Job 2:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown. ”

Job 2:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

So went Satan forth - Job 1:12 . And smote Job with sore boils - The English word boil denotes the well-known turnout upon the flesh, accompanied with severe inflammation; a sore angry swell...
Job 2:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore (h) boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown. (h) This sore was most vehement, with which God also plagued the Egypti...
Job 2:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Narrative of the Second Conversation between Yahweh and the Satan and its Issues. Again the heavenly council comes together, and Yahweh reproaches the Satan with instigating Him to bring undese...
Job 2:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown. Sore boils - בשחין רע bischin ra, "with an evil inflammation." What this dia...
Job 2:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

So went Satan forth— It has been objected, I. That it does not seem likely that Satan should appear in such good company as the sons of God; nor, II. That God should permit him to afflict Job in th...
Job 2:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown. Sore boils - malignant boils. Rather, as it is singular in the Hebre...
Job 2:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Prologue (continued) Job's second trial. He refuses to renounce God when afflicted with an excruciating disease. Three friends come to comfort him.
Job 2:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Sore boils. — Supposed to be Elephantiasis, an extreme form of leprosy, in which the skin becomes clotted and hard like an elephant’s, with painful cracks and sores underneath.
Job 2:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

V. THE DILEMMA OF FAITH Job 2:1-13 As the drama proceeds to unfold the conflict between Divine grace in the human soul and those chaotic influences which hold the mind in doubt or drag it back...
Job 2:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“Among the Ashes” Job 2:1-13 It gives God deep pleasure when He can point to one of His servants who has borne fiery trial with unwavering patience and faith. The adversary comes back from his...
Job 2:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Again the solemn council met, and again Satan was present. The Most High uttered the same estimate of His servant as before, adding thereto a declaration of Job's victory in the conflict which had ta...
Job 2:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(7) В¶ So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown. (8) And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat d...
Job 2:7 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

JOB’S TWO FOES AND THREE FRIENDS ‘Satan … his wife … Job’s three friends.’ Job 2:7 ; Job 2:9 ; Job 2:11 The outward calamities from which Job first suffered are narrated in chapter 1. Affl...
Job 2:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

So went Satan forth from the presence of the Lord ,.... With leave and license, with power and authority, as the Targum; having got his commission enlarged, on a fresh grant, to do more mischief to...
Job 2:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown. Ver. 7. So went Satan forth from the presence of the Lord ] The like is s...
Job 2:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord Or, from the Lord , απο του Κυριου, as the LXX. render it. Compare Acts 5:41 , They departed , απο προσωπου του συνεδριου, from the presence of th...
Job 2:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

SATAN INFLICTS BODILY SUFFERING ON HIM (vv.1-10), Another day comes when Satan presents himself to God among the sons of God, and his response to God's first question was the same as in Chapter...
Job 2:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Job Smitten with Disease; The Affliction of Job. B. C. 1520. 7 So went Satan forth fro...
Job 2:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Like those inflicted upon the Egyptians, which are expressed by the same word, and threatened to apostate Israelites, Deuteronomy 28:27 , whereby he was made loathsome to himself and to his neares...
Job 2:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Notes Job 2:7 . “ Smote Job with sore boils .” The Septuagint and Vulgate, followed by MARTIN and DIODATI in their French and Italian versions, render the words which describe Job’s disease, “a b...
Job 2:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 2:1 . There was a day when the sons of God &c. As on the former chapter, Job 2:6 . Job 2:4 . Skin for skin. Septuagint, “skin after skin.” Men's riches in the first periods of society...
Job 2:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

And Satan came also among them. Spiritual agencies, good and evil, in sickness This is one of those mysterious Chapter s of Holy Scripture wherein God hath graciously vouchsafed, for the streng...
Job 2:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Job 2:1-18 This chapter concludes the "Introductory section." It consists of three parts. Job 2:1-18 contain an account of Satan's second appearance in the courts of heaven, an...
Job 2:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job Stricken with a Severe Disease
Job 2:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 22:22 ; Deuteronomy 28:27 ; Deuteronomy 28:35 ; Exodus 9:9-11 ; Isaiah 1:6 ; Isaiah 3:17 ; Job 30:17-19 ; Job 30:30 ; Revelation 16:11
Job 2:7 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Heaven's Controversy Concerning Job Job 2:1-9 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. God's everlasting eye watches over His children. When Satan made his second entrance into the presence of God, he discovered...
Job 2:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Boils — Like those inflicted upon the Egyptians, which are expressed by the same word, and threatened to apostate Israelites, Deuteronomy 28:27 , whereby he was made loathsome to himself, and to h...

Job 2:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Job 2:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Job 2:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Job 2:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Job 2:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Job 2:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Job 2:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Job 2:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Job 2:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Job 2:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Job 2:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Job 2:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Job 2:7 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Job 2:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Job 2:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Job 2:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 2:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Job 2:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Job 2:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Job 2:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Job 2:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 2:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Job 2:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Job 2:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job 2:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 2:7 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Job 2:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes