Job 2:13

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 2:13

Job 2:13. So they sat down with him upon the ground In the same mournful posture wherein they found him, which indeed was the usual posture of mourners, condoling with him. Sitting on the ground, in the language of the eastern people, signifies their passing the time in the deepest mourning. Seven days and seven nights Which was the usual time of mourning for the dead, Genesis 50:10; 1 Samuel 31:13, and therefore proper, both for Job’s children, who were dead, and for Job himself, who... 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

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Job 2:13

Job 2:13. So they sat down with him upon the ground— The circumstance of Job's lying in the ashes, and his three friends with him, for seven days and seven nights together, without speaking, though it has the same poetical aspect with some other circumstances in the history, yet might be literally true, and agreeable, to the manners of those ancient times, for any thing we know to the contrary, though we should understand it of an absolute silence. A long silence is a very natural effect of an... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Job 2:13

13. seven days . . . nights—They did not remain in the same posture and without food, c., all this time, but for most of this period daily and nightly. Sitting on the earth marked mourning (Lamentations 2:10). Seven days was the usual length of it (Genesis 50:10 1 Samuel 31:13). This silence may have been due to a rising suspicion of evil in Job; but chiefly because it is only ordinary griefs that find vent in language; extraordinary griefs are too great for utterance. 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 2:13

(13) So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days.—Compare the conduct of David (2 Samuel 12:16), and see also Genesis 1:10; 1 Samuel 31:13; Ezekiel 3:15. There is a colossal grandeur about this description which is in keeping with the majesty and hoary antiquity of the poem. 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

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