Then Job, who was more deeply affected by the information of the death of his children than by the loss of his entire property, arose and rent his mantle, showing the violence of his grief, and shaved his head, another sign of deep mourning among certain ancient nations, and fell down upon the ground, and worshiped, in the attitude of the most humble and submissive adoration,
Verse Job 1:20. _RENT HIS MANTLE_] Tearing the garments, shaving or pulling off the hair of the head, throwing dust or ashes on the head, and fitting on the ground, were acts by which immoderate grie...
THEN JOB AROSE - The phrase to arise, in the Scriptures is often used in the sense of beginning to do anything. It does not necessarily imply that the person had been previously sitting; see 2 Samuel...
II. THE CONTROVERSY BETWEEN JEHOVAH AND SATAN AND THE RESULTS CHAPTER 1:6-22 _ 1. A scene in heaven, Jehovah's challenge and Satan's, accusation (Job 1:6)_ 2. Satan's power manifested (Job 1:13) 3...
In the preceding section the narrative surged forward, depicting the unbridled rage of the Satan. Here on the contrary we have a beautiful picture of complete rest and resignation, and are taught how...
SHAVED HIS HEAD. Symbolic of mourning (Leviticus 21:5.Jeremiah 7:29; Jeremiah 16:6; Micah 1:16)....
Job's demeanour under his sorrows. As became a man of his rank Job had received the messengers sitting. When the full extent of his misery came home to him he arose and gave way to the liveliest expre...
Job's first trial; and its issue: his reverence towards God remains unshaken Between Job 1:12 there is an interval, an ominous stillness like that which precedes the storm. The poet has drawn aside t...
DISCOURSE: 451 TRIALS AND RESIGNATION OF JOB Job 1:20. _Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, and said, Naked came I out of my mothe...
5. Job maintains his integrity. (Job 1:20-22) TEXT 1:20-22 (20) THEN JOB AROSE, AND RENT HIS ROBE, AND SHAVED HIS HEAD, AND FELL DOWN UPON THE GROUND, AND WORSHIPPED; (21) AND HE SAID, NAKED CAME I O...
_THEN JOB AROSE, AND RENT HIS MANTLE, AND SHAVED HIS HEAD, AND FELL DOWN UPON THE GROUND, AND WORSHIPPED,_ Job arose - not necessarily from sitting. Inward excitement is implied, and the beginning to...
THE PROLOGUE Job 1:2, which form the Prologue to the book, describe (_a_) the prosperity and piety of Job; (_b_) a scene in heaven in which the Satan questions the motives of his piety; and (_c_) his...
RENT HIS MANTLE] Tearing the robe has always been an Eastern sign of mourning, as was also shaving the head or pulling out the hair (see Jeremiah 7:29; Micah 1:16). WORSHIPPED] lit. 'prostrated himsel...
JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD Job _KEITH SIMONS_ Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible. This commentary has been through Advanced Checking. ABOUT THE BOOK OF JOB The Book of...
Satan did these terrible things to Job because Satan wanted Job to insult God (verse 11). Satan thought that Job would hate God because of these troubles. So Job’s reaction was important to Satan. Jo...
AND WORSHIPPED. — Compare the conduct of David (2 Samuel 12:20) and of Hezekiah (2 Kings 19:1). Moments of intense sorrow or trial, like moments of intense joy, force us into the immediate presence of...
וַ יָּ֤קָם אִיֹּוב֙ וַ יִּקְרַ֣ע אֶת ־מְעִלֹ֔
IV. THE SHADOW OF GOD'S HAND Job 1:13 COMING now to the sudden and terrible changes which are to prove the faithfulness of the servant of God, we must not fail to observe that in the development of...
STRIPPED OF EVERY POSSESSION Job 1:13 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 b...
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 th...
Then Job arose, and (a) rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, (a) Which came not from impatience, but declares that the children of God are not insensib...
_Head. Hebrew, torn his hair, and rolled in the dust. (Bochart) (Isaias xv. 2., &c.) (Calmet) --- The fathers oppose this example to the apathy of the stoics. (St. Augustine, City of God i. 9.) (Roman...
(20) В¶ Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, (21) And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither:...
A Heavenly Meeting About a Good Man I. INTRODUCTION A. Job is the first of the poetical books which consist of Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon, and Lamentations. 1. But don't e...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 AND 2. In Job we have man put to the test; we might say, with our present knowledge, man renewed by grace, an upright man and righteous in his ways, in ord...
THEN JOB AROSE,.... Either from table, being at dinner, as some think, in his own house; it being the time that his children were feasting in their eldest brother's house; or from the business in whic...
Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, Ver. 20. _Then Job arose, and rent his mantle_] He stirred not at the three first doleful tidi...
_Then Job arose_ From his seat whereon he had been sitting in a disconsolate posture; _and rent his mantle_ In token of his deep sense of, and just sorrow for, the heavy hand of God upon him, and his...
JOB, HIS FAMILY AND HIS PROMINENCE (vv.1-5) Uz is considered to have been in the area between Syria and Babylon. There Job lived with his wife, seven sons and three daughters. He is first spoken of...
MANTLE: Or, robe...
"THEN JOB AROSE AND TORE HIS ROBE AND SHAVED HIS HEAD": Both of these gestures are not the product of sinful anger, but they are expressions of grief and shock (Genesis 37:29; Genesis 44:13; Judges 11...
20-22 Job humbled himself under the hand of God. He reasons from the common state of human life, which he describes. We brought nothing of this world's goods into the world, but have them from others...
THEN JOB AROSE FROM HIS SEAT, whereon he was sitting in a disconsolate posture. RENT HIS MANTLE, to testify his deep sense of and just sorrow for the heavy hand of God upon him, and his humiliation of...
Job 1:20 Job H347 arose H6965 (H8799) tore H7167 (H8799) robe H4598 shaved H1494 (H8799) head...
Job 1:6. _Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them._ Angels and all kinds of intelligent spirits had, as it were, a special,...
Job 1:1. _There was a man in the land of Uz,_ Job was a man indeed; a true man, a man of the highest type, for he was a man of God. Job 1:1. _Whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright...
CONTENTS: Job's family and their piety. Satan's challenge and the calamities that befell Job. CHARACTERS: God, Satan, Job. CONCLUSION: God allows Satan power over His saints but it is always limited...
Job 1:1. _The land of Uz._ Moses is always correct in calling countries after the name of the first possessor. Uz was in the east beyond Jordan, and south of mount Hermon. It fell to the lot of the ha...
_And worshipped._ THE GRAND VICTORY This is the grandest scene that human nature has ever presented. The world had never seen anything to compare to it. The greatest conqueror that ever won his triu...
_So Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord _ THE FOE OF FOES I. The enthusiasm of his malignity. No sooner does he receive permission than he begins in terrible earnestness. He does not seem...
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 1:20 In the wake of his loss, Job expresses both grief (JOB... TORE HIS ROBE AND SHAVED HIS HEAD) and trust in the Lord (AND FELL ON THE GROUND AND WORSHIPED)....
_FIFTH PART OF INTRODUCTION—THE RESULT OF SATAN’S ATTEMPTS_ I. Job’s grief (Job 1:20). “Then Job arose.” Probably found by the tidings in the usual posture of Orientals. Aroused from wonted calmness....
EXPOSITION The "Historical Introduction" to Job extends to two chapters. In the first we are given an account, firstly, of his outward circumstances—his abode, wealth, family, etc; and of his characte...
Shall we turn now to the book of Job, chapter 1. As we come to the book of Job, we actually enter into a new section of the Old Testament. As you know, the Old Testament is divided into different divi...
1 Peter 5:6; 2 Chronicles 7:3; 2 Samuel 12:16; Deuteronomy 9:18; E
Shaved — Caused his hair to be shaved or cut off, which was then an usual ceremony in mourning. Worshipped — Instead of cursing God, which Satan said he would do, he adored him, and gave him the glory...
Does this verse teach reincarnation? PROBLEM: The Bible speaks against the belief in reincarnation (Hebrews 9:27). But here Job speaks of a person returning again after he dies. SOLUTION: Job is not...