Job has two graves, one islamic in oman and one druze site in lebanon. Job 1 commentary matthew henrys complete commentary on the. Prologue in two scenes, the first on earth, the second in heaven job 12. Youngs literal translation a man there hath been in the land of uz job his name and that man hath been perfect and upright both fearing god, and turning aside from evil. Tomb of the prophet job, lebanon job is presented as such a good man that god boasts about him in a conversation with satan. World english bible there was a man in the land of uz, whose name was job. Lo and behold, satan comes out and challenges god on job s goodness. Jobsong of solomona life lesson from every chapter purchase. He also had a large number of servants and was the richest man in the east. No other book in the bible uses this prosepoetryprose pattern. Job, although brokenhearted at the loss of his family, was rewarded with a newfamily and greater wealth.
Read more from mimi by visiting her blog at tools for kids church. Then the lord said to satan, have you considered my servant job. Israel was delivered from egypts degrading bondage. The book begins with the description of job as a just and upright man. Job 1 kjv there was a man in the land of uz, bible gateway. Job 1 king james version kjv 1 there was a man in the land of uz, whose name was job. The book of job consists of a prose prologue and epilogue narrative framing poetic dialogues and monologues. And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all.
Behemoth and leviathan in the book of job 1 creation ministries. His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred sheasses, and a very great household. Hanoch levins the torments of job as a modern tragedy. Job chapter 1 coffmans commentary of the new testament. Up in the heavens, god brags to the divine assembly about job.
God speaks through history to give an example of our deliverance from the degrading bondage of sin as paul makes clear in 1 corinthians 10. But after this experience, job came to embody for me a bible in my. It is plain, from this history, that the lord watched over his servant job with the affection of a wise and loving father. Of the malice of satan against him, and the permission he obtained to try his constancy, job 1. The prose prologue chapters one and two and the epilogue 42. The house of the forest of lebanon was a public hall built by solomon entirely of the cedars of lebanon 1 kings 7. This description is about twice as long as that for the animals in chapter 39.
The sages of the talmud bava batra 15a teach that phrase land of utz refers to eretz yisrael, called utz in honor of iyov, who protected the people of his generation with his steadfast righteousness. The word uz, in hebrew utz, is derived from the hebrew word etz, meaning tree. This book is so called from job, whose prosperity, afflictions, and restoration, are here recorded. Not much is known about job based on the masoretic text of the jewish bible. The book of job, chapter 1 1 there was a man in the land of hus, whose name was job, and that man was simple and upright, and fearing god, and avoiding evil. The prologue and epilogue also serve as bookends to the major poetic dialogue 3. He lived soon after abraham, or perhaps before that patriarch. There was a man in the land of uz, whose name was job we have observed in the argument, that the firstborn son of nahor, abrahams brother, was called uz. Now, job will answer the words of eliphaz the temanite.
He was a good man, careful not to do anything evil. Addressing the problem of theodicy the vindication of the justice of god in the light of humanitys suffering it is a rich theological work setting out a variety of perspectives. Job 1 niv prologue in the land of uz there bible gateway. It is common to view the narrative frame as the original core of the book, enlarged later by the poetic dialogues and discourses, and sections of the book such as the elihu speeches and the wisdom poem of chapter 28 as late insertions, but recent trends have tended to concentrate on the. He was honest inside and out, a man of his word, who was totally devoted to god and hated evil with a passion. Study guide for joshua 1 by david guzik blue letter bible.
Sssh the book of job no wonder the lord said what he did about the life and character of job. There was a man in the land of uz, whose name was job. Another uz in the authorised version spelt huz is mentioned in genesis 22. Of the malice of satan against him, and the permission he obtained to try his constancy v. The righteous flourish like the palm tree and grow like a cedar in lebanon. First, job learns that his mines in lebanon have been. Where did the biblical story of creation come from. Chapters 1 and 2 are prose, and introduce the poetic monologues and dialogues that comprise the essence of the story of job. Oh, that my grief were fully weighed, and my calamity laid with it on the scales. For then it would be heavier than the sand of the sea. A third form of this name is mentioned in genesis 36. Now it came about after the death of moses the servant of the lord, that the lord spoke to joshua the son of nun, moses aservant, saying, moses amy servant is dead.
The book of job is one of the literary masterpieces of all time, and provides a profound discussion on the suffering of a just man. Enoch, a righteous man, who was 1 with god, answered and spoke, while his eyes were open, and while he saw a holy vision in the heavens. An outer view of the druze shrine of prophet job in lebanon. Job 12 niv prologue in the land of uz there bible gateway. Then the satan answered the lord and said, roaming the earth and patrolling it. Of the surprising troubles that befel him, the ruin of his estate v.
Perfect not legally or exactly, but as to his sincere intentions, hearty affections, and diligent endeavours to perform all his duties to god and men. Job 1, new american standard bible nasb the bible app. The loss of jobs property, and the death of his children. These be the words which moses spake unto all israel on this side jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the red sea, between paran, and tophel, and laban, and hazeroth, and dizahab 1. The book of job aesthetics, ethics, hermeneutics oapen. The book of job, presumably written in the second millennium bc, details the events. Verses 25 and there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters. This was to show satan how job loved worshiped god. In job 40, the lord is infallibly describing a real historical creature, called behemoth. Most likely it was written by job himself, and it is the most ancient book in existence.
The book of job is the first document in history to take. A poem to wisdom chapter 28, previously read as part of the speech of job, now regarded by most scholars as a separate interlude in the narrators. The book of job is quite possibly the strangest book in the hebrew bible, and is notoriously difficult to date. Jobs friends were kind enough to sit with him in sympathetic silence for some seven days job 2. Job 1 commentary matthew henrys complete commentary on. These be the words which moses spake unto all israel on this side jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the red sea, between paran, and tophel, and laban, and hazeroth, and dizahab. This opening presents to us the book of job as a detached work, separate. The book of job is a book in the ketuvim writings section of the hebrew bible tanakh, and. In essence, job is an essay on the problem of evil. The lord is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked. Job, chapter 12 king james version christian answers webbible. Job asks why god hides from him, and does not reveal his sins.
Cevery place on which the sole of your foot treads, i have given it to you, just as i. Job 1 commentary matthew henry commentary on the whole. Job, chapter 1 king james version christian answers webbible. But satan the accuser comes before the lord, and god allows him to test job. Book of job with hebrew and english themes of job summary of jobs life. Satan said he could have job eating out of his hand turn him away from god.
In the land of uz there lived a man whose name was job. Of his exemplary patience and piety under these troubles, job 1. Of the surprising troubles that befel him, the ruin of his estate job 1. Job is the central figure of the book of job in the bible. Job 1, new international version niv the bible app. He was also very wealthyseven thousand head of sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred teams of oxen, five hundred donkeys, and a huge staff of servants. And that man was pure and upright, one who feared god and turned away. The hebrew book of job is part of ketuvim writings of the jewish bible. The book of enoch, chapters 160 reluctant messenger.
It begins with an introduction to jobs characterhe is described as. These were historical events, but they were not only historical. And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh. All the inhabitants of the hill country from lebanon as far as misrephothmaim, all the sidonians, i will drive them out from before the sons of israel. Sssh the book of job the great controversy theme forms a template that can help us better understand the total message. This section of the catholic bible contains the complete content of the book of job, chapter 1 with numbers and text of individual verses from the douay rheims version of the catholic bible. Book of song of solomon overview insight for living ministries. Job broke the silence with an anguished rant job 3, and eliphaz responded with a poetic call to repentance job 45.
Free, online access to study passages and verses contained the book of job, chapter 1 and its verses for catholic bible study, sunday school lessons and. Song of solomon takes its title from the first verse of the book, which mentions who the. Its length was a hundred cubits and its breadth fifty cubits and its height thirty cubits, and it was built on four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams on the pillars. The characters in the book of job consist of job, his wife, his three friends bildad, eliphaz, and zophar, a man named elihu, god, and angels one of whom is named satan. Though it is hard and rare, it is not impossible for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven. Chapter 1 1 the word of the blessing of enoch, how he blessed the elect and the righteous, who were to exist in the time of trouble. In the old testament, the targums, and the qumran texts, lebanon is symbolically associated with the temple, probably because the cedars of lebanon were used to build it. Job 1 niv bible in the land of uz there lived a man whose name. Job 1 niv bible in the land of uz there lived a man whose. That man was blameless and upright, and one who feared god, and turned away from evil.