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Verse Job 2:3. _TO DESTROY HIM WITHOUT CAUSE._] Thou wishedst me to
permit thee to destroy a man whose sins have not called for so heavy a
judgment. This seems to be the meaning of this saying. The o...
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HAST THOU CONSIDERED - Notes, Job 1:8.
THAT THERE IS NONE LIKE HIM IN THE EARTH - The same addition is made
here by the Septuagint which occurs in Job 1:1; see the notes at that
verse.
And still he h...
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CHAPTER 2:1-10
_ 1. Jehovah's second challenge and Satan's answer (Job 2:1)_
2. Job stricken (Job 2:7)
3. Job's wife, Job's answer and victory (Job 2:9)
Job 2
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THE NARRATIVE OF THE SECOND CONVERSATION BETWEEN YAHWEH AND THE SATAN
AND ITS ISSUES. Again the heavenly council comes together, and Yahweh
reproaches the Satan with instigating Him to bring undeserve...
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PERFECT AND AN UPRIGHT. See note on Job 1:1....
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_still he holdeth fast his integrity_ Or, HIS PERFECTNESS, see on Job
1:1. Satan had insinuated that Job's religiousness was interested, he
served God for the benefits He conferred. That he maintained...
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TO DESTROY HIM WITHOUT CAUSE— The most that can be meant by this
expression is, _without his desert,_ (according to the usual way of
speaking, for, strictly speaking, we all deserve hell;) or without...
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6. The second trialbodily suffering (Job 2:1-8)
TEXT 2:1-8
2 Again it came to pass on the day when the sons of God came to
present themselves before Jehovah, that Satan came also among them to
presen...
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_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 HOLDE...
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THE PROLOGUE (CONTINUED)
Job's second trial. He refuses to renounce God when afflicted with an
excruciating disease. Three friends come to comfort him....
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ALTHOUGH THOU MOVEDST, etc.] or, 'so that it was in vain thou movedst
me against him to destroy him.'
4, 5. SKIN FOR SKIN, etc.] The precise meaning of the proverb is
uncertain, but the general meanin...
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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.
CHAPTER 2
SATAN OPPOSES JOB AGAIN...
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These verses are similar to Job 1:7-8. But God also accused Satan at
the end of verse 3. God said that Satan had no reason to oppose Job.
Satan is cruel. He hates everyone who trusts God. But Satan i...
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וַ יֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֶל ־הַ שָּׂטָ֗ן
הֲ
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V.
THE DILEMMA OF FAITH
Job 2:1
As the drama proceeds to unfold the conflict between Divine grace in
the human soul and those chaotic influences which hold the mind in
doubt or drag it back into den...
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“AMONG THE ASHES”
Job 2:1
It gives God deep pleasure when He can point to one of His servants
who has borne fiery trial with unwavering patience and faith. The
adversary comes back from his restless,...
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Again the solemn council met, and again Satan was present. The Most
High uttered the same estimate of His servant as before, adding
thereto a declaration of Job's victory in the conflict which had tak...
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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 hold...
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_Simple. Plain-dealing, mild, and without guile. (St. Gregory)
(Worthington) --- Without cause. This may form a new sentence.
(Haydock) --- Thy proposal and attempts are vain. (Calmet) --- Job has
not...
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(2) 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. (3) And the LORD said unto Sat...
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From Riches to Ashes
I. INTRODUCTION
A. In our last study of the first Chapter of Job, we saw heavenly
beings gathered to give an account to the Lord - and satan was amongst
them!
1. satan accused...
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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...
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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?.... The same with...
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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 hold...
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_Hast thou considered_, &c. Hebrew, השׁמת לבךְ, _hashamta
libbecha, Hast thou set thy heart on my servant?_ &c. _And still he
holdeth fast his integrity_ Notwithstanding all his trials and
tribulation...
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And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered My servant Job,
namely, by concentrating his attention upon him, THAT THERE IS NONE
LIKE HIM IN THE EARTH, A PERFECT AND AN UPRIGHT MAN, ONE THAT FEA...
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JOB STRICKEN WITH A SEVERE DISEASE...
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SATAN INFLICTS BODILY SUFFERING ON HIM
(vv.1-10),
Another day comes when Satan presents himself to God among the sons of
God, and his response to God's first question was the same as in
Chapter 1. T...
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TO DESTROY HIM:
_ Heb._ to swallow him up...
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"HAVE YOU CONSIDERED MY SERVANT JOB….AND HE STILL HOLDS FAST HIS
INTEGRITY": Yes Satan, remember what you said about Job and how you
slandered him and accused him of being. fair weather friend.
"Intru...
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STILL, notwithstanding all his trials and tribulations, and thy
malicious suggestion to the contrary, he holdeth fast his integrity,
i.e. he continues to be the same perfect and upright man which he w...
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FEARETH
(_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 19:9). _...
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CONTENTS: Job in Satan's seive. Family, property and health gone. His
three friends.
CHARACTERS: God, Job, Satan, Eliphaz, Bildad, Zophar.
CONCLUSION: One of the greatest evidences of God's love to t...
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Job 2:1. _There was a day when the sons of God &c._ As on the former
chapter, Job 2:6.
Job 2:4. _Skin for skin._ Septuagint, “skin after skin.” Men's
riches in the first periods of society very much c...
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_Still he holdeth fast his integrity._
A COMMENDATION OF JOB’S INTEGRITY
1. Constancy in piety, notwithstanding the sharp temptations of an
afflicted condition, is a singular commendation in God’s es...
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_And Satan came also among them._
SPIRITUAL AGENCIES, GOOD AND EVIL, IN SICKNESS
This is one of those mysterious Chapter s of Holy Scripture wherein
God hath graciously vouchsafed, for the strengthen...
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 2:1 Job’s second test is like the first (Job 1:6),
but includes an attack on his health.
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 2:3 The Lord points out to Satan that even after all
that has happened to him, Job STILL HOLDS FAST HIS INTEGRITY. His
grief, worship, and profession of faith in Job 1:20 are a
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NOTES
Job 2:4. “_Skin for skin; yea, all that a man hath will he give for
his life_.” The expression “skin for skin” acknowledged to be a
proverbial one. Its precise meaning not so obvious, though its...
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EXPOSITION
JOB 2:1
This chapter concludes the "Introductory section." It consists of
three parts. Job 2:1 contain an account of Satan's second appearance
in the courts of heaven, and of a second coll...
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So back again to the heavenly scene.
Another day and again the sons of God are presenting themselves before
Jehovah, and Satan is coming with them to present himself before the
LORD (Job 2:1).
I hav...
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1 Peter 1:7; 1 Peter 5:10; 2 Samuel 20:20; Genesis 6:9; James 1:12;...
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HEAVEN'S CONTROVERSY CONCERNING JOB
Job 2:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
1. God's everlasting eye watches over His children. When Satan made
his second entrance into the presence of God, he discovered that t...
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Still — Notwithstanding all his afflictions, and thy suggestion to
the contrary. Movedst — This, as the rest of this representation, is
not to be understood literally: But the design is to signify bot...