Job 1:20

And worshipped. — Compare the conduct of David (2 Samuel 12:20) and of Hezekiah (2 Kings 19:1). Moments of intense sorrow or trial, like moments of intense joy, force us into the immediate presence of God.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Then Job arose - The phrase to arise, in the Scriptures is often used in the sense of beginning to do anything. It does not necessarily imply tha...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Then Job arose, and (a) rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, (a) Which came not from impatience, but...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

In the preceding section the narrative surged forward, depicting the unbridled rage of the Satan. Here on the contrary we have a beautiful picture of...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

shaved his head. Symbolic of mourning ( Leviticus 21:5 . Jeremiah 7:29 ; Jeremiah 16:6 ; Micah 1:16 ).
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 451 TRIALS AND RESIGNATION OF JOB Job 1:20-21 . Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the grou...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, Rent his mantle - Tearing the garments, shav...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, Job arose - not necessarily from sit...
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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Rent his mantle ] Tearing the robe has always been an Eastern sign of mourning, as was also shaving the head or pulling out the hair (see Jeremiah...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

IV. THE SHADOW OF GOD'S HAND Job 1:13-22 COMING now to the sudden and terrible changes which are to prove the faithfulness of the servant of G...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Stripped of Every Possession Job 1:13-22 There are dark days in our lives, when messenger follows on the heel of messenger, and we sit down ami...
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 for...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(20) В¶ Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, (21) And said, Naked came I out of m...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then Job arose ,.... Either from table, being at dinner, as some think, in his own house; it being the time that his children were feasting in their...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, Ver. 20. Then Job arose, and rent his man...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Then Job arose From his seat whereon he had been sitting in a disconsolate posture; and rent his mantle In token of his deep sense of, and just s...
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,...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Job's Sorrow and Submission. B. C. 1520. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Then Job arose from his seat, whereon he was sitting in a disconsolate posture. Rent his mantle, to testify his deep sense of and just sorrow for...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

FIFTH PART OF INTRODUCTION—THE RESULT OF SATAN’S ATTEMPTS I. Job’s grief ( Job 1:20 ). “Then Job arose.” Probably found by the tidings in the us...
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 . W...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Job 1:6 . Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them. Angels and all kin...
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, an...
The Biblical Illustrator

So Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord The foe of foes I. The enthusiasm of his malignity. No sooner does he receive permission tha...
The Biblical Illustrator

And worshipped. The grand victory This is the grandest scene that human nature has ever presented. The world had never seen anything to compare...
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 circumsta...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job's Great Affliction
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Then Job, who was more deeply affected by the information of the death of his children than by the loss of his entire property, arose and rent his m...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 5:6 ; 2 Chronicles 7:3 ; 2 Samuel 12:16-20 ; Deuteronomy 9:18 ; Ezra 9:3 ; Genesis 37:29 ; Genesis 37:34 ; Matthew 26:39
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Shaved — Caused his hair to be shaved or cut off, which was then an usual ceremony in mourning. Worshipped — Instead of cursing God, which Satan sa...

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Related Commentaries of Job 1:20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Job 1:20