Job 1:1-5, Job 1:20-22 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 1:1-3

Concerning Job we are here told, I. That he was a man; therefore subject to like passions as we are. He was Ish, a worthy man, a man of note and eminency, a magistrate, a man in authority. The country he lived in was the land of Uz, in the eastern part of Arabia, which lay towards Chaldea, near Euphrates, probably not far from Ur of the Chaldees, whence Abraham was called. When God called one good man out of that country, yet he left not himself without witness, but raised up another in it to... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 1:4-5

We have here a further account of Job's prosperity and his piety. I. His great comfort in his children is taken notice of as an instance of his prosperity; for our temporal comforts are borrowed, depend upon others, and are as those about us are. Job himself mentions it as one of the greatest joys of his prosperous estate that his children were about him, Job 29:5. They kept a circular feast at some certain times (Job 1:4); they went and feasted in their houses. It was a comfort to this good... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 1:1

There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job ,.... Of the signification of his name, see the introduction to the book. The place where he dwelt had its name not from Uz, a descendant of Shem, Genesis 10:23 but from Uz, a son of Nahor, brother to Abraham, Genesis 22:21 unless it can be thought to be so called from Uz, of the children of Seir, in the land of Edom; since we read of the land of Uz along with Edom, or rather of Edom as in the land of Uz, or on the borders of it, ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 1:2

And there were born unto him ,.... By his wife, in lawful wedlock, who was now living, and after mentioned: seven sons and three daughters ; next to his religious character, his graces, and spiritual blessings, and as the chief of his outward mercies and enjoyments, his children are mentioned; and which are indeed blessings from the Lord, and such as good men, and those that fear the Lord, are sometimes blessed with, see Psalm 127:3 and to have a numerous offspring was always esteemed... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 1:3

His substance also was seven thousand sheep ,.... For which he must have a large pasturage to feed them on, as well as these would produce much wool for clothing, and flesh for food; this part of his substance or possessions is mentioned first, as being the largest, and most useful and profitable: and three thousand camels ; creatures fit to carry burdens, and travel with, and were greatly valued on that account, especially in the deserts of Arabia, near to which Job lived; and that not... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 1:4

And his sons went and feasted in their houses, everyone his day ,.... It appears by this that Job's sons were grown up to men's estate, that they were from him, and were for themselves, and carried on a separate business on their own accounts, and had houses of their own, and, perhaps, were married; and being at some distance from each other, they met by appointment at certain times in their own houses, and had friendly and family entertainments in turn; for such were their feasts, not... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 1:5

And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about ,.... When they had been at each other's houses in turn; when the rotation was ended: something like this is practised by the Chinese, who have their co-fraternities, which they call "the brotherhood of the month"; this consists of thirty, according to the number of days therein, and in a circle they go every day to eat at one another's house by turns; if one man has not convenience to receive the fraternity in his own house, he... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 1:1

In the land of Uz - This country was situated in Idumea, or the land of Edom, in Arabia Petraea, of which it comprised a very large district. See the preface. Whose name was Job - The original is איוב Aiyob ; and this orthography is followed by the Chaldee, Syriac, and Arabic. From the Vulgate we borrow Job, not very dissimilar from the Ιωβ Iob of the Septuagint. The name signifies sorrowful, or he that weeps. He is supposed to have been called Jobab. See more in the preface. ... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 1:3

His substance also was seven thousand sheep - A thousand, says the Chaldee, for each of his sons. Three thousand camels: a thousand for each of his daughters. Five hundred yoke of oxen for himself. And five hundred she-asses for his wife. Thus the Targum divides the substance of this eminent man. A very great household - מאד רבה עבדה abuddah rabbah meod , "a very great estate." The word עבדה abuddah refers chiefly to husbandry, including all manner of labor in the field, with... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 1:4

Feasted in their houses, every one his day - It is likely that a birthday festival is here intended. When the birthday of one arrived, he invited his brothers and sisters to feast with him; and each observed the same custom. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 1:1-3

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 1:4-5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 1:1

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 1:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 1:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 1:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 1:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 1:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 1:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 1:4

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