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. UN JOUR - désigné pour les anges rendant compte de leur ministère auprès de Dieu. Les paroles pour se présenter devant le Seigneur se produise... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_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._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
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. INTÉGR... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life. PEAU POUR PEAU - un proverbe. Fournir "Il donnera". La peau est figurative pour tout bien extérieur. Rien d'extérieur n'est si cher qu'un homme ne l'échangera contre un autre bien extérieur;... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_BUT PUT FORTH THINE HAND NOW, AND TOUCH HIS BONE AND HIS FLESH, AND HE WILL CURSE THEE TO THY FACE._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life. MAIS SAUVEGARDEZ - plutôt, seulement en réserve. Satan montre son ingéniosité à infliger de la douleur, et aussi sa connaissance de ce que le corps de l'homme peut supporter sans blessure vitale.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
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. FURONCLES DOULOUREUX - furoncles malins. Plutôt, comme il est singulier en hébreu, une plaie brûlante, Job était couvert d'une inflammation universelle. C'était du tesson d'a... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes. UN TESSON - pas un morceau de vase en terre cassé, mais un instrument fait pour gratter (la racine du mot hébreu est scratch); la plaie était trop dégoûtante pour être touchée. «S'asseoir dans les cendres» marq... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die. MAUDISSEZ DIEU - renoncez plutôt à Dieu. Voir les notes à Job 1:1 - Job 1:22; Job 5:1 - Job 5:27, (Umbreit.) Gesenius traduit. 'Bénissez Dieu' (comme Job l'avait fait, Job 1:21, "Béni soit le nom du Seigneur... [ Continuer la lecture ]
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. LES FEMMES FOLLES. Le péché et la folie sont alliés dans les Écritures (1 Samuel 25:25; 2 Samuel 13:... [ Continuer la lecture ]
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. ELIPHAZ. L'opinion... [ Continuer la lecture ]
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. VERS LE CIEL. Ils ont jeté de violentes cendres vers le haut, afin de pouvoir tomber sur la tête et les couv... [ Continuer la lecture ]
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. SEPT JOURS ... NUITS. Ils ne sont pas restés dans la même posture et sans nourriture, etc., tout ce temps, mais pendant la majeure partie de cette pér... [ Continuer la lecture ]