Job:2

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* Again there was a day when the (note :)That is , the angels , ( Job_1:6 ).(:note ) sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD , and Read ( Job_1:6 ). Satan came also among them to present himself before the LORD . * Then the Lord sayde vnto Satan , Whence commest thou ? And Satan answered the Lorde , and sayd , From compassing the earth to and fro , and from walking in it . * 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 ? and still he holdeth fast his integrity , (note :)He proves Job 's integrity by this that he ceased not to fear God when his plagues were grievously upon him .(:note ) although thou movedst me against That is , when you had nothing against him , or when you were not able to bring your purpose to pass . him , to destroy him without cause . * And Satan answered the LORD , and said , (note :)By this he means that a man 's own skin is dearer to him than another man 's .(:note ) Skin for skin , yea , all that a man hath will he give for his life . * But put forth thine hand now , and touch his (note :)Meaning , his own person .(:note ) bone and his flesh , and he will curse thee to thy face . * And the LORD said unto Satan , Behold , he [is ] in thine hand ; but save (note :)Thus Satan can go no further in punishing than God has limited him .(:note ) his life . * So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD , and smote Job with sore (note :)This sore was most vehement , with which God also plagued the Egyptians , ( Exo_9:9 ) and threatened to punish rebellious people , ( Deu_28:27 ) so that this temptation was most grievous : for if Job had measured God 's favour by the vehemency of his disease , he might have thought that God had cast him off .(:note ) boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown . * And he took him a (note :)As destitute of all other help and means and wonderfully afflicted with the sorrow of his disease .(:note ) potsherd to scrape himself withal ; and he sat down among the ashes . * Then said his (note :)Satan uses the same instrument against Job , as he did against Adam .(:note ) wife unto him , Dost thou Meaning , what do you gain from serving God , seeing he thus plagues you , as though he were your enemy ? This is the most grievous temptation for the faithful , when their faith is assailed , and when Satan goes about to persuade them that they trust in God in vain . still retain thine integrity ? For death was appointed to the blasphemer and so she meant that he would quickly be rid of his pain . curse God , and die . * But he said unto her , Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh . What ? shall we receive good at the hand of God , and shall we not (note :)That is , to be patient in adversity as we rejoice when he sends prosperity , and so to acknowledge him to be both merciful and just .(:note ) receive evil ? In all this did not Job sin with his He so bridled his desires that his tongue through impatience did not murmur against God . lips . * Now when Job 's three (note :)Who were men of authority , wise and learned , and as the Septuagint writes , kings , and came to comfort him , but when they saw how he was visited , they conceived an evil opinion of him , as though he was a hypocrite and so justly plagued by God for his sins .(:note ) friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him , they came every one from his own place ; Eliphaz the Temanite , and Bildad the Shuhite , and Zophar the Naamathite : for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him . * And when they lifted up their eyes afar off , and knew him not , they lifted up their voice , and wept ; and they rent every one his mantle , and sprinkled (note :)This was also a ceremony which they used in those countries as the renting of their clothes in sign of sorrow etc .(:note ) dust upon their heads toward heaven . * So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights , and none spake a word unto him : for they saw that [his ] grief was very (note :)And therefore thought that he would not have listened to their counsel .(:note ) great .

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