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Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Job 1:6-12

Job 1:6-12Now there was a day.A fatal day1. That Satan observeth and watcheth his time to fasten his temptations most strongly upon the soul. He watcheth a day, “there was a day,” and there was not a day in the whole year upon which he could have done it with greater advantage than upon that day. As the mercies of God are exceedingly endeared to us by the season in which they come to us: When they come to us in our special need, how sweet is a mercy then! And as our sins are exceedingly... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Job 1:11

Job 1:11But put forth Thine hand now. Conscious and unconscious hypocrisyThere are two kinds of hypocrisy in the world--conscious hypocrisy and unconscious. Of conscious hypocrisy it is not our intention to speak; we would fain believe that deliberate hypocrisy is as rare as deliberate atheism. We do not think that it was with conscious hypocrisy that Satan intended to charge God’s servant Job, or with knowingly serving the Lord for what he could gain by it. Had he been guilty of this his... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Job 1:12-22

Job 1:12-22So Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord The foe of foesI.The enthusiasm of his malignity. No sooner does he receive permission than he begins in terrible earnestness. He does not seem to have lost a moment. Like a hungry vulture in a carrioned atmosphere, he pounces down upon his victim. Now he strikes at the cattle that were ploughing the field, and the she asses that were beside them. Then he slays the servants, then with a shaft of fire from heaven he burns up the “sheep... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Job 1:11

Job 1:11 But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face. Ver. 11. But put forth thy hand ] Make Job feel the weight of it, as good people usually do more than others; yet not ad exitium, to destruction but ad exercitium, to their training, their crosses are not penal, but probational, and medicinal. The same holy hand of God that was put forth to protect and bless Job shall be put forth to afflict him. It must needs be therefore done in measure,... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Job 1:12

Job 1:12 And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath [is] in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD. Ver. 12. And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power ] Here God in appearance condescendeth to the devil’s desires. But we must know, that God’s end in this large grant was not to gratify the devil, but to glorify himself, by making Satan an instrument of his own shame and infamy, when, by... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Job 1:11

But put: Job 1:12, Job 2:5, Isaiah 5:25 touch: Job 4:5, Job 19:21, Genesis 26:11, Psalms 105:15, Zechariah 2:8 and he will curse thee: Heb. if he curse thee not, Job 1:5, Job 1:21, Job 2:9, Isaiah 8:21, Malachi 3:13, Malachi 3:14, Revelation 16:9, Revelation 16:11, Revelation 16:21 Reciprocal: Genesis 3:3 - touch Leviticus 24:11 - cursed 1 Kings 21:13 - blaspheme God 2 Kings 6:33 - this evil is of the Lord 2 Chronicles 32:31 - to try him Job 2:3 - thou movedst Job 3:1 - cursed Job 23:10 -... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Job 1:12

Behold: 1 Kings 22:23, Luke 8:32, Luke 22:31, Luke 22:32, John 19:11, 2 Corinthians 12:7 power: Heb. hand, Genesis 16:6, Jeremiah 38:5, John 3:35, John 3:36 only: Job 2:4-Joshua :, Psalms 76:10, Isaiah 27:8, 1 Corinthians 10:13 So Satan: Job 2:7, Luke 8:33 Reciprocal: Genesis 4:16 - went 2 Chronicles 18:21 - Thou shalt 2 Chronicles 32:31 - to try him Job 1:11 - But put Job 2:6 - Behold Job 23:10 - he hath Psalms 78:49 - by sending Daniel 4:24 - come Jonah 1:3 - from Matthew 4:10 - Satan... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Job 1:12

And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD.Behold, … — It seems strange, that, God should give Satan such a permission as this. But he did it for his own glory, for the honour of Job, for the explanation of providence, and the encouragement of his afflicted people in all ages. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Job 1:6-12

JEHOVAH’S DETERMINATION TO TRY JOB, Job 1:6-12. “It was a correct feeling which influenced the poet to indicate at the outset to the reader the divine grounds of the decree, and thus to provide for him a polestar which would guide him through all the entanglement of the succeeding conflicts. This he does by disclosing to us those events occurring in heaven which led to the divine decree concerning Job, the execution of which thereupon follows.” Dillmann. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Job 1:11

11. Touch all that he hath God needs but touch the fairest estate of man and it withers. The word נגע may also be rendered smite, as in Job 1:19. It is worthy of special remark that Job’s piteous cry, “the hand of God hath touched me,” (Job 19:21,) corresponds to the present cruel demand of Satan with the same word, נגע . Some have indulged the fanciful notion that the Satan here is merely an accusing angel; but the maliciousness evinced not only in his sneer at human virtue, but in his... read more

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