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Verse 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 wi...
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AND HIS SONS WENT AND FEASTED IN THEIR HOUSES - Dr. Good renders this,
“and his sons went to hold a banquet house.” Tindal renders it,
“made bankertea.” The Hebrew means, they went and made a
“house-f...
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ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS
I. THE INTRODUCTION
Job 1:1. We are at once introduced to the leading person of this book.
“There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job and that man
was perfect and...
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JOB 1:4 F. illustrates in particular the above-given general
description of Job's piety and happiness by a picture of the usual
life of himself and his family. Job's sons are all like the sons of a
ki...
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ONE. man, as in Job 1:1.
HIS DAY. Probably. birthday. Compare Job 1:5; Job 3:3.Genesis 40:20....
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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 his day_ lit. _made a feast at the
house of each...
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EVERY ONE HIS DAY— Schultens has shewn, that the word יומו
_iomo,_ imports _his birth-day._ So ch. Job 3:1. Job is said to have
_cursed his day; i.e._ the day of his birth. The verse might be
rendered...
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PROLOGUE TO THE GREAT TESTING
_MYSTERY OF SILENCE JOB:_ MIRROR OF MODERN MANJob 1:1, Job 2:13
1. Job's wealth and piety (Job 1:1-5)
TEXT 1:1-5
1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Jo...
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_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._
Every one his day - namely, the birthday, (Job 3:1). (Um...
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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...
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RV 'And his sons went and held a feast in the house of each one upon
his day.' They took it in turns to entertain each other at their
respective homes....
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Job was unhappy about the behaviour of his children. Job wanted his
children to respect God. Job wanted them to help poor people. But
Job’s children preferred to hold parties. They were greedy. They
d...
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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...
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EVERY ONE HIS DAY. — _i.e.,_ probably his birthday. (Comp. Genesis
40:20; Genesis 21:8; and in the New Testament Matthew 14:6; Mark
6:21.)...
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וְ הָלְכ֤וּ בָנָיו֙ וְ עָשׂ֣וּ
מִשְׁתֶּ֔ה בֵּ
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II.
THE OPENING SCENE ON EARTH
Job 1:1
THE land of Uz appears to have been a general name for the great
Syro-Arabian desert. It is described vaguely as lying "east of
Palestine and north of Edom," o...
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SATAN AIMS AT A HIGH MARK
Job 1:1
Job is introduced as a man of large possessions, highly honored by all
who knew him, and of unimpeachable integrity toward God. His piety was
specially evinced in th...
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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...
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_His day of the week in succession; (Pineda) or each on his birthday,
(Genesis xl. 20., and Matthew xiv. 6.; Grotius) or once a month, &c.
The daughters of Job were probably unmarried._...
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(4) В¶ And his sons went and feasted in their houses, everyone his
day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink
with them.
Though I am very ready to allow, that in those feasts...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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._
Ver. 4. _And his sons went and feasted in their houses...
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_His sons went and feasted in their houses_ Or made a family feast, to
testify and maintain their brotherly love. _Every one his day_ Not
every day of the week and of the year, which would have been
b...
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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...
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"HIS SONS USED TO GO AND HOLD. FEAST IN THE HOUSE OF EACH ONE ON HIS
DAY": That is, on his birthday. "AND THEY WOULD SEND AND INVITE THEIR
THREE SISTERS TO EAT AND DRINK WITH THEM": Job had. very clos...
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1-5 Job was prosperous, and yet pious. Though it is hard and rare, it
is not impossible for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven.
By God's grace the temptations of worldly wealth may be ove...
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HIS SONS WENT AND FEASTED, to testify and maintain their brotherly
love. EVERY ONE HIS DAY; not every day of the week and of the year;
which would have been burdensome and tedious to them all, and gro...
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Job 1:4 sons H1121 go H1980 (H8804) feast H4960 H6213 (H8804) houses
H1004 each H376 day H3117
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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...
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Job 1:1. _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._
That was Job's character before the trial which mad...
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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...
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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...
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_And his sons went and feasted in their houses._
THE FAMILY MEETING AND THE FAMILY SACRIFICE
I. The festive meeting. “And his sons went,” etc.
1. It was a united family. There were no schisms in tha...
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JOB 1:1 Prologue: Job’s Character and the Circumstances of His Test.
The book opens by introducing Job as blameless and upright. He is
blessed with family and possessions. His life embodies faith in G...
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 1:2 The large numbers of children, livestock, and
SERVANTS, along with the feasting, suggest Job has enormous wealth. ON
HIS DAY. Birthday. Compare...
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NOTES
Job 1:5: “_Have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.”_ Various
opinions as to the meaning, in this passage, of the Hebrew word here
rendered “cursed.” בֵּרְכוּ (or _bçrechoo_) the _Piel_
(tran...
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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...
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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...
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Hebrews 13:1; Psalms 133:1...
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Feasted — To testify and maintain their brotherly love. His day —
Each his appointed day, perhaps his birth — day, or the first day of
the month....