ヨブ記 2:9-13 JC

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 2:10

As one of the foolish women speaketh - The word here rendered “foolish” נבל nâbâl from נבל nâbêl, means properly stupid or foolish, and then wicked, abandoned, impious - the idea of “sin” and “folly” being closely connected in the Scriptures, or sin being regarded as supreme folly; 1 Samuel 25:25; 2 Samuel 3:33; Psalms 14:1; Psalms 53:2. The Arabs still use the word with the same compass of signification. “Gesenius.” The word is used here in the sense of “wicked;” and the idea is, that the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 2:11

Now when Job’s three friends heard - It would seem from this that these men were his particular friends.They came every one from his own place - His residence. This was the result of agreement or appointment thus to meet together.Eliphaz the Temanite - This was the most prominent of his friends. In the ensuing discussion he regularly takes the lead, advances the most important and impressive considerations, and is followed and sustained by the others. The Septuagint renders this Ελιφὰζ ὁ... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 2:12

And when they lifted up their eyes afar off - “When they saw him at the distance at which they could formerly recognize him without difficulty, disease had so altered his appearance that at first sight they knew him not” - Noyes.They lifted up their voice - This is a common expression in the Scriptures, to denote grief; Genesis 27:38; Genesis 29:11; Judges 2:4; Rth 1:9; 1 Samuel 24:16, “et soepe al.” We learn to suppress the expressions of grief. The ancients gave vent to their sorrows aloud. -... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 2:13

So they sat down with him upon the ground; - see Job 1:20, note; Job 2:8, note; compare Ezra 9:3, “I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head, and my beard, and sat down astonished.”Seven days and seven nights - Seven days was the usual time of mourning among the Orientals. Thus, they made public lamentation for Jacob seven days, Genesis 50:10. Thus, on the death of Saul, they fasted seven days, 1 Samuel 31:13. So the author of the book of Ecclesiasticus says,” Seven... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 2:9

Job 2:9. Then said his wife Whom Satan had spared, that she might be a troubler and tempter to him. For it is his policy to send his temptations by those that are dear to us. We ought, therefore, carefully to watch, that we be not drawn to any evil by them whom we love and value the most. Dost thou still retain thine integrity? Art thou so weak as still to persist in the practice of righteousness, when it is not only unprofitable to thee, but the chief occasion of all these thy... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 2:10

Job 2:10. But he said, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh That is, like a rash, inconsiderate, and weak woman, that does not understand nor mind what she says: or rather, like a wicked and profane person, for such are frequently called fools in the Scriptures. Shall we receive good, &c., and shall we not receive evil? Shall we poor worms give laws to our supreme Lord, and oblige him never to afflict us? And shall not those great and manifold mercies, which from time... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 2:11

Job 2:11. When Job’s three friends heard of all this, &c. Who were persons eminent for birth and quality, for wisdom and knowledge, and for the profession of the true religion, being probably, as has been observed on Job 1:1, of the posterity of Abraham, akin to Job, and living in the same country with him. See that note. The preserving so much wisdom and piety among those that were not children of the promise was a happy presage of God’s grace to the Gentiles, when the partition wall... read more

Joseph Benson

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

Joseph Benson

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

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 2:10

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 2:11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 2:12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 2:13

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 2:9

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 2:10

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 2:11

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

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

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Job 2:1-13

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