Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
turned . . . captivity--proverbial for restored, or amply indemnified him for all he had lost (Ezekiel 16:53; Psalms 14:7; Hosea 6:11). Thus the future vindication of man, body and soul, against Satan (Job 1:9-12), at the resurrection (Job 19:25-27), has its earnest and adumbration in the temporal vindication of Job at last by Jehovah in person.
twice--so to the afflicted literal and spiritual Jerusalem (Isaiah 40:2; Isaiah 60:7; Isaiah 61:7; Zechariah 9:12). As in Job's case, so in that of Jesus Christ, the glorious recompense follows the "intercession" for enemies (Isaiah 53:12).
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Job 42:7
Ezekiel 16:53
1 Timothy 2:5
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