Job 1:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ His substancea also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east. ”

Job 1:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

His substance - Margin, or “cattle.” The word used here מקנה mı̂qneh is derived from קנה qânâh , to gain or acquire, to buy or purchase, and properly means anything acquired or purchased...
Job 1:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

His (d) substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of...
Job 1:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Job 1:1-3 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...
Job 1:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

and. Note the Figure of speech Polysyndeton. App-6. men . sons.
Job 1:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all...
Job 1:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The greatest of all the men of the east— Grotius and others observe, that Job's being here called the greatest of all the men of the east, is an argument that the book must have been written by s...
Job 1:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of...
Job 1:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Prologue Job 1:2 , which form the Prologue to the book, describe ( a ) the prosperity and piety of Job; ( b ) a scene in heaven in which the Satan questions the motives of his piety; and ( c...
Job 1:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The men of the east. — This term is indefinite with regard to the three districts above mentioned, and might include them all. The Arabs still call the Hauran, or the district east of Jordan, the l...
Job 1:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

II. THE OPENING SCENE ON EARTH Job 1:1-5 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...
Job 1:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Satan Aims at a High Mark Job 1:1-12 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 evin...
Job 1:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Job 1:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(2) And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters. (3) His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses,...
Job 1:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

His substance also was seven thousand sheep ,.... For which he must have a large pasturage to feed them on, as well as these would produce much wool for clothing, and flesh for food; this part of hi...
Job 1:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all...
Job 1:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

His substance also was seven thousand sheep Namely, seven thousand small cattle, whether sheep or goats, in opposition to the larger cattle next mentioned. And three thousand camels Camels in the...
Job 1:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Job 1:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Job's Character and Possessions. B. C. 1520. 1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose...
Job 1:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Camels in these parts were very numerous, as is manifest from Judges 7:12 1 Chronicles 5:21 , and from the plain testimonies of Aristotle and Pliny, and very useful, and proper both for carrying...
Job 1:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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. Mentione...
Job 1:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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...
Job 1:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Job 1:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

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...
Job 1:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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 ch...
Job 1:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job's Wealth and Piety
Job 1:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 4:30 ; 1 Samuel 25:2 ; 2 Chronicles 26:10 ; 2 Chronicles 32:29 ; 2 Kings 3:4 ; Genesis 12:16 ; Genesis 12:5 ; Genesis 13:6 ; Genesis 25:6 ; Genesis 29:1 ; Genesis 34:23 ; Job 29:1...
Job 1:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Camels — Camels in these parts were very numerous, and very useful, both for carrying burdens in these hot and dry countries, as being able to endure thirst much better than other creatures, and fo...

Job 1:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Job 1:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Job 1:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Job 1:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Job 1:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Job 1:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Job 1:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Job 1:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Job 1:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Job 1:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Job 1:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Job 1:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Job 1:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Job 1:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Job 1:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Job 1:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 1:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Job 1:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Job 1:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Job 1:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Job 1:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Job 1:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 1:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Job 1:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Job 1:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job 1:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 1:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes