Job 1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments
  • Job 1:1 open_in_new

    There was. man. A man came to be. This settles the question as to the historical fact. was. came to be. See note on p. 666.

    man. Hebrew. 'ish. App-14.

    Uz. In Genesis 22:20; Genesis 22:21, immediately after the offering of Isaac, Abraham hears that his brother Nahor has eight sons, and among them two named Uz and Buz, and Kemuel the father of Aram. Uz gives his name to the land. Buz and Aram are connected with Elihu (Job 32:2). See App-62. The land of Uz is mentioned in Jeremiah 25:20 and Lamentations 4:21. South of Edom, west of Arabia, extending to the borders of Chaldea.

    Job. In Hebrew. 'Iyyob = afflicted.

    that. this.

    was. came to be, as in Genesis 1:2.

    perfect. inoffensive. None are "perfect" in the English sense of the word. Hebrew. tam. See Genesis 20:5.

    God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4.

    evil. Hebrew. ra'a. App-44.

  • Job 1:5 open_in_new

    were gone about. came round.

    offered. offered up. App-43. Showing that, from Genesis 4 onward, the institution was observed.

    sinned. Hebrew. chata'. App-44.

    cursed. One of the eighteen emendations of the Sopherim (App-33), by which the primitive Hebrew text, kalal = to curse, was changed to barak. to bless, as in Job 1:11 with Job 2:5; Job 2:9. Translated "cursed" in Authorized Version, and "renounced" in Revised Version, in spite of barak (blessed) standing in the printed text. See notes on 2 Samuel 12:14 and Psalms 10:3.

  • Job 1:6 open_in_new

    sons of God. the angels. Compare Job 38:7, and see App-23.

    present themselves. take their stations.

    the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.

    Satan. the Adversary.

  • Job 1:11 open_in_new

    hand. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6, for power exercised by it.

    touch. hurt. Figure of speech Tapeinosis (App-6), meaning much more than "touch".

  • Job 1:12 open_in_new

    power. Hebrew "hand". Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6, for power exercised by it.

  • Job 1:13 open_in_new

    there was. day. the fit, or usual day. When Job was seventy. See notes on p. 666.

    wine. Hebrew. yayin. App-27.

  • Job 1:14 open_in_new

    and. Note the Figure of speech Polysyndeton (App-6), to emphasize the details in all these reports of the calamities.

  • Job 1:16 open_in_new

    While he was yet speaking. Repeated three times to show the rapidity and vehemence of Satan's assault.

    The fire of God. A fire of Elohim. Figure of speech Enallage (App-6). a great (or terrible) fire. Elohim used as an adjective. Compare Song of Solomon 8:6; Psalms 80:10.