Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible
Book: Job
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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
stedfastness 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.