5. when the days of their feasting were gone about —that is, at the end of all the birthdays collectively, when the banquets had gone round through all the families. Job . . . sanctified —by offering up as many expiatory burnt offerings as he had sons ( :- ). This was done "in the morning" ( Genesis 22:3 ; Leviticus 6:12 ). Jesus also began devotions early ( Mark 1:35 ). The holocaust, or burnt offering, in patriarchal times, was offered (literally, "caused to ascend," referring to the smoke ascending to heaven) by each father of a family officiating as priest in behalf of his household. cursed God —The same Hebrew word means to "curse," and to "bless"; GESENIUS says, the original sense is to "kneel," and thus it came to mean bending the knee in order to invoke either a blessing or a curse. Cursing is a perversion of blessing, as all sin is of goodness. Sin is a degeneracy, not a generation. It is not, however, likely that Job should fear the possibility of his sons cursing God. The sense "bid farewell to," derived from the blessing customary at parting, seems sufficient ( Mark 1:35- : ). Thus UMBREIT translates "may have dismissed God from their hearts"; namely, amid the intoxication of pleasure ( Mark 1:35- : ). This act illustrates Job's "fear of God" ( Mark 1:35- : ). Mark 1:35- : . SATAN, APPEARING BEFORE GOD, FALSELY ACCUSES JOB. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-6" class="com-number"
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