Job 2:12

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 2:12

Job 2:12. When they lifted up their eyes afar off Namely, at some convenient distance from him; whom they found sitting upon the ground, probably in the open air. And knew him not His countenance being so dreadfully changed and disfigured by the ulcers. They lifted up their voice and wept Through their sympathy with him, and great grief for his heavy affliction. And they rent every one his mantle As it was usual for people to do in great and sudden calamities. And sprinkled dust on... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Job 2:1-13

Job’s loathsome disease (2:1-13)Not accepting defeat, Satan still claimed that Job was concerned only for himself. He would sacrifice his possessions, and even his family, provided he himself avoided suffering. He would sacrifice their skin to save his own (2:1-5). God again accepted Satan’s challenge, this time allowing him to attack Job’s body (6). Satan therefore afflicted Job with the most painful and loathsome disease. The faith of Job’s wife failed, but Job’s faith did not, even though he... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Job 2:12

12. toward heaven—They threw ashes violently upwards, that they might fall on their heads and cover them—the deepest mourning (Joshua 7:6; Acts 22:23). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Job 2:11-13

C. Job’s Comforters 2:11-13Actually, four men came to visit Job, though the writer did not mention Elihu’s presence until chapter 32. Eliphaz seems to have been the eldest for several reasons. His name occurs first (Job 2:11; Job 42:9), he spoke before the others, his speeches are longer and more mature, and God spoke to him as the representative of the others (Job 42:7). Eliphaz is an Edomite name (Genesis 36:4). He was probably either from Teman in Edom (cf. Jeremiah 49:7; Obadiah 1:9) or... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Job 2:1-13

The Prologue (continued)Job’s second trial. He refuses to renounce God when afflicted with an excruciating disease. Three friends come to comfort him.3. Although thou movedst, etc.] or, ’so that it was in vain thou movedst me against him to destroy him.’4, 5. Skin for skin, etc.] The precise meaning of the proverb is uncertain, but the general meaning seems to be that as long as a man does not suffer in his own person he will gladly bear the sacrifice of everything else (’skin for skin’). But... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Job 2:12

(12) And knew him not.—Compare the converse statement descriptive of the love of mm who could recognise his lost son under a disguise as great as that of Job, or even greater (Luke 15:20). read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Job 2:1-13

Job 2:3 Compare Lord Cockburn's description of Robert Blair in his Memorials (p. 132): 'He was all honesty. The sudden opening of the whole secrets of his heart would not have disclosed a single speck of dishonour.' Reference. II. 3. F. W. Farrar, Everyday Christian Life, p. 110. Job 2:4 With man also as well as with the animals, says Martineau, 'Death is the evil from which he most shrinks himself, and which he most deplores for those he loves; it is the utmost that he can inflict upon his... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Job 2:1-13

V.THE DILEMMA OF FAITHJob 2:1-13As the drama proceeds to unfold the conflict between Divine grace in the human soul and those chaotic influences which hold the mind in doubt or drag it back into denial, Job becomes a type of the righteous sufferer, the servant of God in the hot furnace of affliction. All true poetry runs thus into the typical. The interest of the movement depends on the representative character of the life, passionate in jealousy, indignation, grief, or ambition, pressing on... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Job 2:11-13

III. THE CONTROVERSY BETWEEN JOB AND HIS FRIENDS 1. First Series of Controversies CHAPTER 2:11-13 The Friends’ Arrival Job 2:11-13 . We now enter upon the main section of the book. The dark shadow of the accuser of the brethren has disappeared and in his place Job’s three friends appear upon the scene. The news of the awful misfortunes had reached them; they made an appointment together to mourn with him and to comfort him. As they are now taking a prominent part in this drama we must examine... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Job 2:12

2:12 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 {q} dust upon their heads toward heaven.(q) This was also a ceremony which they used in those countries as the renting of their clothes in sign of sorrow etc. read more