Job 1:15-17 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 1:13-22

The first trial of the patriarch. I. THE PREPARATION FOR THE TRIAL . The patriarch at the height of his prosperity. The season pitched upon for making an assault upon the patriarch was a day of: 1 . Festive rejoicing ; when the patriarch's family were convened at a banquet of unusual magnificence, "eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house;" such a sumptuous entertainment doubtless as became the firstborn to provide. 2 . Busy industry ; when the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 1:13-22

The invasion of trouble, and its first effect on Job. The lessons on which we have been dwelling, and on which Job had doubtless deeply meditated in the leisure of his prosperous days, were now to receive the illustration of actual experience. A series of waves breaks in upon his peaceful home and heart, and, in the space of a few short hours, turns the smiling scene into utter desolation. We may notice in the story the following points: the calamities of Job, and their first effect upon his... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 1:15

And the Sabeans (literally, Sheba) fell upon them, and took them away . The Sabeans were the principal people of Arabia in ancient times, and the name seems to be used sometimes in the general sense of "Arabs" (see Psalms 72:10 , Psalms 72:15 ; Jeremiah 6:20 ). We may suppose that hem, either the general sense is intended, or, if the specific one, then that, at the date whereto the story of Job belongs, there were Sabeans in Eastern as well as in Southern Arabia, in the neighbourhood... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 1:16

While he was yet speaking ; literally, he yet speaking ; ἔτι τούτον λαλοῦντος , LXX . The writer hurries his words to express the rapidity with which one announcement followed another (see Job 1:17 , Job 1:18 ). There came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven. "The fire of God" is undoubtedly lightning (comp. Numbers 11:1-3 ; 2 Kings 1:10 , 2 Kings 1:14 ; Psalms 78:21 ). This Satan, under permission, might wield, as being "the prince of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 1:17

While he was yet speaking, there came also another (see the comment on Job 1:16 ). The exact repetition of a clause, without the alteration of a word or a letter, is very archaic (comp. Genesis 1:4 , Genesis 1:8 , Genesis 1:13 , Genesis 1:19 , Genesis 1:23 , Genesis 1:31 ; and for another repetition, Genesis 1:10 , Genesis 1:12 , Genesis 1:18 , Genesis 1:21 , Genesis 1:25 ). And said, The Chaldeans ; literally, the Casdim ( כַשְׂדִים ), which is the word... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 1:15

And the Sabeans - Hebrew שׁבא shebâ', Vulgate, “Suboei.” The Septuagint gives a paraphrase, καὶ ἐλθόντες οἱ αἰχμαλωτεύοντες ἠχμαλώτευσαν kai elthonia hoi aichmalōteuontes ēchmalōteusan, “And the plunderers coming, plundered them,” or made them captive. On the situation of Sheba and Seba, see Isaiah 43:3, note; Isaiah 45:14, note; Isaiah 9:6, note. The people here referred to were, undoubtedly, inhabitants of some part of Arabia Felix. There are three persons of the name of Sheba... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 1:16

While he was yet speaking - All this indicates the rapidity of the movement of Satan, and his desire to “overwhelm” Job with the suddenness and greatness of his calamities. The. object seems to have been to give him no time to recover from the shock of one form of trial before another came upon him. If an interval had been given him he might have rallied his strength to bear his trials; but afflictions are much more difficult to be borne when they come in rapid succession. - It is not a very... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 1:17

The Chaldeans - The Septuagint translates this, αἱ ἱππεῖς hai hippeis), “the horsemen.” Why they thus expressed it is unknown. It may be possible that the Chaldeans were supposed to be distinguished as horsemen, and were principally known as such in their predatory excursions. But it is impossible to account for all the changes made by the Septuagint in the text. Tho Syriac and the Chaldee render it correctly, “Chaldeans.” The Chaldeans (Hebrew כשׂדים kaśdı̂ym) were the ancient inhabitants... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 1:14-15

Job 1:14-15. And the asses feeding beside them That is, beside the oxen. And the Sabeans fell upon them A people of Arabia, who led a wandering life, and lived by robbery and plunder, as Strabo and other heathen writers observe. They were the descendants of Abraham by Keturah, whose son Jokshan begat Sheba, their progenitor. Indeed, the Hebrew here is, Sheba fell upon them; and took them away The whole five hundred yoke of oxen, and the five hundred asses which he had. Yea, they have... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 1:16

Job 1:16. While he was yet speaking Before the former had done speaking, or Job could have time to compose his disturbed mind, and to digest his former loss; there came also another Another messenger of evil tidings; and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven Not ordinary lightning, which could scarcely have destroyed seven thousand sheep at once; but an extraordinary, terrible, and widely-spreading flame or fire, issuing from the air, accompanied, probably, by a dreadful storm of... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 1:13-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 1:13-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 1:15

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 1:16

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 1:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 1:15

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 1:16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 1:17

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 1:14-15

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 1:16

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