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An Attack by Neighbors
Commentators suggest the Sabeans were likely descendants of Abraham through his wife Keturah. This means the violent, unprovoked raid wasn't carried out by a distant, unknown enemy, but by marauding tribes who were Job's neighbors, adding a layer of local treachery to his suffering.
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Albert Barnes
On Job 1:15
18th Century
Theologian
And the Sabeans - Hebrew שׁבא (shebâ')—Vulgate, “Suboei.” The Septuagint gives a paraphrase, καὶ ἐλθόντες οἱ αἰχμαλωτε…
Charles Ellicott
On Job 1:15
19th Century
Bishop
The Sabeans. —Literally, Sheba. Three persons named Sheba are found in Genesis:
- The son of Raamah and grands…
Charles Spurgeon
On Job 1:14–15
19th Century
Preacher
And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them: And the Sabeans fell upon them, and to…
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John Gill
On Job 1:15
17th Century
Pastor
And the Sabeans fell upon them
Or, "Sheba fell" F5 ; that is, as Aben Ezra and Simeon Bar Tzemach supply …
Matthew Henry
On Job 1:13–19
17th Century
Minister
Satan brought Job's troubles upon him on the day that his children began their course of feasting. The troubles all came upon Job at once; while on…