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Eyüp 2:1
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Again: Job 1:6, Isaiah 6:1, Isaiah 6:2, Luke 1:19, Hebrews 1:14
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 31:14 - presented 1 Kings 22:19 - all the host 1 Kings 22:21 - General 1 Chronicles 21:1 - Satan 2 Chronicles 18:20 - there came Job 38:7 - the sons Zechariah 1:10 - These Zechariah 3:1 - Satan Zechariah 6:5 - go Zechariah 6:7 - the bay Matthew 4:10 - Satan Revelation 12:9 - and Satan Revelation 20:2 - the dragon
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Again, there was a day, when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord,.... When good men, professors of religion, met together by agreement to worship the Lord; the Targum calls them companies of angels, interpreting the words of them, and of their standing before the Lord, as most interpreters do; how long this time of their meeting was from the former cannot be said, probably but a few days, a week or fortnight at most; the Targum says, it was on the day of the great judgment, and which, as in Job 1:6; was at the beginning of the year; so that according to this, and other Jewish writers, there was a whole year between this and the former meeting, and so between the first and second trial of Job; but this is not likely, since Satan would never give him so much breathing time; nor can it be thought that Job's friends should stay so long before they paid him a visit, which was not till after this day:
and Satan came also among them to present himself before the Lord; being either obliged to it upon a summons to appear before God, and give an account of what he had been doing on the earth, and especially to Job; or rather he came willingly, seeking an opportunity to continue his charge against Job, and to accuse him afresh, and get his commission enlarged to do him more mischief, which he could not do without a fresh grant.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Again there was a day ... - See the notes at Job 1:6. These seasons are represented as periodical, when the angels came, as it were, to make report to God of what they had observed and done. The Chaldee renders this, “And there was a day of the great judgment (רבא דינא יום yôm dı̂ynā' rābā'), a day of the remission of sins (שבוק יום סרחניא) and there came bands (כתי) of angels.”
To present himself before the Lord - This does not occur in the former statement in Job 1:6. It here means that he came before the Lord after he had had permission to afflict; Job. The Chaldee renders it “that he might stand in judgment דין dı̂yn before the Lord.”
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
CHAPTER II
The sons of God once more present themselves before him; and
Satan comes also, accusing Job as a person whose steadfastness
would be soon shaken, provided his body were to be subjected
to sore afflictions, 1-5.
He receives permission to afflict Job, and smites him with sore
boils, 6-8.
His wife reviles him, 9.
His pious reproof, 10.
His three friends come to visit and mourn with him, 11-13.
NOTES ON CHAP. II
Verse Job 2:1. Again there was a day — How long this was after the former trial, we know not: probably one whole year, when, as the Targum intimates, it was the time of the annual atonement; which, if so, must have been at least one whole year after the former; and during which period the patience and resignation of Job had sufficient scope to show themselves. This appearance of the sons of God and Satan is to be understood metaphorically - there could be nothing real in it - but it is intended to instruct us in the doctrine of the existence of good and evil spirits; that Satan pursues man with implacable enmity, and that he can do no man hurt, either in his person or property, but by the especial permission of God; and that God gives him permission only when he purposes to overrule it for the greater manifestation of his own glory, and the greater good of his tempted followers.