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Job 1:20

King James Version (KJV)

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Job 1:20

Verse 20 of 22

Scripture focus

Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,

Job 1:20 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Job 1:20

Theological / Devotional

Rent his mantle. The customary gestures of grief (see Gen. 37:29,34; 44:13; 1 Kings 21:27; Isa. 15:2; Jer. 47:5).

Worshipped. Heb. shachah, “to bow down,” “to prostrate oneself.” Job might have cursed the Sabeans and the Chaldeans. He might have cursed the fire and the wind. He might have cursed the God who allowed such catastrophes. Instead, he “worshipped.” Compare the experience of David, who, after the death of his child, “came into the house of the Lord, and worshipped” (2 Sam. 12:20).

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Commentary on Job 1:20

Theological / Devotional

Rent his mantle. The customary gestures of grief (see Genesis 37:29, 34; 44:13; 1 Kings 21:27; Isaiah 15:2; Jeremiah 47:5).

Worshipped. Hebrew shachah, “to bow down,” “to prostrate oneself.” Job might have cursed the Sabeans and the Chaldeans. He might have cursed the fire and the wind. He might have cursed the God who allowed such catastrophes. Instead, he “worshipped.” Compare the experience of David, who, after the death of his child, “came into the house of the Lord, and worshipped” (2 Samuel 12:20).

By SdaBc