Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the LORD. Ver. 1. _Again there was a day_] Whether the next day, or the next sabbath day, or the next first, day of the year (which is God's day of general... [ Continue Reading ]
And the LORD said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it. Ver. 2. _And the Lord said unto Satan, &c._] See Job 1:7 . _ From going to and fro in the earth_] In heaven he comes not; into that... [ Continue Reading ]
And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that [there is] none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause. Ver. 3.... [ Continue Reading ]
And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life. Ver. 4. _And Satan answered the Lord_] This impudent adversary had yet an answer in his mouth, and would not be so set down. Of him and his agents (those false teachers, as the apostle calleth... [ Continue Reading ]
But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face. _Ver 5. But put forth thine hand now_] _See Trapp on "_ Job 1:11 _"_ This God did at Satan's motion, yet _non ad exitium Iobi, sed ad exercitium; _ not for the destruction of Job but his training, Jo... [ Continue Reading ]
And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he [is] in thine hand; but save his life. Ver. 6. _And the Lord said unto Satan_] Who hath his request: it is not always a mercy to have what we wish. _Deus saepe dat iratus, quod negat propitius._ God often gives wrath because he denies his favour. Be sure we... [ Continue Reading ]
So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown. Ver. 7. _So went Satan forth from the presence of the Lord_] The like is said of Cain, when he meditated the murder of his innocent brother, and went to put it in practice. Mal... [ Continue Reading ]
And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes. Ver. 8. _And he took him a potsherd_] A piece of a broken pot, for want of better; ointments he had none, nor baths, to lenify his soreness. Physicians and friends were far from him. He looked on his right band, a... [ Continue Reading ]
Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die. Ver. 9. _Then said his wife_] Was this Dinah, Jacob's only daughter? So the Jewish doctors say; and that Job had a fair daughter by her, whom Potipher married; and that of her came Asenaz, whom Joseph married.... [ Continue Reading ]
But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips. Ver. 10. _But he said unto her_] He did not start up, and lay upon her with his unmanly fist (Chrysosto... [ Continue Reading ]
Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him. Ver. 11. And when Job'... [ Continue Reading ]
And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven. Ver. 12. _And when they lift up their eyes afar off_] Hence some conclude that Job lay abroad, as lepers used.... [ Continue Reading ]
So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that [his] grief was very great. Ver. 13. _So they sat down with him on the ground_] Though his scent and loathsomeness were intolerable, yet they bare him company; this was love and... [ Continue Reading ]