Job 1:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou consideredd my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? ”

Job 1:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hast thou considered my servant Job? - Margin, “Set thine heart on.” The margin is a literal translation of the Hebrew. Schultens remarks on this, that it means more than merely to observe or to...
Job 1:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The disinterestedness of Job's piety is brought into question by the Satan in the council of heaven. We are now to see how misfortune may come absolutely unprovoked by sin. The sons of God, who come...
Job 1:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? Hast thou consid...
Job 1:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Hast thou considered my servant Job, &c.?— The Hebrew, לבךֶ השׂמת hasamta libbeka, literally signifies, hast thou put thy heart, &c. The words going to and fro, &c. in the precedi...
Job 1:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? Considered...
Job 1:8 - 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 1:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

III. THE OPENING SCENE IN HEAVEN Job 1:6-12 WITH the presentation of the scene in heaven, the genius, the pious daring, and fine moral insight of the writer at once appear-in one word, his ins...
Job 1:8 - 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 1:8 - 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 1:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(7) And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it. (8) And the LORD said unto Satan,...
Job 1:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the Lord said unto Satan, hast thou considered my servant Job ,.... Or, "hast thou put thine heart on my servant" p; not in a way of love and affection to him, to do him any good or service, the...
Job 1:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that [there is] none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? Ver. 8. Hast...
Job 1:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hast thou considered my servant Job? Hast thou taken notice of him, and of his spirit and conduct? That there is none like him in all the earth The Targum saith, “None like him in the land of t...
Job 1:8 - 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 1:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Satan before God; Satan Permitted to Afflict Job. B. C. 1520. 6 Now there was a day wh...
Job 1:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Hast thou taken notice of him, and his spirit and carriage? and what hast thou to say against him?
Job 1:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Notes Job 1:11 . “ And he will curse thee to thy face.” (Margin : “If he curse thee not.”) The clause susceptible of a variety of interpretations. The two particles at the commencement אִם לֹא (...
Job 1:8 - Scofield Reference Notes

feareth ( See Scofield) - ( Psalms 19:9 ).
Job 1:8 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Job 1:6-12 I. The introduction of Satan into the scene before us illustrates the problem of the book of Job. This wonderful, and perhaps most human of all books, evidently discusses the problem of...
Job 1:8 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Job 1:1 . There was a man in the land of Uz, Job was a man indeed; a true man, a man of the highest type, for he was a man of God. Job 1:1 . Whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and up...
Job 1:8 - 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 1:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Now there was a day. A fatal day 1. That Satan observeth and watcheth his time to fasten his temptations most strongly upon the soul. He watcheth a day, “there was a day,” and there was not a d...
Job 1:8 - 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 1:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Satan given Permission to Afflict Job
Job 1:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Job 1:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Job 1:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Job 1:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Job 1:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Job 1:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Job 1:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Job 1:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Job 1:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Job 1:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Job 1:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Job 1:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Job 1:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Job 1:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 1:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Job 1:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Job 1:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Job 1:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Job 1:8 - Scofield Reference Notes

Job 1:8 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Job 1:8 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Job 1:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 1:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Job 1:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Job 1:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job 1:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge