It was so, when the days of their feasting had run their course, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job said, “It may be that my sons have sinned, and renounced God in their hearts.” Job did so continually.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 5. Blessed. For greater horror of the very thought of blasphemy, the Scripture both here and verse 11, and in the following chapter (5:5 and 9) uses the word bless, to signify its contrary. Challoner. 3 Kennicott. 21:10.—Thus the Greeks styled the furies Eumenides, “the kind,” out of a horror of their real name. Even those who are the best inclined, can hardly speak of God without some want of respect, ( Calmet.) in the midst of feasts, where the neglect of saying grace is also too common. Bible.—Septuagint “they have thought evil against God.” Every kind of offence may be included, to which feasting leads. Menochius.