Job 2:4-7 NIV

The Biblical Illustrator - Job 2:1-10

Job 2:1-10And Satan came also among them. Spiritual agencies, good and evil, in sicknessThis is one of those mysterious chapters of Holy Scripture wherein God hath graciously vouchsafed, for the strengthening of our faith and loving trust in Him, a brief glimpse of that which is continually going on, day by day, in regions mysterious to mortal vision, and in which, could we but at all times feel it, we are so greatly concerned. Scripture is consistent in its testimony throughout--that there is... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Job 2:4

Job 2:4All that a man hath will he give for his life.Satan’s proverbThe proverb put into Satan’s mouth carries a plain enough meaning, and yet is not literally easy to interpret. The sense will be clearer if we translate it, “Hide for skin; yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.” The hide of an animal, lion or sheep, which a man wears for clothing will be given up to save his own body. A valued article of property often, it will be promptly renounced when life is in danger; the man... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Job 2:6-10

Job 2:6-10Behold, he is in thine hand. Satan malevolently dealing with Job’s personalityI. Satan’s low estimate of human nature. His language here clearly implies that even a good man’s love of goodness is not supreme and invincible. He states--1. That goodness is not so dear to him as life. “Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.” Self-preservation is a strong instinct in human nature, and therefore a Divine principle; but it is not true that it is ever the... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Job 2:4

Job 2:4 And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life. Ver. 4. And Satan answered the Lord ] This impudent adversary had yet an answer in his mouth, and would not be so set down. Of him and his agents (those false teachers, as the apostle calleth them) it may be truly said, - Nihil est audacius illis Deprensis: iram atque animos ex crimine sumunt (Juvenal). Nothing is more bold to those caught, they are angry but proud from their... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Job 2:5

Job 2:5 But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face. Ver 5. But put forth thine hand now ] See Trapp on " Job 1:11 " This God did at Satan’s motion, yet non ad exitium Iobi, sed ad exercitium; not for the destruction of Job but his training, Job’s temptation is of Satan, but his trial and invincible constancy is of God. God in a sense tempted Job. Satan also; even as the dog may be said to bait the beast, and the owner of the beast... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Job 2:6

Job 2:6 And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he [is] in thine hand; but save his life. Ver. 6. And the Lord said unto Satan ] Who hath his request: it is not always a mercy to have what we wish. Deus saepe dat iratus, quod negat propitius. God often gives wrath because he denies his favour. Be sure we bring lawful petitions, and true hearts, Hebrews 10:22 , and then we shall have good things, and for our greatest good. Behold, he is in thine hand ] Here God puts his child into his slave’s... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Job 2:7

Job 2:7 So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown. Ver. 7. So went Satan forth from the presence of the Lord ] The like is said of Cain, when he meditated the murder of his innocent brother, and went to put it in practice. Malefactors amongst us, we know, are indicted in this form: For that thou, not having God before thine eyes, but moved by the instigation of the devil, didst - And smote Job ] He pretended to... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Job 2:4

all that: Esther 7:3, Esther 7:4, Isaiah 2:20, Isaiah 2:21, Jeremiah 41:8, Matthew 6:25, Matthew 16:26, Acts 27:18, Acts 27:19, Philippians 3:8-2 Samuel : Reciprocal: Genesis 47:17 - for horses Genesis 47:19 - buy us Joshua 9:24 - we were sore 2 Samuel 19:16 - hasted 1 Kings 20:31 - peradventure 1 Kings 22:22 - a lying spirit 2 Kings 7:15 - had cast away 1 Chronicles 21:1 - Satan Job 1:12 - only Job 19:20 - and I am Proverbs 13:8 - ransom Jonah 1:5 - and cast Matthew 4:3 - the tempter Matthew... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Job 2:5

put forth: Job 1:11, Job 19:20, Job 19:21, 1 Chronicles 21:17, Psalms 32:3, Psalms 32:4, Psalms 38:2-Judges :, Psalms 39:10 He will curse: Job 2:9, Job 1:5, Job 1:11, Leviticus 24:15, Isaiah 8:21 Reciprocal: Genesis 3:3 - touch Leviticus 24:11 - cursed 2 Kings 6:33 - this evil is of the Lord Job 3:1 - cursed Job 4:5 - it toucheth Job 19:22 - and are not Job 23:10 - he hath Isaiah 54:17 - every Isaiah 65:3 - to my face Mark 5:12 - General Luke 8:31 - they 2 Corinthians 2:11 - General... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Job 2:6

Behold: Job 1:12 but: or, only save: Job 38:10, Job 38:11, Psalms 65:7, Luke 8:29-Micah :, Luke 22:31, Luke 22:32, 1 Corinthians 10:13, Revelation 2:10, Revelation 20:1, Revelation 20:2, Revelation 20:7 his life: By naphsho, "his soul," Maimonides understands "his mind," or intellectual powers. Reciprocal: Genesis 16:6 - in Deuteronomy 28:35 - botch 2 Chronicles 18:21 - Thou shalt Job 23:10 - he hath Psalms 78:49 - by sending Mark 5:13 - gave Mark 9:20 - the spirit Luke 4:9 - brought Luke... read more

The Biblical Illustrator - Job 2:1-10

The Biblical Illustrator - Job 2:4

The Biblical Illustrator - Job 2:6-10

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Job 2:4

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Job 2:5

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Job 2:6

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Job 2:7

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Job 2:4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Job 2:5

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Job 2:6

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