Job 1:1

There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job,.... Of the signification of his name, see the introduction to the book. The place where he dwelt had its name not from Uz, a descendant of Shem,…

There was a man - This has all the appearance of being a true history. Many have regarded the whole book as a fiction, and have supposed that no such person as Job ever lived. But the book opens with…

Concerning Job we are here told,

I. That he was a man; therefore subject to like passions as we are. He was Ish, a worthy man, a man of note and eminency, a magistrate, a man in authority. The country…

Job 1:1-3. Job's name and abode; his piety, and consequent family felicity and worldly prosperity

1. the land of Uz This word occurs several times in the Old Testament: (1) as the name of a son of…