Job Chapter 1 Commentary. This book is so called from job, whose prosperity, afflictions, and restoration, are here recorded. And seven sons and three daughters were born to him.
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Most likely it was written by job himself, and it is the most ancient book in existence. 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. And that man was blameless and upright, and one who feared god and shunned evil. He was sincere in his religion: If i say i am perfect, i shall be proved perverse. Now, the message that the book of job teaches us is when we can’t understand god’s ways, we must trust his wisdom.”. Not sinless, as he himself owns ( ch. Job 1, clarke's commentary, one of over 125 bible commentaries freely available, this commentary is one of the most respected interdenominational commentaries ever written. Job humbled himself under the hand of god. And job starts off this book in the first chapter pretty well understanding god’s ways.
Job’s recognition that he owes everything to god’s blessing is highlighted by an unusual detail. We brought nothing of this world's goods into the world, but have them from others; Turn in your bible to the book of job. Web to explain such opinions, we must suppose (1) that they are made by men who never read the new testament, (or if they had read it, did not understand it), or (2) that they accept this whole chapter of job as merely a fanciful folk tale, invented by some unknown person as an allegory, or for the purpose of teaching some kind of a lesson. It appears also from genesis 10:23, that a grandson of shem bore the same name, but it does not appear whether any country was named from either of these. There was a man in the land of uz, whose name was job; There was a man in the land of uz, whose name was job; And it is certain we can carry nothing out, but must leave them to others. 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. Job 1, clarke's commentary, one of over 125 bible commentaries freely available, this commentary is one of the most respected interdenominational commentaries ever written. Job’s recognition that he owes everything to god’s blessing is highlighted by an unusual detail.
