Jehovah is long-suffering, 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• ¹³{i}And David said to Gad, I am in a great strait{/i}: Let me fall into the hand of Jehovah, for very great are his mercies. Let me not fall into the hand of man. (1 Chron. 21:13)

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2 Chron. 30:9• ⁹{i}For 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.{/i} (2 Chron. 30:9)

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Neh. 9:17,31• ¹⁷{i}and 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.{/i}
³¹{i}Nevertheless 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.{/i} (Neh. 9:17,31)

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Psa. 25:6‑7• ⁶Remember thy tender mercies, O Jehovah,{HR}And thy kindness, for they [are] from everlasting.
⁷The sins of my youth and my transgressions remember thou not;{HR}According to thy mercy remember thou me,{HR}For thy goodness sake, O 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 unto him after he went unto Bathsheba.{HR}Be gracious unto me, O God, according to thy mercy:{HR}According to the multitude of thy compassions blot out my transgressions. (Psa. 51:1)

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Psa. 78:38• ³⁸But he mercifully forgave iniquity, and destroyed not,{HR}And often withdrew his anger and did not arouse all his wrath; (Psa. 78:38)

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Psa. 86:5,15• ⁵For thou, Lord, [art] good and forgiving,{HR}And great in mercy to all that call on thee.
¹⁵And thou, Lord, [art] a God (El) merciful and gracious,{HR}Slow of rage and great in mercy and truth. (Psa. 86:5,15)

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Psa. 103:8,13• ⁸Jehovah [is] merciful and gracious,{HR}Slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness.
¹³As a father's pity on children (sons),{HR}So hath Jehovah pity on those that fear him. (Psa. 103:8,13)

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Psa. 116:5• ⁵Gracious [is] Jehovah and righteous;{HR}And our God [is] merciful. (Psa. 116:5)

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Psa. 119:132• ¹³²Turn unto me and be gracious to me,{HR}As thou art wont to lovers of thy name. (Psa. 119:132)

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Psa. 136:1‑26• ¹Give thanks to Jehovah, for [he is] good,{HR}For his mercy [is] forever.
²Give thanks to the God of gods;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever.
³Give thanks to the Lord of lords;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever.
⁴To him that alone doeth great wonders;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever.
⁵To him that by understanding made the heavens;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever.
⁶To him that spread the earth upon the waters;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever.
⁷To him that made great light;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever.
⁸The sun for rule in the day;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever;
⁹The moon and stars for rule in the night;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever.
¹⁰To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever;
¹¹And brought Israel from their midst;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever;
¹²With strong hand and with outstretched arm;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever.
¹³To him that divided the Red Sea into parts;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever;
¹⁴And made Israel pass in its midst;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever;
¹⁵And shook off Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever.
¹⁶To him that led his people in the wilderness;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever.
¹⁷To him that smote great kings;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever;
¹⁸And slew famous kings;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever;
¹⁹(To) Sihon, king of the Amorites;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever;
²⁰And (to) Og, the king of (the) Bashan;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever;
²¹And gave their land for an inheritance;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever;
²²An inheritance to Israel his servant;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever;
²³Who remembered us in our low estate;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever;
²⁴And rent us from our adversaries;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever;
²⁵Giving bread to all flesh;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever.
²⁶Give thanks to the God of the heavens;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever. (Psa. 136:1‑26)

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Psa. 145:8• ⁸Gracious and merciful (is) Jehovah,{HR}Slow to anger and of great mercy. (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 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 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 mercies that we are not consumed, because his mercies fail not. (Lam. 3:22)

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Dan. 9:9,18‑19• ⁹{i}With the Lord our God are mercies and pardons, for we have rebelled against him;{/i}
¹⁸{i}Incline 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.{/i}
¹⁹{i}Lord, 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.{/i} (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 kindness, and repenteth him of the evil. (Joel 2:13)

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Jonah 4:2• ²And he prayed to Jehovah, and said, I pray thee, O Jehovah, 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• ¹⁸{i}Who 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 forever, because he delighteth in loving-kindness.{/i} (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 leadeth thee to repentance? (Rom. 2:4)

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Eph. 1:6• ⁶unto [the] praise of [the] glory of his grace, wherein he made us objects of grace in the beloved; (Eph. 1:6)

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Eph. 2:4• ⁴but God, being rich in mercy, on account 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."