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Yahweh said to Satan, "Behold, he is in your hand. Only spare his life."
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God's Sovereign Leash
All commentators emphasize that while God permits Satan to afflict Job, He places a strict limit: "spare his life." This demonstrates that God is always in ultimate control. As one scholar notes, God keeps the "roaring lion" chained, reminding believers that any power Satan wields is temporary and subordinate to God's sovereign will.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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…
19th Century
Anglican
But save his life. —God’s faithfulness cannot fail even if, as Satan hints, Job’s should do so (2 Timothy 2:13). There…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the Lord said to Satan, behold, he [is] in your hand , &c.] Well may a behold be prefixed to this, it being matt…
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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…
13th Century
Catholic
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…
