THERE WAS. MAN. A man came to be. This settles the question as to the historical fact. was. came to be. See note on p. 666. MAN. Hebrew. _'ish._ App-14. UZ. In Genesis 22:20; Genesis 22:21, immediately after the offering of Isaac, Abraham hears that his brother Nahor has eight sons, and among them... [ Continue Reading ]
AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton._ App-6. MEN. sons.... [ Continue Reading ]
ONE. man, as in Job 1:1. HIS DAY. Probably. birthday. Compare Job 1:5; Job 3:3.Genesis 40:20.... [ Continue Reading ]
WERE GONE ABOUT. came round. OFFERED. offered up. App-43. Showing that, from Genesis 4 onward, the institution was observed. SINNED. Hebrew. _chata'._ App-44. CURSED. One of the eighteen emendations of the _Sopherim_ (App-33), by which the primitive Hebrew text, _kalal =_ to curse, was changed to... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
DOTH JOB... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
HAST NOT THOU... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
HAND. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, for power exercised by it. TOUCH. hurt. Figure of speech _Tapeinosis_ (App-6), meaning much more than "touch".... [ Continue Reading ]
POWER. Hebrew "hand". Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, for power exercised by it.... [ Continue Reading ]
THERE WAS. DAY. the fit, or usual day. When Job was seventy. See notes on p. 666. WINE. Hebrew. _yayin._ App-27.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton_ (App-6), to emphasize the details in all these reports of the calamities.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SABEANS. Hebrew Sheba. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of the Subject), for the people of Sheba. Compare Job 6:19; Isaiah 60:6. SERVANTS. young men.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHILE HE WAS YET SPEAKING. Repeated three times to show the rapidity and vehemence of Satan's assault. THE FIRE OF GOD. A fire of Elohim. Figure of speech _Enallage_ (App-6). a great (or terrible) fire. Elohim used as an adjective. Compare Song of Solomon 8:6; Psalms 80:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
WIND. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9.... [ Continue Reading ]
SHAVED HIS HEAD. Symbolic of mourning (Leviticus 21:5.Jeremiah 7:29; Jeremiah 16:6; Micah 1:16).... [ Continue Reading ]
THIS: i.e. these calamities. SINNED. Hebrew. _chata'._ App-44. FOOLISHLY. with injustice.... [ Continue Reading ]