ヨブ記 2:9-13 JC

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 2:10

But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh ; rather, as one of the vile (or impious ) women speaketh. Nabal , the term used, is expressive, not of mere natural folly, but of that perversion of the intellect which comes on men when their hearts and understandings are corrupted and degraded.. (see 2 Samuel 13:13 ; Psalms 14:1 ; Isaiah 32:6 ). What? shall we receive good at the hand of God and shall we not receive evil? Job remembers all the good... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 2:11

Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him . It is not to be supposed that Job had no more than three friends—indeed, Elihu the Buzzite appears later on as one of his friends ( Job 32:2-6 )—but he had three contemporaries with whom he was especially intimate, old men ( Job 32:6 ), with whom he was probably accustomed to confer from time to time, and who were in the habit of giving him their advice. All three, apparently, lived at a distance; and it seems... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 2:11-13

The patriarch's third trial; or the coming of the friends. I. THE HONOURABLE NAMES THEY BORE . 1 . Eliphaz the Temanite. Probably a descendant of Teman, the son of Eliphaz, the son of Esau by his wife Adah ( Genesis 36:10 , Genesis 36:11 ; 1 Chronicles 1:35 , 1 Chronicles 1:36 ); belonging to the race of Teman, which extended over a considerable portion of Arabia, about midway between Palestine and the Euphrates; very likely the oldest of the three friends. 2 . ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 2:11-13

A picture of friendship. In this short section we have a beautiful picture of true friendship in its prompt sympathy, its ready offices. The three intimate friends of Job, on hearing of his troubles, arrange to visit him and offer the comfort of their presence and condolence. We are reminded— I. OF THE BLESSING OF FRIENDSHIP . Sympathy is the indispensable need of the heart. It deepens the colour of all our pleasures; it throws a gleam of light athwart our deepest gloom.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 2:11-13

Human impotence in presence of great sorrow. The prompting of pure and faithful friendship leads Job's friends to hurry to his help. They "come to mourn with him and to comfort him." When yet afar off they lift up their eyes and behold their friend. But, alas! disease has wrought so great a change in him that they know him not. Then "they lifted up their voice, and wept." In their wild, ungoverned passionate grief "they rent every one his mantle," and seizing the dust of the ground they... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 2:11-13

Job's comforters. We now enter on a new scene, one that prepares for the main action of the drama. Hitherto the court of heaven, the roving errands of Satan, the personal and domestic afflictions of Job, have engaged our attention. Now the light of the larger human world is let in on this scene. Job is not in purgatory, shut off from companionship of living men. Indeed, his greatest trouble is yet to come from the blundering conduct of that companionship. I. TROUBLE SHOULD COLLECT ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 2:12

And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not . Job was seated on an ash-heap outside his dwelling (verse 8). The three friends, who had probably met by agreement at some point near his residence, and drew nigh together, saw the figure at some distance, and looked to see who it was. But Job was so disfigured by the disease that they failed to recognize him. They lifted up their voice, and wept . In the clamorous manner of Orientals (comp. Herod; 2.14; 3.119; 8.99; 9.24; and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 2:13

So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights . Professor Lee supposes that this is not to be taken literally. "It means" he says, "that they sat with him a considerable length of time before they opened the question discussed in this book, not that they sat precisely seven days and seven nights, and said not so much as one word to him". But the period of" seven days" was appropriate to mournings ( Genesis 1:10 ; 2 Samuel 31:13; Ezekiel 3:15 ), and if they could... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 2:9

Then said his wife unto him - Some remarkable additions are made by the ancient versions to this passage. The Chaldee renders it, “and “Dinah” (דינה dı̂ynâh), his wife, said to him.” The author of that paraphrase seems to have supposed that Job lived in the time of Jacob, and had married his daughter Dinah; Genesis 30:21. Drusius says, that this was the opinion of the Hebrews, and quotes a declaration from the Gemara to this effect: “Job lived in the days of Jacob, and was born when the... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 2:9-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 2:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 2:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 2:11-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 2:11-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 2:11-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 2:11-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 2:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 2:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 2:9

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