Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
when the days of their feasting were gone about—that is, at the end of all the birthdays collectively, when the banquets had gone round through all the families.
cursed God—The same Hebrew word means to "curse," and to "bless"; GESENIUS says, the original sense is to "kneel," and thus it came to mean bending the knee in order to invoke either a blessing or a curse. Cursing is a perversion of blessing, as all sin is of goodness. Sin is a degeneracy, not a generation. It is not, however, likely that Job should fear the possibility of his sons cursing God. The sense "bid farewell to," derived from the blessing customary at parting, seems sufficient (Genesis 47:10). Thus UMBREIT translates "may have dismissed God from their hearts"; namely, amid the intoxication of pleasure (Proverbs 20:1). This act illustrates Job's "fear of God" (Job 1:1).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Job 1:5:
Job 1:1
Job 2:9
Job 3:1
Isaiah 5:12
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