E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Job 2:9
Dost thou . . . ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6 . retain = remain firm in. read more
Job 2:7-10
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Job 2:10
What? shall we . . . ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6 . the hand = from. Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6 . God. Hebrew. Elohim. (with Art.) = the [true] God. App-4 . this = these calamities. sin. Hebrew. chata'. App-44 . read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Job 2:7
SATAN TORTURES JOB'S BODY WITH A VILE DISEASE"So Satan went forth from the presence of Jehovah, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown. And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself therewith; and he sat among the ashes. Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still hold fast thine integrity? renounce God, and die. 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?... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Job 2:7
Job 2:7. So went Satan forth— It has been objected, I. That it does not seem likely that Satan should appear in such good company as the sons of God; nor, II. That God should permit him to afflict Job in this manner, only to satisfy the wicked sycophant that Job was a man of integrity. As to the first objection, we grant that such company is too good for him: but he who can sometimes transform himself into an angel of light, may affect also to appear in company with angels of light, and may... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Job 2:8
Job 2:8. And he took him a potsherd, &c.— It is plain that the disease of Job was cuticular, says Dr. Mede; and it is as certain that the bodies of the Hebrews were (in those hot countries) very liable to ulcers of the skin; upon which account, learned men think it was, that they were forbidden the eating of swine's flesh; which, as it affords a gross nourishment, and not easily perspirable, is very improper food in such constitutions; as by how much hotter the countries were which they... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Job 2:9-10
Job 2:9-10. Dost thou still retain thine integrity? &c.— The word תם tam, is the same in chap. Job 27:5 and there rendered integrity. God forbid that I should justify you, says Job, in answer to the uncharitable suspicions of his friends; till I die I will not remove my integrity from me: which, it is evident, cannot be meant of his religion (as a learned writer on this book supposes); for Job's friends never said any thing to him to tempt him to renounce his religion; but, to make him... read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Job 2:7
7. sore boils—malignant boils; rather, as it is singular in the Hebrew, a "burning sore." Job was covered with one universal inflammation. The use of the potsherd [Job 2:8] agrees with this view. It was that form of leprosy called black (to distinguish it from the white), or elephantiasis, because the feet swell like those of the elephant. The Arabic judham (Deuteronomy 28:35), where "sore botch" is rather the black burning boil (Deuteronomy 28:35- :). read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Job 2:8
8. a potsherd—not a piece of a broken earthen vessel, but an instrument made for scratching (the root of the Hebrew word is "scratch"); the sore was too disgusting to touch. "To sit in the ashes" marks the deepest mourning (Jonah 3:6); also humility, as if the mourner were nothing but dust and ashes; so Abraham (Genesis 18:27). Genesis 18:27- :. JOB REPROVES HIS WIFE. read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Job 2:9
9. curse God—rather, "renounce" God. (See on :-) [UMBREIT]. However, it was usual among the heathens, when disappointed in their prayers accompanied with offerings to their gods, to reproach and curse them. and die—that is, take thy farewell of God and so die. For no good is to be got out of religion, either here or hereafter; or, at least, not in this life [GILL]; Nothing makes the ungodly so angry as to see the godly under trial not angry. read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Job 2:8
sat down = was sitting. read more