The Daughter of Judgment: A Hidden Clue to Final Restoration 💎
After Job endures unimaginable suffering and God restores his fortunes, the Bible lists the names of his three beautiful new daughters (Job 42:14). While we often focus on Job’s patience, the etymology of the third daughter’s name contains a shocking, future-oriented prophecy about the final judgment.
1. The Name: Qeren-happūḵ (קֶרֶן־הַפּוּךְ)
Job’s third daughter is named Keren-happuch. In English, this is often rendered sweetly as “Horn of Antimony” or “Horn of Eyeshadow,” implying she was extremely beautiful (as antimony was used as black eyeliner).
- The Shocking Literal Meaning: The name is actually a compound word:
- Qeren (קֶרֶן): Means “horn,” “power,” or “strength.” This term is often used symbolically for authority and might.
- Happūḵ (הַפּוּךְ): This is the truly shocking part. It is not just “antimony.” The root of this word means “to turn over,” “to overturn,” or “to subvert.”
2. The Prophetic Implication
When you combine the literal meanings, the name translates to “Horn of Overturning” or “Power of Subversion.”
- Before Restoration: Job’s original suffering was the ultimate subversion—a world where the righteous suffer and the wicked thrive. His world was completely overturned by chaos and satanic malice.
- The Daughter’s Prophecy: By naming his daughter “Horn of Overturning,” Job prophetically declares that the final state of his restoration will be one where God’s power will overturn the subversion that caused his suffering. It’s a declaration that the final, righteous judgment will undo the chaos of the temporary evil age.
The daughter’s beauty foreshadows the beauty of the final, righteous world that God creates by overturning the work of the Adversary. The name itself is a miniature prophecy of the Second Coming—a time when God’s power definitively reverses the chaos and restores order.
3. The Eschatological Tie
Keren-happuch is not just a beautiful child; she is a theological marker placed at the conclusion of Job’s story. She assures us that the purpose of the Lord’s Return is not just to reward the righteous, but to use His ultimate authority (Horn) to definitively overturn (Happuch) every injustice and subversion that occurred during the age of suffering.
The Return Question
If the ultimate restoration is guaranteed by the ‘Horn of Overturning,’ what specific injustice or ‘subversion’ in your own life are you still trying to fix with your own strength, instead of resting in God’s guaranteed power to overturn the chaos at the end of the age?