John Trapp on Job 1:17

Verſe 17. While he was yet ſpeaking] See on Verſe 16.

The Chald[illegible: 1 letter]ans] A baſe and obſcure people from the beginning, ſubject to the Aſſyrians, but yet more potent then the Sabaans, as appeareth by the three bands they made out. The Sabaea[illegible: 1 letter]s are noted by Strabo to be an idle and effeminate people. The Chaldeans are ſet forth in the Scripture to be a bitter and haſty Nation, terrible and dreadfull, fiercer then the evening wolves, &c. Hab. 1.6, 7, 8. Satan proceeds by degrees to afflict Job, that he may at length over-turn him: but beyond expectation, he held out all aſſaults: Inſtar rupis qua in mari vadoſo horridi Jovu, & irati, ut it a dicam, Neptuni fervidis aſſultibus undique verberata non cedit aut minuitur, ſed obtendit aſſuetum luctibus latus, & firmâ duritie tumentis unde impetum ſuſti[illegible: 3 letters] ac frangit. J[illegible: 1 letter]an. Wower Polymath.

Made out three bands] Which were marſhalled and ſet in array by the Divel, who was their Commander in chief Sic ſape lo[illegible: 2 letters]catus incedit Satan, & cataphractus, as Luther ſpeaketh: he hath his Legions among men alſo, who (like thoſe vulturine Eagles Job 39.30.) do glut-glut blood, as the Hebrew word there ſoundeth and ſignifieth.

And fell upon the Camels] Heb. Spread themſelves over them, ruſhed and ran violently making an impreſſion upon the Camels.

And have carryed th[illegible: 1 letter]m away: Heb. Have taken them to themſelves, though Job had never dealt diſcourteouſly with theſe Chaldeans, nor had his Camels treſpaſſed them, but were carefully kept by the ſervants. Innocency is no target againſt injury; neither doth Victory alwayes argue a juſt Cauſe.

Yea, and ſlain the ſervants, &c.] See the Note on Ver. 15.