The Strange Good Fortune of the Godless.
If Zophar's arguments had been valid and Job's suffering was to be regarded as the direct punishment for a specific sin, then his faith in the justice of God would have been severely shaken. For that reason Job answers in a tone of great severity.
CHAPTER XII _Job reproves the boasting of his friends, and shows their_ _uncharitableness towards himself_, 1-5; _asserts that even the tabernacles of robbers prosper; and that,_ _notwithstanding,...
CHAPTER S 12-14 JOB'S ANSWER TO ZOPHAR _ 1. His sarcasm (Job 12:1)_ 2. He describes God's power (Job 12:7) 3. He denounces his friends (Job 13:1) 4. He appeals to God ...
Eliphaz had appealed to revelation, Bildad to the wisdom of the ancients, Zophar assumes that he himself is the oracle of God's wisdom. Job answers this assumption. Firstly Zophar is not the only wise...
ANSWERED. See note on Job 4:1....
_JOB REPROVES THE BOASTING OF HIS FRIENDS: HE SHEWS THAT IN THIS LIFE IT IS FREQUENTLY WELL EVEN WITH THOSE MEN WHO OFFEND THE LORD; YET ALLOWS THAT NOBODY COULD DENY THEIR GENERAL DOCTRINE, THAT ALL...
G. COURAGEOUS CONFRONTATIONJOB'S RESPONSE (Job 12:1, Job 14:22) 1. He ridicules the wisdom and judgment of his friends. (Job 12:1-6) TEXT 12:1-6 12 THEN JOB ANSWERED AND SAID, 2 No doubt but ye ar...
_AND JOB ANSWERED AND SAID,_ No JFB commentary on this verse....
JOB'S THIRD SPEECH (JOB 12-14) The friends have said God is wise and mighty. Job replies, 'I know that as well as you. You infer that He is also righteous, but experience shows that His power and wisd...
Zophar said that he knew some secrets about wisdom (Job 11:6). But Job did not agree. He thought that Zophar’s advice was too simple. Job even said that everybody knows such things. Anybody can say th...
JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD Job _KEITH SIMONS_ Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible. This commentary has been through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 12 JOB REPLIES TO ZOPHAR’S...
XII. (1) AND JOB ANSWERED AND SAID. — Each of the friends has now supplied his quota, and Job proceeds to reply to the third, showing that he is far more conversant with the wisdom and majesty of God...
וַ יַּ֥עַן אִיֹּ֗וב וַ יֹּאמַֽר׃...
XII. BEYOND FACT AND FEAR TO GOD Job 12:1; Job 13:1; Job 14:1 Job SPEAKS ZOPHAR excites in Job's mind great irritation, which must not be set down altogether to the fact that he is the third to spe...
“GOD'S PATHS IN DEEP WATERS” Job 12:1 Job sets himself to disprove Zophar's contention that wickedness invariably causes insecurity in men's dwellings; and in doing so he bitterly complains that his...
Job's last reply in this first cycle is to the whole argument, as well as to Zophar's application of it. From beginning to end, it thrills with sarcasm, while it maintains its denial of personal guilt...
CONTENTS In this chapter, Job makes reply. He still dwells upon the same arguments of his own integrity, as it concerned his trust and dependence upon God. He manifests great strength of understandin...
(1) В¶ And Job answered and said, (2) No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you. (3) But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such th...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4 THROUGH 31. As to the friends of Job, they do not call for any extended remarks. They urge the doctrine that God's earthly government is a full measure and...
AND JOB ANSWERED AND SAID. In reply to Zophar, and in defence of himself; what is recorded in this and the two following Chapter s....
And Job answered and said, Ver. 1. _And Job answered and said_] Being nipped and nettled with his friends' hard usage of him, and harsh language to him, but especially with Zophar's arrogant and loft...
_And Job answered_ Greatly vexed that his friends should entertain so firm an opinion of his being a wicked man, and that they should press him so hard with their maxim, “that affliction was a demonst...
JOB EMPHASISES GOD'S GREATNESS AND WISDOM (vv.1-25) Job's reply to Zophar was understandably sarcastic, "No doubt you are the people, and wisdom will die with you!" (v.2). Zophar had implied that h...
"AND WITH YOU WISDOM WILL DIE!" The arguments from Job's friends have not silenced him, in fact this speech is the longest thus far. Job ridicules their claim to wisdom, "He sarcastically responded t...
1-5 Job upbraids his friends with the good opinion they had of their own wisdom compared with his. We are apt to call reproofs reproaches, and to think ourselves mocked when advised and admonished; th...
JOB CHAPTER 12 Job's answer: his friends self-conceit: the miserable always despised, though upright; the wicked prosper, JOB 12:1. God's power and providence is seen in his works, JOB 12:7. With the...
Job 12:1 Job H347 answered H6030 (H8799) said H559 (H8799)...
CONTENTS: Job answers his three friends, extolling God's wisdom. CHARACTERS: God, Job, three friends. CONCLUSION: There is a wise providence which guides and governs all things by rules with which t...
Job 12:6. _The tabernacles of robbers prosper._ Or as it might be rendered, a placid tranquility gladdens the tabernacles of robbers; referring to the Arabs, who plunder the merchants. This and the fo...
_But I have understanding as well as you._ THE EFFECT OF THE FRIENDS’ SPEECHES UPON JOB The whole world, Job feels, is against him, and he is left forlorn and solitary, unpitied in his misery, unguid...
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 12:1 In the longest response of the dialogues with his three friends, Job shows his growing frustration with their claims of wisdom (even though he agrees with them about God’s supreme...
_JOB’S REPLY TO ZOPHAR_ I. Defends himself against the charge of ignorance implied in Zophar’s speech (Job 12:2). His defence is:— 1. _Ironical_ (Job 12:2). “No doubt but ye are the people; and wisd...
EXPOSITION The discourse of Job, here begun, continues through three chapters (Job 12:1; Job 13:1; Job 14:1.). It is thought to form the conclusion of the first day's colloquy. In it Job for the first...
So Job answered him and said, No doubt but you are the people, and wisdom is going to die with you (Job 12:1-2). He's about had it with these guys who think they know all the answers, and they're not...
Job 12:1...