Job 2:3 NIV,NKJV

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Job 2:3

And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.Still — Notwithstanding all his afflictions, and thy suggestion to the contrary.Movedst — This, as the rest of this representation, is not to be understood literally: But the design is to signify both the... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Job 2:1-10

THE FIFTH AND SIXTH TEMPTATION, Job 2:1-10. Job 2:1-2. See note on Job 1:6-7. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Job 2:3

3. Holdeth fast his integrity As a soldier his shield, because his life is wrapped up in it. Movedst me For the test and maturing of the godly character of men, the devices of Satan are tolerated in the divine scheme. To destroy him without cause “This points to a very important rule in the divine administration, according to which the cause of a destructive temptation is something in a man’s self a sin, for example, leading on to a larger and larger. There was no such cause in Job why... read more

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Job 2:3

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Job 2:1-10

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Job 2:3

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