Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Job 1:6-22
1. The first test 1:6-22These verses reveal that angels ("sons of God," Job 1:6), including Satan, periodically report to God on their activities. Satan was doing then what he did in the Garden of Eden and still does today, namely, "seeking whom he may devour" (1 Peter 5:8). [Note: For a summary of what the Book of Job teaches about angels, see ibid., p. 232. See too Sydney H. T. Page, "Satan: God’s Servant," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 50:3 (September 2007):449-65.] In Eden,... read more
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Job 1:15
15. Sabeans—not those of Arabia-Felix, but those of Arabia-Deserta, descending from Sheba, grandson of Abraham and Keturah ( :-). The Bedouin Arabs of the present day resemble, in marauding habits, these Sabeans (compare :-). I alone am escaped—cunningly contrived by Satan. One in each case escapes (Job 1:16; Job 1:17; Job 1:19), and brings the same kind of message. This was to overwhelm Job, and leave him no time to recover from the rapid succession of calamities—"misfortunes seldom come... read more