Job 1:16
“While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
While he was yet speaking, there came also another,.... Another messenger, one of Job's servants, from another part of…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
While he was yet speaking - All this indicates the rapidity of the movement of Satan, and his desire to “overwhelm” Job…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Job 1:13-19
We have here a particular account of Job's troubles.
I. Satan brought them upon him on the very day that his children…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
The second stroke. The fire of God can hardly have been the sultry, poisonous Samoom, or hot wind of the desert, nor any…
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