Then Job arose - The phrase "to arise," in the Scriptures, is often used in the sense of beginning to do anything. It does not necessarily i…

And worshipped. —Compare the conduct of David (2 Samuel 12:20) and of Hezekiah (2 Kings 19:1). Moments of …

And fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,

Grand old man, how bravely does he play the man here! He fell down upon the grou…

Then Job arose Either from table, being at dinner, as some think, in his own house; it being the time that his children w…

Job humbled himself under the hand of God. He reasons from the common state of human life, which he describes. We brought nothing of this world's g…

After the adversity of ble ed Job has been narrated, the text discu es the patience he showed. To understand what is said here, it is important to …