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Job 2:1-8.
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Job 2:1-8.
SATAN FURTHER TEMPTS JOB.
1. a day--appointed for the angels giving an account of their ministry to God. The words "to present himself before the Lord" occur here, though not in
Job 1:6,
as Satan has now a special report to make as to Job.
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3. 完全——直譯為「完整」；照樣「完全」是同一希伯來文詞的另一形式，伯11:7。
激動……反對——如撒上26:19；試將代上21:1與撒下24:1比較。
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3. integrity--literally, "completeness"; so "perfect," another form of the same Hebrew word,
Job 11:7.
movedst . . . against--So
1Sa 26:19;
compare
1Ch 21:1 with 2Sa 24:1.
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4. 以皮換皮——一句諺語。須補上「他必交出」。「皮」比喻任何外在的好處。沒有任何外在之物寶貴到人不肯以之換取另一外在之物的；「但是」（不是「是的」）「性命」，即內在的好處，卻無可取代；人為了性命肯犧牲其他一切。撒但刻薄地譏誚人的利己主義，說約伯之所以能忍受失去財產和兒女，是因為這些不過是外在的、可交換之物，但只要你觸及他的骨和肉，他就會為保命而放棄一切，甚至放棄他的信仰。「皮」和「性命」是對比關係〔翁布賴特，UMBREIT〕。殉道者證明撒但的譏誚是虛假的。羅森米勒（ROSENMULLER）的解釋則不如這般好。人樂意用別人的皮（性命）來換取自己的皮（性命）。因此約伯只要自己未受傷害，就可以平心靜氣地忍受失去兒女等等；但當他自己的身體被觸及時，他就會棄絕神。因此第一個「皮」指的是別人的皮，即身體；第二個「皮」指自己的，如出21:28所言。
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4. Skin for skin--a proverb. Supply, "He will give." The "skin" is figurative for any outward good. Nothing outward is so dear that a man will not exchange it for some other outward good; "but" (not "yea") "life," the inward good, cannot be replaced; a man will sacrifice everything else for its sake. Satan sneers bitterly at man's egotism and says that Job bears the loss of property and children because these are mere outward and exchangeable goods, but he will give up all things, even his religion, in order to save his life, if you touch his bones and flesh. "Skin" and "life" are in antithesis [UMBREIT]. The martyrs prove Satan's sneer false. ROSENMULLER explains it not so well. A man willingly gives up another's skin (life) for his own skin (life). So Job might bear the loss of his children, &c., with equanimity, so long as he remained unhurt himself; but when touched in his own person, he would renounce God. Thus the first "skin" means the other's skin, that is, body; the second "skin," one's own, as in
Ex 21:28.
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6. 只要存留——更當譯作「只要存留他的性命」。撒但在施加痛苦上表現出他的狡猾，也表現出他對人體所能承受而不致致命的傷害的認識。
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6. but save--rather, "only spare his life." Satan shows his ingenuity in inflicting pain, and also his knowledge of what man's body can bear without vital injury.
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7. 毒瘡——惡性瘡；更當譯作「燃燒的瘡」，因為希伯來文是單數。約伯全身被一種普遍的炎症所覆蓋。使用瓦片〔伯2:8〕與此看法相符。這是一種被稱為黑色（以區別於白色）的痲瘋，或稱象皮病，因為腳腫如象腳。阿拉伯文judham（申28:35），那裏的「毒瘡」更當是黑色的燃燒瘡（賽1:6）。
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7. sore boils--malignant boils; rather, as it is singular in the Hebrew, a "burning sore." Job was covered with one universal inflammation. The use of the potsherd
[Job 2:8]
agrees with this view. It was that form of leprosy called black (to distinguish it from the white), or elephantiasis, because the feet swell like those of the elephant. The Arabic judham
(De 28:35),
where "sore botch" is rather the black burning boil
(Isa 1:6).
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8. 瓦片——不是破陶器的一塊碎片，而是用來刮癢的器具（希伯來文詞根是「刮」）；瘡口太令人厭惡，不能用手摸。「坐在灰中」標誌著最深的哀傷（拿3:6）；也標誌著謙卑，仿佛哀傷者不過是塵埃和灰燼；亞伯拉罕也是如此（創18:27）。
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8. a potsherd--not a piece of a broken earthen vessel, but an instrument made for scratching (the root of the Hebrew word is "scratch"); the sore was too disgusting to touch. "To sit in the ashes" marks the deepest mourning
(Jon 3:6);
also humility, as if the mourner were nothing but dust and ashes; so Abraham
(Ge 18:27).
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Job 2:9-13.
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伯2:9-13。
約伯責備他的妻子。
9. 咒詛神——更當譯作「棄絕」神。（見伯1:5註釋）〔翁布賴特，UMBREIT〕。
然而，在外邦人中，當他們帶著祭物向神明所獻的禱告未蒙應允時，來責備和咒詛神明是常見的事。
而死——即向神告別而後死去。因為不論在今世或來世，宗教都不能帶來任何益處；或至少在今生不能〔吉爾，GILL〕。
沒有甚麼比看見敬虔人在試煉中不發怒，更使不敬虔之人生氣的了。
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Job 2:9-13.
JOB REPROVES HIS WIFE.
9. curse God--rather, "renounce" God. (See on
Job 1:5)
[UMBREIT]. However, it was usual among the heathens, when disappointed in their prayers accompanied with offerings to their gods, to reproach and curse them.
and die--that is, take thy farewell of God and so die. For no good is to be got out of religion, either here or hereafter; or, at least, not in this life [GILL]; Nothing makes the ungodly so angry as to see the godly under trial not angry.
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10. 愚頑的婦人——在聖經中罪與愚妄相連（撒上25:25；撒下13:13；詩14:1）。
受禍——甘心承受（哀3:39）。
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10. the foolish women--Sin and folly are allied in Scripture
(1Sa 25:25; 2Sa 13:13; Ps 14:1).
receive evil--bear willingly
(La 3:39).
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11. 以利法——羅林森（RAWLINSON）認為「約伯三位朋友的名字代表了迦勒底時代，約主前七百年」的觀點不能接受。
以利法是以東人的名字，是以掃的長子（創36:4）；而提幔是以利法的兒子（創36:15），被稱為「族長」。優西比烏（EUSEBIUS）將提幔置於阿拉伯-彼特拉（Arabia-Petræa）（但見伯6:19註釋）。提幔意為「在右手」；即南方，指以東地的一部分；是以東的京城（摩1:12）。希伯來地理學家面向東方，不是像我們那樣面向北方；因此對他們而言「右手」是南方。提幔人以智慧聞名（耶49:7）。巴錄（BARUCH）稱他們為「寓言（即包含觀察結果的箴言）的作者」和「尋求明白的人」。
書亞人比勒達——書亞（「坑」之意），是亞伯拉罕和基土拉的兒子（創25:2）。托勒密（PTOLEMY）提及敘利亞-德瑟塔（Arabia-Deserta）中、巴坦尼亞以東的蘇塞亞（Syccea）地區。
拿瑪人瑣法——不是猶大地的拿瑪人（書15:41），因那地太遠；而是敘利亞-德瑟塔中的某個地區。弗雷特利烏斯（FRETELIUS）說在烏斯有一個拿瑪。
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11. Eliphaz--The view of RAWLINSON that "the names of Job's three friends represent the Chaldean times, about 700 B.C.," cannot be accepted. Eliphaz is an Idumean name, Esau's oldest son
(Ge 36:4);
and Teman, son of Eliphaz
(Ge 36:15),
called "duke." EUSEBIUS places Teman in Arabia-Petræa (but see on
Job 6:19).
Teman means "at the right hand"; and then the south, namely, part of Idumea; capital of Edom
(Am 1:12).
Hebrew geographers faced the east, not the north as we do; hence with them "the right hand" was the south. Temanites were famed for wisdom
(Jer 49:7).
BARUCH mentions them as "authors of fables" (namely, proverbs embodying the results of observation), and "searchers out of understanding."
Bildad the Shuhite--Shuah ("a pit"), son of Abraham and Keturah
(Ge 25:2).
PTOLEMY mentions the region Syccea, in Arabia-Deserta, east of Batanea.
Zophar the Naamathite--not of the Naamans in Judah
(Jos 15:41),
which was too distant; but some region in Arabia-Deserta. FRETELIUS says there was a Naamath in Uz.
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12. 朝向天——他們猛力向上揚起塵土，好使塵土落在他們頭上將其覆蓋——這是最深切的哀悼（書7:6；徒22:23）。
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12. toward heaven--They threw ashes violently upwards, that they might fall on their heads and cover them--the deepest mourning
(Jos 7:6; Ac 22:23).
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13. 七晝夜——他們並非整段時間都保持同一姿勢、不吃東西等等，而是在這段時期大部分的日間和夜間如此。
坐在地上表示哀悼（哀2:10）。哀悼的通常長度是七天（創50:10；撒上31:13）。
這種沉默或許部分出於對約伯隱藏罪惡的漸起疑心；但主要是因為，惟有平常的憂傷才會用言語宣洩；非常的憂傷過於沉重，無法言傳。
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13. seven days . . . nights--They did not remain in the same posture and without food, &c., all this time, but for most of this period daily and nightly. Sitting on the earth marked mourning
(La 2:10).
Seven days was the usual length of it
(Ge 50:10; 1Sa 31:13).
This silence may have been due to a rising suspicion of evil in Job; but chiefly because it is only ordinary griefs that find vent in language; extraordinary griefs are too great for utterance.
伯2:1-8. 撒但進一步試探約伯
1. 有一天——天使們被指定向神報告其事奉工作的日子。此處出現了「來侍立在耶和華面前」的話，而在伯1:6中沒有，因為撒但此刻要對約伯作特別的報告。