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| 1 And there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before Jehovah, and Satan also came among them to present himself before Jehovah. |
The sons of God – The angelic sons. R1005:1, R2843:5, R315:3*, R777:4; Q840:4; E105
And Satan – Whose very existence is now denied by many. F609
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| 2 And Jehovah said to Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan answered Jehovah and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it. |
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| 3 And Jehovah said to Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God and abstaineth from evil? and still he remaineth firm in his integrity, though thou movedst me against him, to swallow him up without cause. |
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| 4 And Satan answered Jehovah and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life; |
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| 5 but put forth thy hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and see if he will not curse thee to thy face! |
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| 6 And Jehovah said to Satan, Behold, he is in thy hand; only spare his life. |
He is in thine hand – Satan is the direct cause of earth's woe and sorrow. R584:4
But save his life – Satan's power is limited. R2180:1, R1779:6
Satan cannot afflict beyond God's permission. R452:4*
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| 7 And Satan went forth from the presence of Jehovah; and he smote Job with a grievous botch from the sole of his foot unto his crown. |
With sore boils – Satan has considerable of the "power of death," including disease. R760:4
If disease and death are to a considerable extent under Satan's control, why might he not reverse the method and do some healing of disease. R1644:3
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| 8 And he took a potsherd to scrape himself with; and he sat among the ashes. |
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| 9 And his wife said to him, Dost thou still remain firm in thine integrity? curse God and die. |
Thine integrity – Suggesting that it had been without divine appreciation that he had sought to do justice and mercy all his life. R5401:6, R1505:6
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| 10 But he said to her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. We have also received good from God, and should we not receive evil? In all this Job did not sin with his lips. |
Receive evil – Calamities, troubles, for discipline or refining. R1937:3
Whatever God permits must be intended for our good. R1271:3, R1780:1, R1800:1
In all this – Loss of children, wealth, influence and health. R5401:6
Did not Job sin – He still trusted in God. R5401:6
With his lips – He knew that his words would be taken by the Lord as an index of his heart. R1937:3
"By thy words thou wilt be acquitted, and by thy words thou wilt be condemned." (Matt. 12:37) , R1937:1
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| 11 And three friends of Job heard of all this evil that was come upon him. And they came each one from his place: Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite; and they made an appointment together to come to condole with him and to comfort him. |
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| 12 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 dust upon their heads toward the heavens. |
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| 13 And they sat down with him on the ground seven days and seven nights; and none spoke a word to him; for they saw that his anguish was very great. |
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