約伯記 1:4 RCUVTS

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 1:4

Banqueting. I. AN ANCIENT CUSTOM . II. A PERMISSIBLE ENJOYMENT . III. A NATURAL ACTION . IV. A DANGEROUS OCCUPATION . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 1:4-5

The sanctification of the home; or, parental priesthood. Parentage involves authority, responsibility, power, and honour. It imposes special spiritual or religious duties; it demands right personal conduct, as an example; prudent discipline and careful instruction. It is the duty of a father to protect his family, not from temporal evils only, but from spiritual; to provide for their temporal and spiritual needs. The religious duties of parents embrace— I. RELIGIOUS EXAMPLE . ... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 1:4

And his sons went and feasted in their houses - Dr. Good renders this, “and his sons went to hold a banquet house.” Tindal renders it, “made bankertea.” The Hebrew means, they went and made a “house-feast;” and the idea is, that they gave an entertainment in their dwellings, in the ordinary way in which such entertainments were made. The word used here (משׁתה mı̂shteh) is derived from שׁתה shâthâh, “to drink;” and then to drink together, to banquet. Schultens supposes that this was merely... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 1:4

Job 1:4. His sons went and feasted in their houses Or made a family feast, to testify and maintain their brotherly love. Every one his day Not every day of the week and of the year, which would have been burdensome to them all, and gross luxury, and which certainly such a holy man as Job would not have permitted; but each his appointed day, perhaps his birth- day, or the first day of the month. It is certain the same expression, יומו , jomo, his day, means his birth-day, Job 3:1. “The... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Job 1:1-22

1:1-2:13 SATAN TESTS JOBFrom prosperity to ruin (1:1-22)A popular belief in ancient times was that prosperity and well-being were proofs of godliness, but poverty and suffering were proofs of ungodliness. They were signs that God was either rewarding or punishing a person, according to whether that person’s life was good or bad. The book of Job contradicts this belief. Yet the prosperous and contented Job was indeed a godly person who was blameless in all that he did. He was concerned also for... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Job 1:4

one = man, as in Job 1:1 . his day. Probably = birthday. Compare Job 1:5 ; Job 3:3 .Genesis 40:20 . read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Job 1:4

Job 1:4. Every one his day— Schultens has shewn, that the word יומו iomo, imports his birth-day. So ch. Job 3:1. Job is said to have cursed his day; i.e. the day of his birth. The verse might be rendered, And his sons had a constant custom to make a family-feast, every one on his birth-day; and they sent and invited their three sisters, &c. Herodotus informs us, that the Orientals in general, and the Persians in particular, were remarkable for celebrating their birthdays with great... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Job 1:4

4. every one his day—namely, the birthday (Job 3:1). Implying the love and harmony of the members of the family, as contrasted with the ruin which soon broke up such a scene of happiness. The sisters are specified, as these feasts were not for revelry, which would be inconsistent with the presence of sisters. These latter were invited by the brothers, though they gave no invitations in return. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Job 1:1-5

A. Job’s Character 1:1-5Uz (Job 1:1) was probably southeast of the Dead Sea (cf. Job 1:3; Job 1:14; Job 1:19; Job 42:12). [Note: See Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible, s.v. "Uz," by G. Frederick Owen.] Some scholars place it in Bashan south of Damascus, but the writer of Lamentations (probably Jeremiah) associated the land of Uz with Edom (Lamentations 4:21). References to customs, geography, and natural history elsewhere in the book support this general location (cf. Jeremiah... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Job 1:1-22

The PrologueJob 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 subsequent trials, which are permitted by God in order to test and confirm His servant’s righteousness, and to show to angels and men that a man may serve God for His own sake and not from self-interest. So far from being dependent on outside conditions the true servant of God will endure the severest... read more