Quotes & Notes
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John Wesley Notes:
Shall we-Shall we poor worms give laws to our supreme Lord,
and oblige him never to afflict us? And shall not those great and
manifold mercies, which from time to time God hath given us, compensate
these short afflictions? Ought we not to bless God for those mercies
which we did not deserve; and contentedly bear those corrections which
we do deserve. And if we receive so much good for the body, shall we not
receive some good for our souls? That is, some affliction, whereby we
may be made partakers of his holiness? Let murmuring therefore, as well
as boasting, be forever excluded. Sin with his lips-By any reflections
upon God, by any impatient or unbecoming expression.
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Geneva Bible Notes:
That is, to be patient in adversity as we rejoice when he
sends prosperity, and so to acknowledge him to be both merciful and
just. He so bridled his desires that his tongue through impatience did
not murmur against God.
- Family Bible Notes:
Though Satan was the instrument, yet Job viewed his trials as coming
from God; and as such, he humbly submitted to them.
God is wise and good, not only in the mercies which he bestows, but in
the trials which he sends or permits. While grateful for the one, we
should be submissive under the other, and thus strive to honor him in
both.
- Spurgeon Devotional Commentary:
Satan tried to ruin Job through her who should have been his
best comforter, but he was defeated, for he only led Job to utter
another of those notable speeches which are now the treasures of the
church..
- Treasury of Scripture Knowledge:
* Thou speakest. Ge 3:17; 2Sa 19:22; Mt 16:23
* as one. 2Sa 6:20; 13:13; 24:10; 2Ch 16:9; Pr 9:6,13; Mt 25:2
* shall we receive. Job 1:1-3,10,21; 2Sa 19:28; La 3:38-41; Joh 18:11;
Ro 12:12 Heb 12:9-11; Jas 5:10
* In all this. Job 1:22; Ps 39:1; 59:12; Mt 12:34-37; Jas 3:2
- Adam Clarke Commentary:
Thou speakest like an infidel; like one who has no knowledge of God, of
religion, or of a future state.
The Targum, who calls this woman Dinah, translates thus: "Thou speakest
like one of those women who have wrought folly in the
house of their father." This is in reference to an ancient rabbinical
opinion, that Job lived in the days of the patriarch Jacob, whose
daughter Dinah he had married.
Shall we receive good] This we have received in great abundance
for many years:-
And shall we not receive evil?] Shall we murmur when He afflicts us for
a day, who has given us health for so many years? Shall
we blaspheme his name for momentary privations, who has given us such a
long succession or enjoyments? His blessings are his own:
he never gave them to us; they were only lent. We have had the long, the
free, the unmerited use of them; and shall we be offended at the Owner,
when he comes to reclaim his own property? This would be foolish,
ungrateful, and wicked. So may every one
reason who is suffering from adversity. But who, besides Job, reasons
thus? Man is naturally discontented and ungrateful.
In all this did not Job sin with his lips.] The Chaldee adds, But in his
heart he thought words. He had surmisings of heart, though he let
nothing escape from his lips.
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