_FIRST PART OF PROSE INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OR POEM_ I. Job’s personality (Job 1:1). “There was a man,” &c. 1. _His actual existence_. Job a historic, not a fictitious character. Mentioned with Noah and Daniel (Ezekiel 14:14). Lived in the time of the patriarchs. Died about 200-years old; Abraha... [ Continue Reading ]
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_ (transitive or intensive) form of the verb בָּרַךְ (_bârach_) to kneel, generally meaning to “bless;” _i.... [ Continue Reading ]
NOTES Job 1:11. “_And he will curse thee to thy face.” (Margin_: “If he curse thee not.”) The clause susceptible of a variety of interpretations. The two particles at the commencement אִם לֹא (_im lo_) “if not,” variously rendered and understood. By most they are regarded as expressive of an oath; w... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOURTH PART OF INTRODUCTION.—INFLICTION OF THE TRIAL_ I. Occasion of the trial (Job 1:13). “There was a day.” Satan watches for the time best suited for his designs. The occasion chosen that the trial might fall the more grievous (Isaiah 21:4). Diabolical wisdom in doing mischief. Satan’s terrible... [ Continue Reading ]
_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. His nature now stirred to its depths. _Deeply moved_, but _not prostrated_ by his calamities.—“Rent... [ Continue Reading ]