Job 1:13-16

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Job 1:16

Heaven, or the air, where the devils exercise a power, Ephesians ii. 2. read more

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Job 1:13-19

13-19 Satan brought Job's troubles upon him on the day that his children began their course of feasting. The troubles all came upon Job at once; while one messenger of evil tidings was speaking, another followed. His dearest and most valuable possessions were his ten children; news is brought him that they are killed. They were taken away when he had most need of them to comfort him under other losses. In God only have we a help present at all times. read more

Frank Binford Hole

F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - Job 1:1-99

Job 1 - 7. We regard it as little short of a miracle that this very ancient book should have been accepted by the people of Israel as part of "the oracles of God," which were "committed" to their hands (see, Rom_3:2 ). Job may have been a contemporary of Abraham but he was certainly not of Abrahamic stock, and therefore a Gentile, and yet introduced to us with such words of commendation as we hardly find accorded to any son of Israel. In the book moreover is no allusion to the law in which the... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Job 1:13-22

Job's Great Affliction v. 13. And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house, at one of their customary banquets; v. 14. and there came a messenger unto Job and said, The oxen were plowing and the asses feeding beside them, grazing in the meadows nearby, v. 15. and the Sabeans, a nomadic tribe of Northeastern Arabia, fell upon them, and took them away, took everything along as welcome plunder; yea, they have slain the... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Job 1:1-22

HISTORICAL INTRODUCTIONPROLOGUEJob 1:1-22, Job 2:1-131. Job’s Character and Course of Life. (Job 1:1-15.)1There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil. 2And there were born to him seven sons and three daughters. 3His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Job 1:13-22

Stripped of Every Possession Job 1:13-22 There are dark days in our lives, when messenger follows on the heel of messenger, and we sit down amid the ruins of our happiness. All that made life gay and beautiful has withered and we are treading a dreary waste; our soul is almost dead within us and our feet are blistered. Then our friends come and lay the blame on the Chaldeans and lightning, the Sabeans and the hurricane. They pity us as unfortunate and miserable. But we say to ourselves,... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Job 1:1-22

In magnificence of argument and beauty of style this Book is one of the grandest in the divine Library. The story of Job is presented in dramatic form. It opens with a picture of Job. He is seen in three respects: first, as to character. The opening verses declare him to be "perfect and upright, and one that feared God and eschewed evil." The language is simple, and suggests that high integrity which never fails to command respect. In the second place, he is seen in the midst of his home... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Job 1:13-19

Job 1:13-Psalms : . Job’ s Misfortune.— The activity of the Satan is depicted, though he himself remains invisible. “ Between Job 1:12 and Job 1:13 there is an interval, an ominous silence like that which precedes the storm. The poet has drawn aside the curtain to us, and we know what is impending. Job knows nothing . . . he does not know that he is being played for like a pawn. Suddenly the catastrophe overtakes him. Messenger after messenger, each taking up his tale of ruin before the other... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Job 1:14-19

Job 1:14-Ezra : . The First Stroke.—“ The asses were feeding,” a touch reflecting an absolute peace. The Sabeans are the Bedouin, Saba (1 Kings 10*) being S. Arabia. Job 1:16 . The second stroke.— The fire of God is the lightning, “ to be sure lightning on the scale of a saga, since it destroys in a moment 7000 sheep and their shepherds” (Duhm). Job 1:17 . The third stroke.— The Chaldeans are the inhabitants of the Persian Gulf, who are not yet a great world-power. The division of the force,... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Job 1:14

i.e. Beside the oxen, therefore both were taken away together. read more

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