約伯記 2:7-10 RCUVTS

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 2:1-13

This chapter concludes the "Introductory section." It consists of three parts. Job 2:1-6 contain an account of Satan's second appearance in the courts of heaven, and of a second colloquy between him and the Almighty. Job 2:7-10 contain the sequel to this colloquy, viz. Satan's further affliction of Job, and his conduct under it. Verses 11-13 contain an account of the arrival of Job's three special friends to mourn with him and to comfort him; and of their behavior during the first... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Job 2:7

So went Satan forth from the presence of the Lord (comp. Job 1:12 , ad fin. ) . Satan, we may be sure, is always anxious to quit the immediate presence of God; for "what communion hath light with darkness?" ( 2 Corinthians 6:14 ). But now he had a special motive for haste in his anxiety to put Job to the test. Doubtless he was confident that he would triumph. And smote Job with sore boils . "With a malignant inflammation" (Lee). It has been generally concluded, from the scattered... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Job 2:7-8

Job's leprosy. Satan has now obtained permission to go a step further, and lay his hand on the person of God's servant. He uses the new privilege with skilful ingenuity, selecting the most horrible and loathsome disease, and smiting Job with the worst form of leprosy—elephantiasis. I. THE MISERY OF THE INFLICTION . 1 . It touches the man himself. Hitherto the blows have fallen on his outer world, though, indeed, they have come very near to him in striking his children.... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Job 2:7-10

The patriarch's second trial. I. THE TWOFOLD ASSAULT UPON THE PATRIARCH . 1 . The infliction of a loathsome disease. (a) by wearing out his strength, and so rendering him more accessible to the entrance of diabolic temptations; (b) by making him an object of abhorrence to mankind, and so in a manner cutting him off from human sympathy; and (c) by leading him to regard his malady as a special visitation from Heaven, and so tempting him to entertain harsh thoughts... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Job 2:8

And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal . "The surface of the integuments," says Dr. Quain, "is often much inflamed, and sometimes discharges a serous ichor, or chyle-like fluid, according to the extent to which the lymphatics are engaged in the particular ease". This "serous or lymph-like fluid" is occasionally "acrid and offensive." Job seems to have used his potsherd to scrape it away . And he sat down among the ashes. Not as a curative process, or even as an alleviation... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Job 2:9

Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? Job's wife had said nothing when the other calamities had taken place—then she had "refrained her tongue, and kept silence," though probably with some difficulty. Now she can endure no longer. To see her husband so afflicted, and so patient under his afflictions, is more than she can bear. Her mind is weak and ill regulated, and she suffers herself to become Satan's ally and her husband's worst enemy. It is noticeable that... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Job 2:9

Husband and wife. I. THE WIFE 'S TEMPTATION . 1 . Its source . Job is now tempted by his own wile—by her who is nearest to him, and who should be almost his second self. Chrysostom asks, "Why did the devil leave him his wife?' and replies, "Because he thought her a good scourge by which to plague him more acutely than by any other means." Certainly the temptation which comes through one whom we love is the most powerful. Christ met the tempter in a favourite disciple. It is the... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Job 2:9-10

Job and his wife. I. A FOOLISH WOMAN . II. A FAITHFUL HUSBAND . III. A THANKFUL SAINT . IV. A SUBMISSIVE SUFFERER . read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Job 2:9-10

Four voices. I. THE VOICE OF FOLLY . "Curse God, and die." II. THE VOICE OF REBUKE . "Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh." III. THE VOICE OF GRATITUDE . "We receive good at the hand of the Lord." IV. THE VOICE OF SUBMISSION . "Shall we not receive evil?" read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 2:9-10

(along with Genesis 3:1-6 ). Job and Adam: a parallel and a contrast. I. A PARALLEL . 1 . Both were tempted. 2 . By Satan. 3 . Through their wives. 4 . To renounce their allegiance to God. II. A CONTRAST . 1 . In the times of their temptation. Adam when at the summit of felicity; Job when in the depth of misery. 2 . In the modes of their temptation. Adam, assailed by the thought that God had unjustly deprived him of good; Job, by the suggestion that God... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 2:1-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 2:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 2:7-8

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 2:7-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 2:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 2:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 2:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 2:9-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 2:9-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 2:9-10

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