Job 1:5-7
1599 Geneva Bible
5 And when the days of their banqueting were gone about, Job sent, and [a]sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and [b]offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job thought, It may be that my sons have sinned, and [c]blasphemed God in their hearts, thus did Job [d]every day.
6 ¶ Now on a day when the [e]children of God came and stood [f]before the Lord, Satan [g]came also among them.
7 Then the Lord said unto Satan, Whence [h]comest thou? And Satan answered the Lord, saying, [i]From compassing the earth to and fro, and from walking in it.
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- Job 1:5 That is, commanded them to be sanctified: meaning, that they should consider the faults that they had committed, and reconcile themselves for the same.
- Job 1:5 That is, he offered for every one of his children an offering of reconciliation, which declared his religion toward God, and the care that he had toward his children.
- Job 1:5 In Hebrew it is, and blessed God, which is sometimes taken for blaspheming and cursing, as here and 1 Kings 21:10, 13, etc.
- Job 1:5 While the feast lasted.
- Job 1:6 Meaning, the Angels, which are called the sons of God, because they are willing to execute his will.
- Job 1:6 Because our infirmity cannot comprehend God in his majesty, he is set forth unto us as a King, that our capacity may be able to understand that which is spoken of him.
- Job 1:6 This declareth, that although Satan be adversary to God, yet he is compelled to obey him, and do him all homage, without whose permission and appointment he can do nothing.
- Job 1:7 This question is asked for our infirmity: for God knew whence he came.
- Job 1:7 Herein is described the nature of Satan, which is ever ranging for his prey, 1 Pet. 5:8.
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