Job 1 6 Commentary

April 25, 2021

Jesus taught that god knows everything about us. The angels, (called the sons of god, because they were like unto god, in being immortal, see luke 20:36.) came to present themselves.

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This phrase “sons of god” is basically equivalent to “angels.” and we don’t hear a thing about any of these beings beyond the fact that satan is there with them.

Job 1 6 commentary. Whoever they were, they had an appointment to present themselves before god. Now there was a day— it came to pass on the day when, &c. The scene is set for this in verse 6.

“what does your arguing prove?” a. In addition to outward troubles, the inward sense of god's wrath took away all his courage and resolution. 2 and job spake, and said, 3 let the day perish wherein i was born, and the night in which it was said, there is a man child conceived.

Satan is somewhat taken aback, so he asks god to change the rules of the game. Let’s open our bibles to job, chapter 16 for this job 16 commentary. Care of has family, job 1:4, job 1:5.

Because he knows he didn’t deserve his former blessings, he knows he does not necessarily deserve his current sufferings. For then it would be heavier than the sand of the sea; Kjv 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.

Here in job 1:6, god presides over a large assembly of spirit beings. There is an evil spirit, the enemy of god, and of all righteousness, who is continually seeking to distress, to lead astray, and, if possible, to destroy those who love god. A casual reading of the verse seems to indicate that they are spiritual in nature, for.

Thus denoting some determinate time, when the sons of god, i.e. In these verses, job did not realise that god cared about him. And as we open to job 16, we need to remind ourselves of how we got here.

4 let that day be darkness; Satan, appearing before god, falsely accuses job. He thrust himself into an assembly of the sons of god that came to present themselves before the lord.

Job 1:6 king james version (kjv) 6 now there was a day when the sons of god came to present themselves before the lord , and satan came also among them. Satan among the sons of god ( job 1:6 ), an adversary (so satan signifies) to god, to men, to all good: They present themselves to render account of their ministry in other parts of the universe ( hebrews 1:14).

Therefore my words have been rash. “the disgust expressed in job’s remark that ‘ryr hlmwt is tasteless (job 6:6) can be appreciated, even though we still do not know what that substance is.” (andersen) iv. And job did not realise that god knew job personally.

And he cares about us all. 1:7 and the lord said unto satan, whence comest thou? * the most conclusive evidence, however, is job’s age.

No doubt these are created beings. Now there was a day when the sons of god came to present. Then satan answered the lord, and said, from going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.

Satan has decided to attack job more directly and petitions god for the right to strike job's own body. This act illustrates job's fear of god ( job 1:1). The feeling sense of the wrath of god is harder to bear than any outward afflictions.

This would imply significant age. 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. A meeting of the saints on earth.

Thomas coke commentary on the holy bible. “it is fascinating to think that as we open this text we may be faced with the earliest of all written accounts of a human being’s relationship with yahweh, the one true god.” (mason) Without warning, job is suddenly stricken with a series of terrible boils, or carbuncles.

Let not god regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it. (job 1:21 rsv) i wonder if we would have responded that way? God also had an inner divine council of spirit beings with whom he worked in overseeing and administering his creation, and that inner council would have been present at the large general assemblies.

* we are not told job’s tribe, which would be a very unusual omission if this were under the mosaic law. So job did not know that satan (the devil) caused job’s troubles. Then job answered and said:

“oh, that my grief were fully weighed, and my calamity laid with it on the scales! There is an evil spirit, the enemy of god, and of all righteousness, who is continually seeking to distress, to lead astray, and, if possible, to destroy those who love god. This is generally understood of the angels, as in ( job 38:7 ) who may be thought to be so called, because of their creation by the father of spirits, and their likeness to god in holiness, knowledge, and wisdom, and.

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