Behold, he is in your hand—He is at your disposal; see Job 1:12.

But save his life—the margin reads, "only." This was to be th…

But save his life. —God’s faithfulness cannot fail even if, as Satan hints, Job’s should do so (2 Timothy 2:13). There…

And the Lord said to Satan, behold, he [is] in your hand ,
&c.] Well may a behold be prefixed to this, it being matt…

How good it is for us that neither men nor devils are to be our judges! But all our judgment comes from the Lord, who never errs. Job still holds f…

There are three kinds of human goods: those of the soul, of the body, and external things. These goods are ordered in such a way that the body exis…