Job 1:1-15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 1:7

And the Lord said unto Satan, whence comest thou ?.... This question is put, not as ignorant of the place from whence he came; for the omniscient God knows all persons and things, men and angels, and these good and bad, where they are, from whence they come, and what they do, see Genesis 3:9 but it is put either as being angry with him, and resenting his coming among the sons of God, and chiding him for it, as having no proper business there, like the question in Matthew 22:12 , or... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 1:8

And the Lord said unto Satan, hast thou considered my servant Job ,.... Or, "hast thou put thine heart on my servant" F16 השמת לבך על עבדי "nunquid posuisti cor tuum super servum meum", Pagninus, Montanus, Bolducius, Schmidt. ; not in a way of love and affection to him, to do him any good or service, there being an original and implacable enmity in this old serpent to the seed of the woman; but rather his heart was set upon him in a way of desire to have him in his hands, to do... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 1:9

Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, doth Job fear God for nought. Satan does not deny any part of Job's character, nor directly charge him with anyone sin; which shows what a holy man Job was, how exact in his life and conversation, that the devil could not allege any one thing against him; nor does he deny that he feared the Lord; nay, he owns it, only suggests there was a private reason for it; and this he dares not affirm, only puts it by way of question, giving an innuendo, which is... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 1:10

Hast not thou made an hedge about him ,.... A fence, a wall of protection all around him? he had; he encompassed him about with his love as with a shield, a hedge which could not be broken down by men or devils; he surrounded him with his almighty power, that none could hurt him; he guarded him by his providence, he caused his angels to encamp about him; yea, he himself was a wall of fire around him; the Targum interprets it the word of God: so thick was the hedge, so strong the fence, that... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 1:11

But put forth thine hand now ,.... With draw thine hand of providence, power, and protection, with which thou hast covered and screened him; and, instead of that, "send" F21 שלח "mitte", Pagninus, Montanus, Junius & Tremellius, Schmidt. forth thine afflicting hand, not barely in a way of chastisement and correction, but in wrath and vengeance, consuming and destroying all he had; and this he desires might be done now, immediately, without delay, while Job was in the midst of his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 1:12

And the Lord said unto Satan, behold, all that he hath is in thy power ,.... This he said not as angry and displeased with Job, or as entertaining any ill opinion of him through the suggestions of Satan, nor as gratifying that evil spirit; but in order to convince and confound him, and to try the grace of Job, that he might shine the brighter; and it may be observed, that the Lord alone had the sovereign dispose of all that Job had, and that Satan could have no power over him or his, but... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 1:13

And there was a day ,.... Which according to the Targum was the first day of the week, but this is not certain, nor material; nor can it be said whether it was the day following that, Satan had leave to do what he would with Job's substance, nor how long this was after that; for though Satan was no doubt eager upon it, and in haste to do mischief; yet besides its requiring some time to get the Sabeans and Chaldeans to march out of their own country into Job's, so he would contrive and fix... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 1:14

And there came a messenger unto Job ,.... Not a messenger of Satan, as Jarchi, or one of his angels, or evil spirits; though this is a sense which is embraced not only by some Jewish Rabbins, but by several of the ancient Christian writers, as Sanctius on the place observes; and such they suppose the other messengers after mentioned were; but both this and they were servants of Job, who escaped the calamity that came upon the rest of their fellow servants: and said, the oxen were... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 1:15

And the Sabeans fell upon them ,.... Or, "Sheba fell" F5 ותפל שבא "et delapsa est Seba", Montanus, Bolducius; "et irruit Sheba", Schmidt, Cocceius. ; that is, as Aben Ezra and Simeon Bar Tzemach supply it, an host of the Sabeans, or a company of them; these were not the descendants of that Sheba that sprung from Ham, Genesis 10:7 nor of him that came from Shem, Genesis 10:28 , but from Sheba, the son of Jokshan, a son of Abraham by Keturah, who with the rest of her sons were... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 1:1

In the land of Uz - This country was situated in Idumea, or the land of Edom, in Arabia Petraea, of which it comprised a very large district. See the preface. Whose name was Job - The original is איוב Aiyob ; and this orthography is followed by the Chaldee, Syriac, and Arabic. From the Vulgate we borrow Job, not very dissimilar from the Ιωβ Iob of the Septuagint. The name signifies sorrowful, or he that weeps. He is supposed to have been called Jobab. See more in the preface. ... read more

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