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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Job 1:16

The fire of God. — Whether or not we understand this phrase as in the margin, it can hardly mean anything else than lightning. (Comp. Genesis 19:24, and 2 Kings 1:10.) It is characteristic of the Old Testament poetry to see in the convulsions of nature the immediate action of the Most High; but perhaps it is intended throughout Job that we should see more than this, as the book undoubtedly assumes to be the record of a Divine revelation.

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See also Job 1:16 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Job 1:16. _THE FIRE OF GOD IS FALLEN_] Though _the fire of God_ may mean a _great_, a _tremendous_ fire, yet it is most natural to suppose _lightning_ is meant; for as _thunder_ was considered...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    WHILE HE WAS YET SPEAKING - All this indicates the rapidity of the movement of Satan, and his desire to “overwhelm” Job with the suddenness and greatness of his calamities. The. object seems to have b...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    II. THE CONTROVERSY BETWEEN JEHOVAH AND SATAN AND THE RESULTS CHAPTER 1:6-22 _ 1. A scene in heaven, Jehovah's challenge and Satan's, accusation (Job 1:6)_ 2. Satan's power manifested (Job 1:13) 3...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    JOB'S MISFORTUNE. The activity of the Satan is depicted, though he himself remains invisible. Between Job 1:12 and Job 1:13 there is an interval, an ominous silence like that which precedes the storm....

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    THE FIRST STROKE.The asses were feeding, a touch reflecting an absolute peace. The Sabeans are the Bedouin, Saba (1 Kings 10*) being S. Arabia. Job 1:16. The second stroke. The fire of God is the lig...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    WHILE HE WAS YET SPEAKING. Repeated three times to show the rapidity and vehemence of Satan's assault. THE FIRE OF GOD. A fire of Elohim. Figure of speech _Enallage_ (App-6). a great (or terrible) fi...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Job's first trial; and its issue: his reverence towards God remains unshaken Between Job 1:12 there is an interval, an ominous stillness like that which precedes the storm. The poet has drawn aside t...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The second stroke. The fire of God can hardly have been the sultry, poisonous Samoom, or hot wind of the desert, nor any rain of sulphur such as destroyed Sodom, but was most likely lightning; see 1 K...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    4. The first trialloss of possessions and loved ones (Job 1:13-19) TEXT 1:13-19 (13) And it fell on a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _WHILE HE WAS YET SPEAKING, THERE CAME ALSO ANOTHER, AND SAID, THE FIRE OF GOD IS FALLEN FROM HEAVEN, AND_ _ WHILE HE WAS YET SPEAKING, THERE CAME ALSO ANOTHER, AND SAID, THE FIRE OF GOD IS FALLEN FRO...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:16 sheep (c-22) 'Small cattle,' applying equally to both sheep and goats'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE FIRE OF GOD] i.e. lightning....

  • 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, 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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    The servants in verses 14-17 announced that Job had lost all his possessions. Job’s sheep died in a terrible fire. Enemies stole Job’s camels. Other enemies took Job’s oxen (farm animals) and his donk...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    עֹ֣וד ׀ זֶ֣ה מְדַבֵּ֗ר וְ זֶה֮ בָּ֣א וַ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    IV. THE SHADOW OF GOD'S HAND Job 1:13 COMING now to the sudden and terrible changes which are to prove the faithfulness of the servant of God, we must not fail to observe that in the development of...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    STRIPPED OF EVERY POSSESSION Job 1:13 There are dark days in our lives, when messenger follows on the heel of messenger, and we sit down amid the ruins of our happiness. All that made life gay and b...

  • 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

    While he [was] yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The (y) fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alon...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Heaven, or the air, where the devils exercise a power, Ephesians ii. 2._...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (13) В¶ And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house: (14) And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, an...

  • 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

    WHILE HE WAS YET SPEAKING, THERE CAME ALSO ANOTHER,.... Another messenger, one of Job's servants, from another part of his fields where his sheep were grazing, and was one of those that kept them; he...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    While he [was] yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to...

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

    _While he was yet speaking_ Before the former had done speaking, or Job could have time to compose his disturbed mind, and to digest his former loss; _there came also another_ Another messenger of evi...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    While he was yet speaking, before he had even finished his message of misfortune, THERE CAME ALSO ANOTHER AND SAID, THE FIRE OF GOD, evidently a shower of fire and brimstone, IS FALLEN FROM HEAVEN AND...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Job's Great Affliction...

  • 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...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    THE FIRE OF GOD: Or, A great fire...

  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

    "THE FIRE OF GOD": This is not. reference to Divine wrath, but probably refers to lightening. In this section we learn that Satan, when given latitude, can move both men and nature to serve his purpos...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    13-19 Satan brought Job's troubles upon him on the day that his children began their course of feasting. The troubles all came upon Job at once; while one messenger of evil tidings was speaking, anoth...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    WHILE HE WAS YET SPEAKING; before he could have time to compose his disturbed mind, and to digest his former loss, or indeed to swallow his spittle, as he expresseth it, JOB 7:19. THE FIRE OF GOD; a t...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Job 1:16 speaking H1696 (H8764) came H935 (H8802) said H559 (H8799) fire H784 God H430 fell H53

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Job 1:6. _Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them._ Angels and all kinds of intelligent spirits had, as it were, a special,...

  • 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...

  • 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

    _While he was yet speaking there came also another._ THE CALAMITIES OF JOB I. Many agents are watching for opportunities to injure us, but are restrained by the power of God. These may be divided int...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _So Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord _ THE FOE OF FOES I. The enthusiasm of his malignity. No sooner does he receive permission than he begins in terrible earnestness. He does not seem...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JOB—NOTE ON JOB 1:13 Job’s troubles come from multiple directions in rapid succession. The SABEANS come from the south (v. Job 1:15), the FIRE fro

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _FOURTH PART OF INTRODUCTION.—INFLICTION OF THE TRIAL_ I. Occasion of the trial (Job 1:13). “There was a day.” Satan watches for the time best suited for his designs. The occasion chosen that the tri...

  • 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 Kings 18:38; 1 Samuel 14:15; 2 Kings 1:10; 2 Kings 1:12; 2 Kings 1:

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    The fire of God — As thunder is the voice of God, so lightning is his fire. How terrible then were the tidings of this destruction, which came immediately from the hand of God! And seemed to shew, tha...

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