Job 2:1
Again there was a day when the (a) sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and (b) Satan came also among them to present himself before the LORD. (a) That is, the angels, (Job 1:6). (b) Read (Job 1:6).... [ Continue Reading ]
Again there was a day when the (a) sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and (b) Satan came also among them to present himself before the LORD. (a) That is, the angels, (Job 1:6). (b) Read (Job 1:6).... [ 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, (c) although thou movedst me against (d) him, to destroy him without cause.... [ Continue Reading ]
And Satan answered the LORD, and said, (e) Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life. (e) By this he means that a man's own skin is dearer to him than another man's.... [ Continue Reading ]
But put forth thine hand now, and touch his (f) bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face. (f) Meaning, his own person.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he [is] in thine hand; but save (g) his life. (g) Thus Satan can go no further in punishing than God has limited him.... [ Continue Reading ]
So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore (h) boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown. (h) This sore was most vehement, with which God also plagued the Egyptians, (Exodus 9:9) and threatened to punish rebellious people, (Deuteronomy 28:27) so that this tempta... [ Continue Reading ]
And he took him a (i) potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes. (i) As destitute of all other help and means and wonderfully afflicted with the sorrow of his disease.... [ Continue Reading ]
Then said his (k) wife unto him, Dost thou (l) still retain thine integrity? (m) curse God, and die. (k) Satan uses the same instrument against Job, as he did against Adam. (l) Meaning, what do you gain from serving God, seeing he thus plagues you, as though he were your enemy? This is the most gr... [ 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 (n) receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his (o) lips. (n) That is, to be patient in adversity as we rejoice when he sends prosperity, and so to ackno... [ Continue Reading ]
Now when Job's three (p) 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. (p) Who were men o... [ 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 (q) dust upon their heads toward heaven. (q) This was also a ceremony which they used in those countries as the renting of their clothes in sign of... [ 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 (r) great. (r) And therefore thought that he would not have listened to their counsel.... [ Continue Reading ]