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Job 2:1–10 Job’s second test is like the first (1:6–22), but includes an attack on his health.
Job 2:1–6 The second glimpse of the heavenly court (Again, v. 1) deliberately echoes the first (compare 1:6–12).
Job 2:3 The Lord points out to Satan that even after all that has happened to him, Job still holds fast his integrity. His grief, worship, and profession of faith in 1:20–21 are a faithful response to the tragedies.
Job 2:4–5 Skin for skin! All that a man has he will give for his life. Satan is suggesting that Job has remained faithful so far because it cost him only the “skin” of his livestock and family, which he was happy to trade for his own life.
Job 2:6 only spare his life. For Job’s faith to be truly tested, his life must be spared; he must be denied the mercy of death (compare 3:20–23).
Job 2:9 Curse God and die. Job’s wife advises him to respond to his suffering in the very way that Satan was hoping he would respond (see 1:11; 2:5).
Job 2:10 Job does not presume fully to know his wife’s heart, but he warns her against speaking like one of the foolish women.
Job 2:11 Eliphaz is from Teman, an important city in Edom (Gen. 36:11, 15; Ezek. 25:13; Amos 1:11–12). It was apparently known for its wisdom (Jer. 49:7). Bildad is from Shuah, which was probably in Edom or Arabia. Zophar is from Naamah, which was probably in the Sinai Peninsula or Arabian Desert.
Job 2:12 It is likely that Job’s friends did not recognize him because, in addition to his sores, Job bore other external effects of his grief (see 1:20; 2:7–8).
Job 2:13 The silence over seven days and seven nights signifies a time of mourning in response to Job’s suffering. Ezekiel exhibited a similar response upon meeting the exiles in Babylon (see Ezek. 3:15).
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