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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thou hast blessed the work of his hands,- Even the devil dared not deny that Job was a working man, or say that he had come by his estate by oppression or plunder. No; he said to God, “Thou hast blessed the work of his hands,”-
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And his substance is increased in the land. But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face. Oh, what mischief Satan can imagine against the righteous! The mercy is that, although he is mighty, he is not almighty; he is very malicious, but there is One who is far wiser and stronger than he is, who can...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? “He finds that it pays, it answers his purpose to be devout.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land. But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face. See, the devil measures Job’s cow in his own bushel; but, happily, it was the measurement of a liar, so he measured amiss. There are still some who say, “Yes, it is a...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
But put forth thine hand now,.... With draw thine hand of providence, power, and protection, with which thou hast covered and screened him; and, instead of that, "send" (u) forth thine afflicting hand, not barely in a way of chastisement and correction, but in wrath and vengeance, consuming and destroying all he had; and this he desires might be...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the Lord said unto Satan, behold, all that he hath is in thy power,.... This he said not as angry and displeased with Job, or as entertaining any ill opinion of him through the suggestions of Satan, nor as gratifying that evil spirit; but in order to convince and confound him, and to try the grace of Job, that he might shine the brighter; and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD. And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house: and there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. Satan could go so far, but no farther, there is an “only” in the permission granted to him: “Only upon himself put not forth thine hand.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD. And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house: That was a bad day for trouble to come. Satan selected that day because it was a joyful day, and therefore it would make the trials of Job the more startling. Moreover if Job could...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And there was a day,.... Which according to the Targum was the first day of the week, but this is not certain, nor material; nor can it be said whether it was the day following that, Satan had leave to do what he would with Job's substance, nor how long this was after that; for though Satan was no doubt eager upon it, and in haste to do mischief;...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And there came a messenger unto Job,.... Not a messenger of Satan, as Jarchi, or one of his angels, or evil spirits; though this is a sense which is embraced not only by some Jewish Rabbins, but by several of the ancient Christian writers, as Sanctius on the place observes; and such they suppose the other messengers after mentioned were; but both...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them: And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. The bad news comes to him all of a sudden, just when he is thinking of something very...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the Sabeans fell upon them,.... Or, "Sheba fell" (e); that is, as Aben Ezra and Simeon Bar Tzemach supply it, an host of the Sabeans, or a company of them; these were not the descendants of that Sheba that sprung from Ham, Genesis 10:7 nor of him that came from Shem, Genesis 10:28, but from Sheba, the son of Jokshan, a son of Abraham by...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
While he was yet speaking, there came also another,.... Another messenger, one of Job's servants, from another part of his fields where his sheep were grazing, and was one of those that kept them; he came with another piece of bad news, even before the other had finished his whole account; and the same is observed of all the other messengers that...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
While he was yet speaking,- As if to give Job no time to rally his faith and encourage his heart,- Job_1:16. There came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. This calamity must have distressed Job all the more...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. Now, if that lightning had fallen on the Sabeans while they were robbing and plundering, one might not have wondered; but to fall on the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
While he was yet speaking, there came also another,.... Another messenger from another part of Job's possessions, where his camels were, and this before the last messenger had told his story out: and said, the Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried them away; these were the 3000 camels, as in Job 1:3 and perhaps...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels and have carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. He had not time to think before the heaviest stroke of all came:-
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the word; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. Three such heavy blows will surely be enough to test the patriarch, but a fourth messenger came with...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
While he was yet speaking, there came another,.... A servant of one of Job's sons, who was in waiting at the feast before mentioned, and here again repeated: and said, thy sons and thy daughters were eating, and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house; [See comments on Job 1:13].