Job

[ Job Chapter 1 ] [ Job Chapter 2 ] [ Job Chapter 3 ] [ Job Chapter 4 ] [ Job Chapter 5 ] [ Job Chapter 6 ] [ Job Chapter 7 ] [ Job Chapter 8 ] [ Job Chapter 9 ] [ Job Chapter 10 ] [ Job Chapter 11 ] [ Job Chapter 12 ] [ Job Chapter 13 ] [ Job Chapter 14 ] [ Job Chapter 15 ] [ Job Chapter 16 ] [ Job Chapter 17 ] [ Job Chapter 18 ] [ Job Chapter 19 ] [ Job Chapter 20 ] [ Job Chapter 21 ] [ Job Chapter 22 ] [ Job Chapter 23 ] [ Job Chapter 24 ] [ Job Chapter 25 ] [ Job Chapter 26 ] [ Job Chapter 27 ] [ Job Chapter 28 ] [ Job Chapter 29 ] [ Job Chapter 30 ] [ Job Chapter 31 ] [ Job Chapter 32 ] [ Job Chapter 33 ] [ Job Chapter 34 ] [ Job Chapter 35 ] [ Job Chapter 36 ] [ Job Chapter 37 ] [ Job Chapter 38 ] [ Job Chapter 39 ] [ Job Chapter 40 ] [ Job Chapter 41 ] [ Job Chapter 42 ]

This book is so called from Job, whose prosperity, afflictions, and restoration, are here recorded. He lived soon after Abraham, or perhaps before that patriarch. Most likely it was written by Job himself, and it is the most ancient book in existence. The instructions to be learned from the patience of Job, and from his trials, are as useful now, and as much needed as ever. We live under the same Providence, we have the same chastening Father, and there is the same need for correction unto righteousness. The fortitude and patience of Job, though not small, gave way in his severe troubles; but his faith was fixed upon the coming of his Redeemer, and this gave him steadfastness and constancy, though every other dependence, particularly the pride and boast of a self-righteous spirit, was tried and consumed. Another great doctrine of the faith, particularly set forth in the book of Job, is that of Providence. It is plain, from this history, that the Lord watched over his servant Job with the affection of a wise and loving father.

-Matthew Henry's Commentary