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A Trial From Within
Commentators explain that one of the most painful trials is when temptation comes from those closest to us. Satan's strategy, as Matthew Henry notes, is often to use loved ones to suggest harsh, false thoughts about God. Job's wife, overwhelmed by grief, becomes an instrument for the very temptation Job had resisted: to abandon faith in the face of suffering.
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Albert Barnes
On Job 2:9
18th Century
Theologian
Then said his wife to him - Some remarkable additions are made by the ancient versions to this passage. The Chaldee renders it, “and “Dinah”…
Charles Ellicott
On Job 2:9
19th Century
Bishop
Then said his wife. —So it is that a man’s foes are they of his own household (Micah 7:6;[Reference Matthew 1…
John Gill
On Job 2:9
17th Century
Pastor
Then said his wife to him
The Jews F7 , who affect to know everything, say, that Job's wife was Dinah, th…
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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…