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Job 1:1-13

Job 1:1 Prologue: Job’s Character and the Circumstances of His Test. The book opens by introducing Job as blameless and upright. He is blessed with family and possessions. His life embodies faith in God both for himself and on behalf of his family (Job 1:1). The author then describes conversations between God and Satan as Satan requests permission to test Job’s character by afflicting him (Job 1:6). The author then describes how Job’s three friends hear of his suffering and come to offer sympathy and comfort (Job 2:11). This creates the context for the rest of the book.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    THE BOOK OF JOB As the time in which Job lived is so very uncertain, (see the _preface_, and the _observations_ at the end of the notes on the first chapter,) Job 1:22 the date found in our common E...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THERE WAS A MAN - This has all the appearance of being a true history. Many have regarded the whole book as a fiction, and have supposed that no such person as Job ever lived. But the book opens with...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. THE INTRODUCTION Job 1:1. We are at once introduced to the leading person of this book. “There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job and that man was perfect and...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    JOB 1:1 describes Job, his piety and good fortune. The literal translation of the opening words would be Once upon a time there was a man. The use of the perfect denotes that we are dealing not with h...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    THERE WAS. MAN. A man came to be. This settles the question as to the historical fact. was. came to be. See note on p. 666. MAN. Hebrew. _'ish._ App-14. UZ. In Genesis 22:20; Genesis 22:21, immediate...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Job 1:1-3. Job's name and abode; his piety, and consequent family felicity and worldly prosperity 1. _the land of Uz_ This word occurs several times in the Old Testament: (1) as the name of a son of A...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    THE BOOK OF JOB. THERE is, perhaps, no book of Scripture, that has so much divided interpreters, and afforded such a field of controversy, as the book of JOB: some supposing it of the remotest antiqu...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    PROLOGUE TO THE GREAT TESTING _MYSTERY OF SILENCE JOB:_ MIRROR OF MODERN MANJob 1:1, Job 2:13 1. Job's wealth and piety (Job 1:1-5) TEXT 1:1-5 1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Jo...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _THERE WAS A MAN IN THE LAND OF UZ, WHOSE NAME WAS JOB; AND THAT MAN WAS PERFECT AND UPRIGHT, AND ONE THAT FEARED GOD, AND ESCHEWED EVIL._ Uz - north of Arabia Deserta, lying toward the Euphrates; it...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:1 Uz (a-9) See Lamentations 4:21 . perfect (b-18) Complete, lacking nothing; cf. 2 Samuel 22:24 ....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE LAND OF UZ] a district to the E. of Palestine, and near Arabia and Edom: cp. Jeremiah 25:20; Lamentations 4:21. The word Uz occurs (_a_) as the name of a son of Aram (Genesis 10:23); (_b_) as a de...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE PROLOGUE Job 1:2, which form the Prologue to the book, describe (_a_) the prosperity and piety of Job; (_b_) a scene in heaven in which the Satan questions the motives of his piety; and (_c_) his...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Job was a successful man. He was rich. And he was important. Everybody respected Job, because Job was wealthy. Job did deserve honour, but not because of his wealth. Job deserved honour because he re...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD Job _KEITH SIMONS_ Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible. This commentary has been through Advanced Checking. ABOUT THE BOOK OF JOB The Book of...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THERE WAS A MAN IN THE LAND OF UZ. — The first mention of this name is in Genesis 10:23, where Uz is said to have been one of the sons of Aram, who was one of the sons of Shem. (Comp. 1 Chronicles 1:1...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    אִ֛ישׁ הָיָ֥ה בְ אֶֽרֶץ ־ע֖וּץ אִיֹּ֣וב שְׁמֹ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    II. THE OPENING SCENE ON EARTH Job 1:1 THE land of Uz appears to have been a general name for the great Syro-Arabian desert. It is described vaguely as lying "east of Palestine and north of Edom," o...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    SATAN AIMS AT A HIGH MARK Job 1:1 Job is introduced as a man of large possessions, highly honored by all who knew him, and of unimpeachable integrity toward God. His piety was specially evinced in th...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    In magnificence of argument and beauty of style this Book is one of the grandest in the divine Library. The story of Job is presented in dramatic form. It opens with a picture of Job. He is seen in th...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    There was a man in the land of (a) Uz, whose name [was] Job; and that man was perfect and (b) upright, and (c) one that feared God, and eschewed evil. The Argument - In this history the example of pat...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Hus. The land of Hus was a part of Edom; as appears from Lamentations iv. 21. --- Simple. That is, innocent, sincere, and without guile, (Challoner) in opposition to hypocrites and double dealers. (C...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    CONTENTS The Book opens with an account of Job, his piety, riches, integrity, and religious care of his children. Next follows, an account of Satan's malice against Job, and his permission to tempt h...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _THE BOOK OF JOB_ ‘A man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job.’ Job 1:1 The authorship and date of the book of Job are problems yet unsolved. This only is certain, that it presents a picture of a...

  • John Brown Commentaries Selected Books of the Bible

    A Heavenly Meeting About a Good Man I. INTRODUCTION A. Job is the first of the poetical books which consist of Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon, and Lamentations. 1. But don't e...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 AND 2. In Job we have man put to the test; we might say, with our present knowledge, man renewed by grace, an upright man and righteous in his ways, in ord...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THERE WAS A MAN IN THE LAND OF UZ, WHOSE NAME WAS JOB,.... Of the signification of his name, see the introduction to the book. The place where he dwelt had its name not from Uz, a descendant of Shem,...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name [was] Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil. Ver. 1. _There was a man_] A notable man, a man by an excell...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job_ We have observed in the argument, that the firstborn son of Nahor, Abraham's brother, was called _Uz._ It appears also from Genesis 10:23, that...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    JOB'S WEALTH AND PIETY...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    There was a man in the land of Uz, in Northern Arabia, toward the Euphrates, WHOSE NAME WAS JOB, generally considered a descendant of Aram, Genesis 22:21, and therefore related to the patriarchs, alth...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    JOB, HIS FAMILY AND HIS PROMINENCE (vv.1-5) Uz is considered to have been in the area between Syria and Babylon. There Job lived with his wife, seven sons and three daughters. He is first spoken of...

  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

    "THERE WAS. MAN IN THE LAND OF UZ": The land of Uz is often identified with the territory of Edom, which was southeast of the Dead Sea (Lamentations 4:21). Some suggest that Uz was in Bashan, south of...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-5 Job was prosperous, and yet pious. Though it is hard and rare, it is not impossible for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven. By God's grace the temptations of worldly wealth may be ove...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    JOB CHAPTER 1 Job's country, and sincere holiness: his children; their feasts; and his religious care for them, JOB 1:1. Satan's appearance before God: God's character of Job, JOB 1:6. Satan imputeth...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Job 1:1 man H376 land H776 Uz H5780 name H8034 Job H347 man H376 blameless H8535 upright H3477 feared...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    LAND OF UZ A region at the south of Edom, and west of the Arabian desert, extending to Chaldea. UZ See (Jeremiah 25:20). FEAR (_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 19:9). _...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Job 1:1. _There was a man in the land of Uz,_ Job was a man indeed; a true man, a man of the highest type, for he was a man of God. Job 1:1. _Whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Job 1:1. _There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil._ That was Job's character before the trial which mad...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Job's family and their piety. Satan's challenge and the calamities that befell Job. CHARACTERS: God, Satan, Job. CONCLUSION: God allows Satan power over His saints but it is always limited...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Job 1:1. _The land of Uz._ Moses is always correct in calling countries after the name of the first possessor. Uz was in the east beyond Jordan, and south of mount Hermon. It fell to the lot of the ha...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job._ THE CHARACTER OF JOB There are serious and devout persons who regard the Book of Job as a work of imagination, and refer it to the age of Solo...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _FIRST PART OF PROSE INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OR POEM_ I. Job’s personality (Job 1:1). “There was a man,” &c. 1. _His actual existence_. Job a historic, not a fictitious character. Mentioned with Noa...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION The "Historical Introduction" to Job extends to two chapters. In the first we are given an account, firstly, of his outward circumstances—his abode, wealth, family, etc; and of his characte...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Shall we turn now to the book of Job, chapter 1. As we come to the book of Job, we actually enter into a new section of the Old Testament. As you know, the Old Testament is divided into different divi...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Chronicles 1:17; 1 Chronicles 1:42; 1 Peter 3:11; 2 Chronicles 31:20;...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    JOB CHALLENGED BY SATAN Job 1:1 _-Job 23:1_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS We begin today a series of studies on one of the most interesting characters of the Bible. He is Job, the man of patience. We remember...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Uz — Part of Arabia. Perfect — Not legally or exactly, but as to his sincere intentions, hearty affections, and diligent endeavours to perform all his duties to God and men. Upright — Heb. right, exac...

  • When Critics Ask: A Popular Handbook on Bible Difficulties, Norman L. Geisler and Thomas Howe, 1960

    If all are sinners, then how can Job be perfect? PROBLEM: God declared that Job was “blameless and upright, and one who feared God and shunned evil” (1:1). Yet the Bible insists that “there is none r...

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