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While he was still speaking, there came also another, and said, "The Chaldeans made three bands, and swept down on the camels, and have taken them away, yes, and killed the servants with the edge of the sword; and I alone have escaped to tell you."
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The Human Face of Evil
Commentators explain that the Chaldeans were a fierce, predatory people who executed a planned, strategic raid. This attack, following a seemingly supernatural disaster, shows that Satan can work through both natural forces and the deliberate, violent choices of human beings. This highlights that suffering often comes at the hands of other people.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The Chaldeans - The Septuagint translates this as αἱ ἱππεῖς (hai hippēis), "the horsemen." Why they expressed it in this way is unk…
19th Century
Anglican
The Chaldeans. —Literally, Chasdim, or descendants of Chesed (Genesis 22:22; see Note on Job 1:1). This name …
Baptist
While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried th…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
While he was yet speaking, there came also another Another messenger from another part of Job's possessions, where h…
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…
13th Century
Catholic
After considering the cause of the blessed Job’s adversity, the text consequently shows how that adversity came upon him. Because Satan produced al…
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