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Job 1

1.aThere was a man in the land of Uz called Job, and this man bwas an upright and juste man, cone that feared God, and eschewed evil.
2.And he had seven sonnes, and three daughters.
3.His dsubstance also was seven thousand shepe, and three thousand camels, and fyve hundreth yoke of oxen, and fyve hundreth she asses, and his familie was verie great, so that this man was the greatest of all the ^men of ethe East.
4.And his sonnes went and banketted in their houses, everie one his day, and sent, and called their three sisters to eat and to drinke with them.
5.And when the dayes of their banketting were gone about, Job sent, and fsanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and goffred burnt offrings according to the nomber of them all. For Job thoght, It may be that my sonnes have sinned, and hblasphemed God in their hearts: thus did Job ieverie day. Satán. B.
6.¶ Now on a day when the kchildren of God came and stode lbefore the Lord, Satán mcame among them.
7.Then the Lord said unto Satán, Whence ncommest thou? And Satán answered the Lord, saying, oFrom compassing the earth to and fro, and from walking in it.
8.And the Lord said unto Satán, Hast thou not considered my servant Job, how none is like him in the earth? an upright & just man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?
9.Then Satán answered the Lord, and said, Doeth Job feare God for pnoght?
10.Hast thou not made qan hedge about him and about his house, and about all that he hathe on everie side? thou hast blessed the worke of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.
11.But stretche out now thine hand and rtouche all that he hathe, to se if he wil not blaspheme thee to sthy face.
12.Then the Lord said unto Satán, Lo, all that he hathe is in tthine hand: only upon him self shalt thou not stretch out thine hand. So Satán departed from the upresence of the Lord. Jobs plagues. Job. 1:1
13.¶ And on a day, when his sonnes and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house,
14.There came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feding in their places,
15.And the xShabeans came violently, and toke them: yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sworde: but I only am escaped alone to tel thee.
16.And whiles he was yet speaking, another came, and said, The yfyre of God is fallen from the heaven, and hathe burnt up the shepe and the servants, and devoured them: but I onely am escaped alone, to tel thee.
17.And whiles he was yet speaking, another came, and said, The Caldeans set out three bands, and fel upon the camels, & have taken them, and have slaine the servants with the edge of the sworde: but I onely am escaped alone to tel thee.
18.And whiles he was yet speaking, came another, & said, Thy zsonnes, and thy daughters were eating, and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house,
19.And beholde, there came a great wind from beyond the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, which fel upon the children, and they are dead, and I onely am escaped alone to tel thee.
20.Then Job arose, and arent his garment, and shaved his head, and fel downe upon the grounde, and worshipped,
21.And said, *Naked came I out of my mother’s wombe, and naked shal I returne bthether: the Lord hathe given, and the Lord hathe taken it: cblessed be the Name of the Lord.
22.In all this did not Job sinne, nor charge God dfoolishly.

Notes

1-a.
That is, of the country of Idumea, as Lamen. 4.21, or bordering thereupon, for the land was called by the name of Uz the son of Dishan, the son of Seir, Gen. 36.28.
1-b.
Forasmuch as he was a Gentile and not a Jew, and yet is pronounced upright, and without hypocrisy, it declares that among the heathen God has his.
1-c.
Hereby is declared, what is meant by an upright, and just man.
3-^.
Ebr., children.
3-d.
His children and riches are declared, to commend his virtue in his prosperity, and his patience, and constancy when God had taken them from him.
3-e.
Meaning, the Arabians, Chaldeans, Idumeans, &c.
5-f.
That is, commanded them to be sanctified meaning, that they should consider the faults, that they had committed, and reconcile themselves for the same.
5-g.
That is, he offered for every one of his children an offering of reconciliation, which declared his religion toward God and the care that he had toward his children.
5-h.
In Hebrew it is and blessed God, which is some time taken for blaspheming and cursing, as here, and 1 Kings 21.10 and 13, &c.
5-i.
While the feast lasted. 1 Geneva Bible 1560
6-k.
Meaning, the Angels which are called the sons of God, because they are willing to execute his will.
6-l.
Because our infirmity cannot comprehend God in his majesty, he is set forth unto us as a King, that our capacity may be able to understand that, which is spoken of him.
6-m.
This declares that although Satan be adversary to God, yet he is compelled to obey him, and do him all homage, without whose permission, and appointment he can do nothing.
7-n.
This question is asked for our infirmity: for God knew whence he came.
7-o.
Herein is described the nature of Satan, which is ever ranging for his prey, 1 Pet. 5.8.
9-p.
He fears you not for your own sake, but for the commodity that he receives by you.
10-q.
Meaning, the grace of God, which served Job as a rampart against all tentations.
11-r.
This signifies that Satan is not able to touch us, but it is God that must do it.
11-s.
Satan notes the vice, whereunto men are commonly subject, that is, to hide their rebellion, & to be content with God in the time of prosperity, which vice is disclosed in the time of their adversity.
12-t.
God gives not Satan power over man to gratify him, but to declare that he has no power over man but that which God gives him.
12-u.
That is, went to execute that which God had permitted him to do.
15-x.
That is, the Arabians.
16-y.
Which thing was also done by the craft of Satan to tempt Job the more grievously, forasmuch as he might see, that not only men were his enemies, but that God made war against him.
18-z.
This last plague declares, that when one plague is past which seems hard to be born, God can send us another far more grievous, to try his, and teach them obedience.
20-a.
Which came not of impatience, but declares that the children of God are not insensible like blocks, but that in their patience they feel affliction, and grief of mind yet they keep a mean herein, and rebel not against God, as the wicked do.
21-*.
Eccle. 5.14, 1 Tim. 6.7.
21-b.
That is, into the belly of the earth, which is the mother of all.
21-c.
Hereby he confesses that God is just, and good, although his hand be sore upon him.
22-d.
But declared that God did all things according to justice and equity.