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Job 1

Job 1:1—Part I. Prologue: (1) The character of Job.

Job 1:1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that fear God, and eschewed evil.

land of Uz

A region at the south of Edom, and west of the Arabian desert, extending to Chaldea.

See Jeremiah 25:20.

Job

Eze 14:14; Jas 5:11.

perfect [See also Job 1:8.]

See 1Ki 8:61.

fear [See also Job 1:8, 9.]

Scofield Psalms 19:9, note.

Job 1:2-4—(2) The family and prosperity of Job.

Job 1:5—(3) The piety of Job and his household.

Job 1:5 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: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.

cursed God

1Ki 21:10, 13.

Job 1:6-12—(4) Satan's theory: Job was good because prosperous.

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.

sons of God came to present themselves

This scene is in heaven. Cf. Job 2:1-7.

Satan

Satan, Job 1:7-9, 12; Job 2:1-3, 6, 7. (Gen 3:1; Rev 20:10.)

Job 1:7 And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.

Satan

Heb. the Adversary. 1Ch 21:1; Rev 12:9, 10.

Job 1:8 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?

Hast thou considered

Heb. hast thou set thy heart on. Job 2:3.

Job 1:13-22—(5) In the sieve of Satan: mystery of God's permissive will. (See Satan, Scofield Gen 3:1; Rev 20:10.)

Job 1:13 And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house:

when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine

Ecc 9:12.

Job 1:18 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house:

Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine

Job 1:4, 13.

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