What does Job 1:1 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"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."
THE BOOK OF JOB As the time in which Job lived is so very uncertain, (see the _preface_, and the _observations_ at the end of the notes on the first chapter,) Job 1:22 the date found in our common En...
THERE WAS A MAN - This has all the appearance of being a true history. Many have regarded the whole book as a fiction, and have supposed that no such person as Job ever lived. But the book opens with...
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...
JOB 1:1 describes Job, his piety and good fortune. The literal translation of the opening words would be Once upon a time there was a man. The use of the perfect denotes that we are dealing not with h...
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, immediate...
Job 1:1-3. Job's name and abode; his piety, and consequent family felicity and worldly prosperity 1. _the land of Uz_ This word occurs several times in the Old Testament: (1) as the name of a son of A...
THE BOOK OF JOB. _THERE is, perhaps, no book of Scripture, that has so much divided interpreters, and afforded such a field of controversy, as the book of JOB: some supposing it of the remotest antiq...
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...
_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._ Uz - north of Arabia Deserta, lying toward the Euphrates; it...
1:1 Uz (a-9) See Lamentations 4:21 . perfect (b-18) Complete, lacking nothing; cf. 2 Samuel 22:24 ....
THE LAND OF UZ] a district to the E. of Palestine, and near Arabia and Edom: cp. Jeremiah 25:20; Lamentations 4:21. The word Uz occurs (_a_) as the name of a son of Aram (Genesis 10:23); (_b_) as a de...
Job was a successful man. He was rich. And he was important. Everybody respected Job, because Job was wealthy. Job did deserve honour, but not because of his wealth. Job deserved honour because he re...
THERE WAS A MAN IN THE LAND OF UZ. — The first mention of this name is in Genesis 10:23, where Uz is said to have been one of the sons of Aram, who was one of the sons of Shem. (Comp. 1 Chronicles 1:1...
אִ֛ישׁ הָיָ֥ה בְ אֶֽרֶץ ־ע֖וּץ אִיֹּ֣וב שְׁמֹ֑ו וְ הָיָ֣ה ׀ הָ אִ֣ישׁ הַ ה֗וּא תָּ֧ם...
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...
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 t...
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 t...
There was a man in the land of (a) Uz, whose name [was] Job; and that man was perfect and (b) upright, and (c) one that feared God, and eschewed evil. The Argument - In this history the example of pat...
_Hus. The land of Hus was a part of Edom; as appears from Lamentations iv. 21. --- Simple. That is, innocent, sincere, and without guile, (Challoner) in opposition to hypocrites and double dealers. (C...
CONTENTS The Book opens with an account of Job, his piety, riches, integrity, and religious care of his children. Next follows, an account of Satan's malice against Job, and his permission to tempt h...
_THE BOOK OF JOB_ ‘A man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job.’ Job 1:1 The authorship and date of the book of Job are problems yet unsolved. This only is certain, that it presents a picture of a...
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...
THERE WAS A MAN IN THE LAND OF UZ, WHOSE NAME WAS JOB,.... Of the signification of his name, see the introduction to the book. The place where he dwelt had its name not from Uz, a descendant of Shem,...
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. Ver. 1. _There was a man_] A notable man, a man by an excell...
_There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job_ We have observed in the argument, that the firstborn son of Nahor, Abraham's brother, was called _Uz._ It appears also from Genesis 10:23, that...
There was a man in the land of Uz, in Northern Arabia, toward the Euphrates, WHOSE NAME WAS JOB, generally considered a descendant of Aram, Genesis 22:21, and therefore related to the patriarchs, alth...
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...
"THERE WAS. MAN IN THE LAND OF UZ": The land of Uz is often identified with the territory of Edom, which was southeast of the Dead Sea (Lamentations 4:21). Some suggest that Uz was in Bashan, south of...
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 over...
JOB CHAPTER 1 Job's country, and sincere holiness: his children; their feasts; and his religious care for them, JOB 1:1. Satan's appearance before God: God's character of Job, JOB 1:6. Satan imputeth...
Job 1:1 man H376 land H776 Uz H5780 name H8034 Job H347 man H376 blameless H8535 upright H3477 feared H3373 God H430 shunned H5493 (H8802) evil H7451 Uz - Genesis 10:23, Genesis 22:20-21, Huz,...
LAND OF UZ A region at the south of Edom, and west of the Arabian desert, extending to Chaldea. UZ See (Jeremiah 25:20). FEAR (_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 19:9). _...
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...
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...
_There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job._ THE CHARACTER OF JOB There are serious and devout persons who regard the Book of Job as a work of imagination, and refer it to the age of Solo...
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...
_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 No...
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 1:17; 1 Chronicles 1:42; 1 Peter 3:11; 2 Chronicles 31:20; 2 Chronicles 31:21; 2 Kings 20:3; Ezekiel 14:14; Ezekiel 14:20; Genesis 10:23;...
JOB CHALLENGED BY SATAN Job 1:1 _-Job 23:1_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS We begin today a series of studies on one of the most interesting characters of the Bible. He is Job, the man of patience. We remembe...
Uz — Part of Arabia. Perfect — Not legally or exactly, but as to his sincere intentions, hearty affections, and diligent endeavours to perform all his duties to God and men. Upright — Heb. right, exac...
If all are sinners, then how can Job be perfect? PROBLEM: God declared that Job was “blameless and upright, and one who feared God and shunned evil” (1:1). Yet the Bible insists that “there is none r...