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Text -- Job 1:1-21 (NET)
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Strongs On/Off
Context
I. The Prologue (1:1-2:13)
Job’s Good LifeSatan’s Accusation of Job
1:6 Now the day came when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord – and Satan also arrived among them.
1:7 The Lord said to Satan , “Where have you come from?” And Satan answered the Lord , “From roving about on the earth , and from walking back and forth across it.”
1:8 So the Lord said to Satan , “Have you considered my servant Job ? There is no one like him on the earth , a pure and upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil .”
1:9 Then Satan answered the Lord , “Is it for nothing that Job fears God ?
1:10 Have you not made a hedge around him and his household and all that he has on every side ? You have blessed the work of his hands , and his livestock have increased in the land .
1:11 But extend your hand and strike everything he has, and he will no doubt curse you to your face !”
1:12 So the Lord said to Satan , “All right then, everything he has is in your power . Only do not extend your hand against the man himself!” So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord .
Job’s Integrity in Adversity
1:13 Now the day came when Job’s sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house ,
1:14 and a messenger came to Job , saying , “The oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing beside them,
1:15 and the Sabeans swooped down and carried them all away , and they killed the servants with the sword ! And I– only I alone – escaped to tell you!”
1:16 While this one was still speaking , another messenger arrived and said , “The fire of God has fallen from heaven and has burned up the sheep and the servants – it has consumed them! And I– only I alone – escaped to tell you!”
1:17 While this one was still speaking another messenger arrived and said , “The Chaldeans formed three bands and made a raid on the camels and carried them all away , and they killed the servants with the sword ! And I– only I alone – escaped to tell you!”
1:18 While this one was still speaking another messenger arrived and said , “Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house ,
1:19 and suddenly a great wind swept across the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house , and it fell on the young people , and they died ! And I– only I alone – escaped to tell you!”
1:20 Then Job got up and tore his robe . He shaved his head , and then he threw himself down with his face to the ground .
1:21 He said , “Naked I came from my mother’s womb , and naked I will return there . The Lord gives , and the Lord takes away . May the name of the Lord be blessed !”
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Afflictions and Adversities |
God |
Faith |
Satan |
Temptation |
Job |
JOB, BOOK OF |
Resignation |
ESCHEW |
Bereavement |
UT |
DEVIL |
Birth-day |
ANGEL |
Motive |
UZ (1) |
SLANDER |
Camel |
Accusation, False |
Intercession |
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expand allCommentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes
NET Notes -> Job 1:1; Job 1:1; Job 1:1; Job 1:1; Job 1:1; Job 1:1; Job 1:1; Job 1:1; Job 1:1; Job 1:2; Job 1:2; Job 1:3; Job 1:3; Job 1:3; Job 1:3; Job 1:3; Job 1:4; Job 1:4; Job 1:4; Job 1:4; Job 1:4; Job 1:5; Job 1:5; Job 1:5; Job 1:5; Job 1:5; Job 1:5; Job 1:5; Job 1:5; Job 1:5; Job 1:5; Job 1:5; Job 1:6; Job 1:6; Job 1:6; Job 1:6; Job 1:6; Job 1:7; Job 1:7; Job 1:7; Job 1:7; Job 1:7; Job 1:8; Job 1:8; Job 1:8; Job 1:8; Job 1:9; Job 1:10; Job 1:10; Job 1:10; Job 1:10; Job 1:10; Job 1:11; Job 1:11; Job 1:11; Job 1:11; Job 1:11; Job 1:12; Job 1:12; Job 1:12; Job 1:12; Job 1:12; Job 1:12; Job 1:13; Job 1:13; Job 1:13; Job 1:14; Job 1:15; Job 1:15; Job 1:15; Job 1:15; Job 1:15; Job 1:15; Job 1:16; Job 1:16; Job 1:16; Job 1:16; Job 1:17; Job 1:17; Job 1:17; Job 1:19; Job 1:19; Job 1:19; Job 1:20; Job 1:20; Job 1:20; Job 1:20; Job 1:21; Job 1:21; Job 1:21; Job 1:21
NET Notes: Job 1:1 These two expressions indicate the outcome of Job’s character. “Fearing God” and “turning from evil” also express two co...
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NET Notes: Job 1:2 The verb begins the sentence: “and there were born.” This use of the preterite with vav (ו) consecutive, especially after the verb &...
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NET Notes: Job 1:3 The expression is literally “sons of the east.” The use of the genitive after “sons” in this construction may emphasize their ...
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NET Notes: Job 1:4 Normally cardinal numerals tend to disagree in gender with the numbered noun. In v. 2 “three daughters” consists of the masculine numeral ...
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NET Notes: Job 1:5 The imperfect expresses continual action in past time, i.e., a customary imperfect (GKC 315 §107.e).
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NET Notes: Job 1:6 The word means “adversary” or with the article “the adversary” – here the superhuman adversary or Satan. The word with t...
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NET Notes: Job 1:7 As the words are spoken by Satan, there is no self-condemnation in them. What they signify is the swiftness and thoroughness of his investigation of h...
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NET Notes: Job 1:8 The same expressions that appeared at the beginning of the chapter appear here in the words of God. In contrast to that narrative report about Job, th...
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NET Notes: Job 1:9 The Hebrew form has the interrogative ה (he) on the adverb חִנָּם (khinnam, “gratis”), a derivat...
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NET Notes: Job 1:10 The verb פָּרַץ (parats) means “to break through.” It has the sense of abundant increase, as in breaki...
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NET Notes: Job 1:11 See the comments on Job 1:5. Here too the idea of “renounce” may fit well enough; but the idea of actually cursing God may not be out of t...
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NET Notes: Job 1:12 So Satan, having received his permission to test Job’s sincerity, goes out from the Lord’s presence. But Satan is bound by the will of the...
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NET Notes: Job 1:13 Heb “his”; the referent (Job) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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NET Notes: Job 1:14 The use of the verb “to be” with the participle gives emphasis to the continuing of the action in the past (GKC 360 §116.r).
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NET Notes: Job 1:16 Or “from the sky.” The Hebrew word שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven[s]&...
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NET Notes: Job 1:20 This last verb is the Hishtaphel of the word חָוָה (khavah; BDB 1005 s.v. שָׁחָה); i...
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