Job 1:1 (BSB)
There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And this man was blameless and upright, fearing God and shunning evil.
Commentary on Job 1:1
- Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Job 1:1-3: Concerning Job we are here told, I. That he was a man; therefore subject to like passions as we are. He was Ish, a worthy man, a man of note and eminency, a magistrate, a man in authority. The country he lived in was the land of Uz, in the eastern part of Arabia, which lay towards Chaldea, near Euphrates, probably not far from Ur...
- John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Job 1:1: There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job,.... Of the signification of his name, see the introduction to the book. The place where he dwelt had its name not from Uz, a descendant of Shem, Gen 10:23 but from Uz, a son of Nahor, brother to Abraham, Gen 22:21 unless it can be thought to be so called from Uz...
- Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Job 1:1: 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. The Argument - In this history the example of patience is set before our eyes.
- Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Job 1:1: Why do afflictions upon afflictions befall the righteous man? This is the question, the answering of which is made the theme of the book of Job. Looking to the conclusion of the book, the answer stands: that afflictions are for the righteous man the way to a twofold blessedness.