Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Job 2:9
9. His wife There is an old tradition among the Jews, which also appears in the Chaldee Paraphrast, that his wife was Dinah, the frail daughter of Jacob. This is of value only as showing an ancient belief that Job lived in the patriarchal age. This unfortunate woman, who had not the living faith of her husband, and who, perhaps, did not believe in his God, has been bitterly denounced in every age, and has given point to many a stinging epigram from the days of the German Alters to... read more
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Job 2:8
8. Potsherd The Septuagint renders, “And he took a shell to scrape away the ulcerous discharge, and sat upon a dung heap outside the city.” As the sores were too loathsome to touch, he took a piece of earthenware, (potsherd, or shard Old English for fragment.) that he might remove the filth of the sores, and allay the extreme itching. Among the ashes In the Hauran, dung being unneeded for agricultural purposes, is burned from time to time in an appointed place outside the town. The... read more