Yuēbó 2

1 Yòu yǒu yī tiān , shén de zhòng zǐ lái shì lì zaì Yēhéhuá miànqián , Sādàn yĕ lái zaì qízhōng .

2 Yēhéhuá wèn Sādàn shuō , nǐ cóng nàli lái . Sādàn huídá shuō , wǒ cóng dì shang zǒu lái zǒu qù , wǎngfǎn ér lái .

3 Yēhéhuá wèn Sādàn shuō , nǐ céng yòng xīn chákàn wǒde púrén Yuēbó méiyǒu . dì shang zaì méiyǒu rén xiàng tā wánquán zhèngzhí , jìngwèi shén , yuǎn lí è shì . nǐ suī jīdòng wǒ gōngjī tā , wú gù dì huǐmiè tā , tā réngrán chí shǒu tāde chún zhēng .

4 Sādàn huídá Yēhéhuá shuō , rén yǐ pí daì pí , qíngyuàn shĕ qù yīqiè suǒyǒude , bǎoquán xìngméng .

5 Nǐ qiĕ shēnshǒu shāng tāde gútou hé tāde ròu , tā bì dāngmiàn qì diào nǐ .

6 Yēhéhuá duì Sādàn shuō , tā zaì nǐ shǒu zhōng , zhǐyào cún liú tāde xìngméng .

7 Yúshì Sādàn cóng Yēhéhuá miànqián tuì qù , jī dá Yuēbó , shǐ tā cóng jiǎo zhǎng dào tóu dǐng zhǎng dú chuāng .

8 Yuēbó jiù zuò zaì lú huī zhōng , ná wǎ piān guā shēntǐ .

9 Tāde qīzi duì tā shuō , nǐ réngrán chí shǒu nǐde chún zhēng ma . nǐ qì diào shén , sǐ le ba .

10 Yuēbó què duì tā shuō , nǐ shuōhuà xiàng yú wán de fùrén yíyàng . ǎi , nándào wǒmen cóng shén shǒu lǐ dé fú , bù yĕ shòu huò ma . zaì zhè yīqiè de shì shang Yuēbó bìng bù yǐ kǒu fàn zuì .

11 Yuēbó de sān gè péngyou Tǎnxī rén Yǐlìfǎ , Shūyà rén bǐ lēi dá , Námǎ rén suǒ fǎ , tīngshuō yǒu zhè yīqiè de zāihuò líndào tā shēnshang , gèrén jiù cóng bĕn chù yuēhuì tóng lái , wèi tā bēi shāng , ānwèi tā .

12 Tāmen yuǎn yuǎn dì jǔmù guānkàn , rèn bú chū tā lái , jiù fàng shēng dà kū . gèrén sī liè waì paó , bǎ chéntǔ xiàng tiān yáng qǐlai , luō zaì zìjǐ de tóu shang .

13 Tāmen jiù tóng tā qī tiān qī yè zuò zaì dì shang , yī gèrén yĕ bù xiàng tā shuō jù huà , yīnwei tā jíqí tòngkǔ .

Yuēbó 2 Commentary

Chapter 2

Satan obtains leave to try Job. (1-6) Job's sufferings. (7-10) His friends come to comfort him. (11-13)

1-6. How well is it for us, that neither men nor devils are to be our judges! but all our judgment comes from the Lord, who never errs. Job holds fast his integrity still, as his weapon. God speaks with pleasure of the power of his own grace. Self-love and self-preservation are powerful in the hearts of men. But Satan accuses Job, representing him as wholly selfish, and minding nothing but his own ease and safety. Thus are the ways and people of God often falsely blamed by the devil and his agents. Permission is granted to Satan to make trial, but with a limit. If God did not chain up the roaring lion, how soon would he devour us! Job, thus slandered by Satan, was a type of Christ, the first prophecy of whom was, that Satan should bruise his heel, and be foiled.

Verses 7-10 The devil tempts his own children, and draws them to sin, and afterwards torments, when he has brought them to ruin; but this child of God he tormented with affliction, and then tempted to make a bad use of his affliction. He provoked Job to curse God. The disease was very grievous. If at any time we are tried with sore and grievous distempers, let us not think ourselves dealt with otherwise than as God sometimes deals with the best of his saints and servants. Job humbled himself under the mighty hand of God, and brought his mind to his condition. His wife was spared to him, to be a troubler and tempter to him. Satan still endeavours to draw men from God, as he did our first parents, by suggesting hard thoughts of Him, than which nothing is more false. But Job resisted and overcame the temptation. Shall we, guilty, polluted, worthless creatures, receive so many unmerited blessings from a just and holy God, and shall we refuse to accept the punishment of our sins, when we suffer so much less than we deserve? Let murmuring, as well as boasting, be for ever done away. Thus far Job stood the trial, and appeared brightest in the furnace of affliction. There might be risings of corruption in his heart, but grace had the upper hand.

Verses 11-13 The friends of Job seem noted for their rank, as well as for wisdom and piety. Much of the comfort of this life lies in friendship with the prudent and virtuous. Coming to mourn with him, they vented grief which they really felt. Coming to comfort him, they sat down with him. It would appear that they suspected his unexampled troubles were judgments for some crimes, which he had vailed under his professions of godliness. Many look upon it only as a compliment to visit their friends in sorrow; we must look life. And if the example of Job's friends is not enough to lead us to pity the afflicted, let us seek the mind that was in Christ.

Chapter Summary

INTRODUCTION TO JOB 2

This chapter gives an account of a second trial of Job's constancy and integrity, the time and occasion of it, Job 2:1-3; the motion made for it by Satan, which being granted, he smote him from head to foot with sore boils, which he endured very patiently, Job 2:4-8; during which sad affliction he is urged by his wife to give up his integrity, which he bravely resisted, Job 2:9,10; and the chapter is concluded with an account of a visit of three of Job's friends, and of their conduct and behaviour towards him, Job 2:11-13.