Tim Maas Supporter Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army

After God restored Job's possessions, the Bible indicates that he had twice as much material wealth as he had had before his afflictions (Job 1:3; Job 42:12), and that he lived another 140 years. If the same multiplier were to apply to the years of his life as to his possessions, that would mean that he was seventy years old when he was afflicted, and lived to a total age of 210.

That seems reasonable to me (although the Bible does not give his specific age when he died, but just says that he lived to see the fourth generation of his new descendants, and was "an old man and full of days (Job 42:17)"), since he had had seven adult sons and three adult daughters who were all living on their own at the time that God originally allowed Satan to afflict him (Job 1:4).

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Jeffrey Johnson Supporter

How old was Job when he died?

The age of the biblical Job at death is not stated in the Book of Job, but rabbinic tradition claims he was 210 years old. According to this tradition, Job was born when Jacob and his children entered Egypt and died when the Israelites left. 

Common interpretation: Because his children were grown and living in their own homes when they died (Job 1:4), it is estimated that Job was around 70 years old at the start of his trials. This would mean he lived to approximately 210 years old (70 + 140).

Note: Septuagint translation: 

The Greek Septuagint translation of the Bible adds to Job 42:16 that Job lived 170 years after his affliction, bringing his total age at death to 240 years.

Note the following point from: Job in Rabbinic Literature - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Rabbi Levi said that Job lived in the time of Jacob's sons;[4] and he also said, in the name of Jose ben Halafta, that Job was born when Jacob and his children entered Egypt and that he died when the Israelites left that country. Job consequently lived 210 years.[5] When Satan came to accuse the Israelites of being idolaters, God set him against Job, whence Job's misfortunes.[6] This opinion is supported by the statement that Pharaoh consulted Job with Jethro and Balaam as to the means of reducing the number of the children of Israel, and that Job was stricken with calamity because he had remained silent.[7]

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