Job 2:10

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Job 2:10

(10) Shall we receive good . . .?—The words were fuller than even Job thought; for merely to receive evil as from God’s hands is to transmute its character altogether, for then even calamities become blessings in disguise. What Job meant was that we are bound to expect evil as well as good from God’s hands by a sort of compensation and even-handed justice, but what his words may mean is a far more blessed truth than this. There is a sublime contrast between the temptation of Job and the... 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 2:1-10

CHAPTER 2:1-10 1. Jehovah’s second challenge and Satan’s answer (Job 2:1-6 ) 2. Job stricken (Job 2:7-8 ) 3. Job’s wife, Job’s answer and victory (Job 2:9-10 ) Job 2:1-6 . Once more the sons of God, and Satan among them, present themselves before the Lord. It must have been immediately after Job’s afflictions had come upon him. Probably the Lord called the assembly. The victory is on the Lord’s side. Satan is defeated and his defeat is known to the heavenly hosts, who undoubtedly watched... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Job 2:10

2:10 But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not {n} receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his {o} lips.(n) That is, to be patient in adversity as we rejoice when he sends prosperity, and so to acknowledge him to be both merciful and just.(o) He so bridled his desires that his tongue through impatience did not murmur against God. read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Job 2:1-13

SATAN INFLICTS BODILY SUFFERING ON HIM (vv.1-10), Another day comes when Satan presents himself to God among the sons of God, and his response to God's first question was the same as in Chapter 1. Then God faces him with the fact that Job had not done what Satan said he would if deprived of his possessions (v.3). Certainly Satan ought to have acknowledged he had been wrong and to have apologised for his manifest error. But Satan is like too many people. Instead of admitting wrong, they want... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Job 2:1-13

THEME AND OUTLINE The theme of Job seems to be the meaning and object of evil and suffering under the government of a holy, wise and merciful God, and may be outlined thus: The Prologue (Job 1-2, in prose) The Dialogue (Job 3-31, in poetry) The Words of Elihu (Job 32-37, in poetry) The Words of the Almighty (Job 38-41, in poetry) The Response of (Job 42:1-6 , in poetry) The Epilogue (Job 42:7-17 , in prose) THE KEY TO THE BOOK The key to the book is found in the first chapter, which, after... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Job 2:1-13

The Assaults of Satan Job 2:0 Remember that the man spoken about is "a perfect man and an upright, one that feared God and eschewed evil." The speaker is Satan, who came with the sons of God on the first occasion, and said, "Touch all that Job hath, and he will curse thee to thy face." He was allowed to touch Job's property, and he failed in his purpose. On another occasion the same devil came back with the sons of God, and enlarged his proposition. He said, "Touch his bone and his flesh, and... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Job 2:9-10

(9) Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die. (10) But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips. The temptation is carried up to the highest point of provocation, when the wife of his bosom thus becomes the abettor of the enemy. The Reader will recollect how the adversary adopted the same plan, in the... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Job 2:10

Foolish. The same word often means impious, (chap. i. 22.) and ignorant, (Haydock) or "delirous." (Aquila) (Psalm xiii. 1.) --- Lips. The Jews assert, without reason, that he was guilty in his heart. (Calmet) read more