--- title: "Job 1 - Study King James Bible with ellicotts commentary for english readers" description: "Read Job 1 with ellicotts commentary for english readers commentary. 1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil. 2 And there wer" image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/ellicotts-commentary-for-english-readers/job/1" --- [ Read](/kjv/job/1)[ Commentary](/study/job/1)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/job/1) Audio 1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name *was* Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil. 2 And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters. 3 His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.*** 4 And his sons went and feasted *in their* houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them. 5 And it was so, when the days of *their* feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings *according* to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.* 6 ¶ Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.** 7 And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it. 8 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?* 9 Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought? 10 Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.* 11 But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.* 12 And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath *is* in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD.* 13 ¶ And there was a day when his sons and his daughters *were* eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house: 14 And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them: 15 And the Sabeans fell *upon them*, and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. 16 While he *was* yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.* 17 While he *was* yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.* 18 While he *was* yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters *were* eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house: 19 And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.* 20 Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,* 21 And said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD. 22 In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.* [Esther 10](/study/esther/10) [Job 2](/study/job/2) ## Commentary To verse 1 (1) **There was a man in the land of Uz.**—The first mention of this name is in [Genesis 10:23](/kjv/genesis/10/23), where Uz is said to have been one of the sons of Aram, who was one of the sons of Shem. (Comp. [1 Chronicles 1:17](/kjv/1-chronicles/1/17).) Another Uz (in the Authorised Version spelt Huz) is mentioned in [Genesis 22:21](/kjv/genesis/22/21) as the firstborn of Nahor, the brother of Abraham. A third form of this name is mentioned in [Genesis 36:28](/kjv/genesis/36/28) among “the sons of Seir the Horite. who inhabited the land” of Edom. (Comp. [1 Chronicles 1:42](/kjv/1-chronicles/1/42).) It is probable that each of these is to be associated with a different district: the first perhaps with that of the Lebanon—a district near Damascus is still called El-Ghutha; the second with that of Mesopotamia or Chaldea; and the third with the Edomite district south of Palestine. From the mention of “the land of Uz” ([Lamentations 4:21](/kjv/lamentations/4/21)) and “the kings of the land of Uz” ([Jeremiah 25:20](/kjv/jeremiah/25/20)), where in each case the association seems to be with Edom, it is probable that the land of Job is to be identified rather with the district south and southeast of Palestine. **Whose name was Job.**—The name is really *Iyyov,*and is carefully to be distinguished from the Job (*Yov*)**who was the son of Issachar ([Genesis 46:13](/kjv/genesis/46/13)), and from the Jobab (*Yovav*)**who was one of the kings of Edom ([Genesis 36:33](/kjv/genesis/36/33)), with both of which it has been confounded. The form of the name may suggest the signification of “the assaulted one,” as the root from which it appears to be derived means “was an enemy.” **Perfect and upright . . .**—Noah in like manner is said to have been “perfect” ([Genesis 6:9](/kjv/genesis/6/9)). Abram was required to be so ([Genesis 17:1](/kjv/genesis/17/1)), and Israel generally ([Deuteronomy 18:13](/kjv/deuteronomy/18/13)), though the adjective in these places is not quite the same as that used here; and our Lord required the same high standard of His disciples ([Matthew 5:48](/kjv/matthew/5/48)), while He also, through the gift of the Spirit, made it possible. The character here given to Job is that in which wisdom is declared to consist. (Comp. [Job 28:28](/kjv/job/28/28).) 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