Bible Commentary

And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it. 7. From going to and fro ] As the word is used by the Satan of himself there is, naturally, no shade of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 1:7”

Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them. 6. Now there was a day when ] lit. now it fell on a day that the sons of God presented themselves and Satan came. The meaning is not that there was … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 1:6”

And it was so, when the days of [their] feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings [according] to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 1:5”

And his sons went and feasted [in their] houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them. 4, 5. A trait from Job’s ordinary life, illustrating the happiness and unity of his children and the father’s scrupulous piety 4. in their houses, every one … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 1:4”

His 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 all the men of the east. His substance – Margin, or cattle. The word used here mqneh is derived from … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 1:3”

And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters. 2, 3. Job’s family and wealth. A first principle in the Oriental Wisdom, which corresponds in part to our Ethics, was, that it is well with the righteous and ill with the wicked, Isa 3:10-11. This principle is set at the head of the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 1:2”

There 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. Ch. Job 1:1-3. Job’s name and abode; his piety, and consequent family felicity and worldly prosperity 1. the land of Uz ] This word occurs several times … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 1:1”

For Mordecai the Jew [was] next unto king Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking the wealth of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed. Mordecai … was next unto king Ahasuerus – See Est 2:5 note. Artabanus (Est 1:14 note) was favorite toward the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Esther 10:3”

And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the declaration of the greatness of Mordecai, whereunto the king advanced him, [are] they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia? 2. in the book of the chronicles ] the official records. See on Est … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Esther 10:2”

And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and [upon] the isles of the sea. 1. laid a tribute ] The word rendered ‘tribute’ means everywhere else in Biblical Hebrew a body of forced labourers, or serfdom. We should therefore render here, imposed forced labour. The thought in the author’s mind was that … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Esther 10:1”