Darby's translation notes (1890)
Job 1:6
1:6 a (e-4) Lit. 'the;' so ver. 13, &c.. see 2 Kings 4:18 . Satan (f-18) Meaning 'Adversary.' Lit. 'the Satan,' and so to ch. 2.7.
1:6 a (e-4) Lit. 'the;' so ver. 13, &c.. see 2 Kings 4:18 . Satan (f-18) Meaning 'Adversary.' Lit. 'the Satan,' and so to ch. 2.7.
Verse Job 1:6. _THERE WAS A DAY WHEN THE SONS OF GOD_] All the _versions_, and indeed all the critics, are puzzled with the phrase _sons of_ _God _; בני האלהים beney haelohim, literally, _sons of the...
NOW THERE WAS A DAY - Dr. Good renders this, “And the day came.” Tindal.” Now upon a time.” The Chaldee paraphrasist has presumed to specify the time, and renders it, “Now it happened in the day of ju...
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...
The disinterestedness of Job's piety is brought into question by the Satan in the council of heaven. We are now to see how misfortune may come absolutely unprovoked by sin. The sons of God, who come t...
SONS OF GOD. the angels. Compare Job 38:7, and see App-23. PRESENT THEMSELVES. take their stations. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. SATAN. the Adversary....
_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 a set time for the sons of God presenting themselve...
The disinterestedness of Job's piety brought under suspicion by the Adversary in the Council of Heaven After the scene of happiness and piety presented by Job's home on earth, the Poet draws the veil...
NOW THERE WAS A DAY— _It came to pass on the day when,_ &c. Heath. Thus denoting some determinate time, when the _sons of God, i.e. the angels,_ (called the sons of God, because they were like unto Go...
2. Satan's insinuation (Job 1:6-10) TEXT 1:6-10 (6) Now it came to pass on the day when the sons of God came to present themselves before Jehovah, that Satan also came among them. (7) And Jehovah sai...
_NOW THERE WAS A DAY WHEN THE SONS OF GOD CAME TO PRESENT THEMSELVES BEFORE THE LORD, AND SATAN CAME ALSO AMONG THEM._ Sons of God - angels (Job 37:7; 1 Kings 22:19). Psalms 29:1, margin, "Sons of th...
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...
NOW THERE WAS A DAY] better, 'Now it was the day,' as if at a special season. The sons of God] i.e. the angels: cp. Job 38:7. They come before God to give account of their ministry: cp. 1 Kings 22:19....
The book of Job teaches us many things about the devil. The devil’s name is Satan. ‘Satan’ means ‘the accuser’. Job’s friends did not blame Satan for Job’s troubles. Even Job did not blame the devil....
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...
SONS OF GOD. — Comp. Job 38:7; Genesis 6:2; Genesis 6:4; and for the sense comp. 1 Kings 22:19. The phrase probably means _the angels;_ or at all events an in
וַ יְהִ֣י הַ יֹּ֔ום וַ יָּבֹ֨אוּ֙ בְּנֵ֣י
III. THE OPENING SCENE IN HEAVEN Job 1:6 WITH the presentation of the scene in heaven, the genius, the pious daring, and fine moral insight of the writer at once appear-in one word, his inspiration....
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...
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...
Now there was a day when the (k) sons of God came to present themselves (l) before the LORD, and Satan (m) came also among them. (k) Meaning the angels, who are called the sons of God because they ar...
The sons of God. The angels, (Challoner) as the Septuagint express it. (Calmet) --- Satan also, &c. This passage represents to us in a figure, accommodated to the ways and understandings of men, 1. Th...
(6) В¶ Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them. I cannot detain the Reader of this humble Commentary with a large and circum...
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...
NOW THERE WAS A DAY WHEN THE SONS OF GOD CAME TO PRESENT THEMSELVES BEFORE THE LORD,.... This is generally understood of the angels, as in Job 38:7 who may be thought to be so called, because of their...
Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them. Ver. 6. _Now there was a day_] Haply that day wherein Job's children were feasting...
_Now there was a day_ A certain time appointed by God; _when the sons of God came_ The Targum says, _Troops of angels_, the LXX., _Angels of God;_ the holy angels are called sons of God, (Job 38:7, an...
SATAN GIVEN PERMISSION TO AFFLICT JOB...
Now, there was a day when the sons of God, God's own holy spirits, the angels ministering unto Him, CAME TO PRESENT THEMSELVES BEFORE THE LORD, the picture being that of a great monarch who daily asse...
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...
SATAN: _ Heb._ the adversary AMONG THEM: _ Heb._ in the midst of them...
"NOW THERE WAS. DAY WHEN THE SONS OF GOD CAME TO PRESENT THEMSELVES BEFORE THE LORD": The "sons of God" in this verse are angels (Job 38:7), and the term "present" means literally to "station" themsel...
6-12 Job's afflictions began from the malice of Satan, by the Lord's permission, for wise and holy purposes. There is an evil spirit, the enemy of God, and of all righteousness, who is continually se...
THERE WAS A DAY, i.e. a certain time appointed by God. THE SONS OF GOD, i.e. the holy angels, so called JOB 38:7 DANIEL 3:25,28, because of their creation by God, as Adam also was, LUKE 3:38, and for...
Job 1:6 day H3117 sons H1121 God H430 came H935 (H8799) present H3320 (H8692) LORD H3068 Satan H
SONS OF GOD This scene is in heaven. Compare (Job 2:1)....
Job 1:6 I. The introduction of Satan into the scene before us illustrates the problem of the book of Job. This wonderful, and perhaps most human of all books, evidently discusses the problem of suffer...
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...
_Now there was a day._ A FATAL DAY 1. That Satan observeth and watcheth his time to fasten his temptations most strongly upon the soul. He watcheth a day, “there was a day,” and there was not a day i...
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...
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 1:6 The Lord draws Satan’s attention to Job, initiating the chain of events related in the rest of the book. ⇐...
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_...
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 Chronicles 21:1; 1 Kings 22:19; Daniel 3:25; Job 2:1; Job 38:7;...
A day — A certain time appointed by God. The sons — The holy angels, so called, Job 38:7; Daniel 3:25, Daniel 3:28, because of their creation by God, for their resemblance of him in power, and dignity...
How can Satan come before God when he was dismissed from heaven? PROBLEM: Job 1:6 states that the sons of God came to present themselves to God, and “Satan also came among them.” However, this implies...