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A Devastating Disease
Commentators agree that Job's "sore boils" were a devastating, all-encompassing disease. Scholars suggest it was likely a severe form of leprosy known as elephantiasis, which would have covered his entire body with painful, burning ulcers, causing extreme physical agony and social isolation.
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Albert Barnes
On Job 2:7
18th Century
Theologian
So went Satan forth (Job 1:12).
And smote Job with sore boils—The English word 'boil' denotes th…
Charles Ellicott
On Job 2:7
19th Century
Bishop
Sore boils. —Supposed to be Elephantiasis, an extreme form of leprosy, in which the skin becomes clotted and hard like an elephant…
John Gill
On Job 2:7
17th Century
Pastor
So went Satan forth from the presence of the Lord
With leave and license, with power and authority, as the Targum; h…
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Matthew Henry
On Job 2:7–10
17th Century
Minister
The devil tempts his own children, draws them to sin, and afterwards torments them when he has brought them to ruin. But this child of God, he torm…