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Job 12:7
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee, every man can learn from them what Job very well knew, the majesty of God in the government of the world; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee;
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee, every man can learn from them what Job very well knew, the majesty of God in the government of the world; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee;
Verse Job 12:7. _BUT ASK NOW THE BEASTS, AND THEY SHALL TEACH THEE_] Mr. Good's paraphrase here is very just: "Why tell ye me that the Almighty hath brought this calamity upon me? Every thing in natu...
BUT ASK NOW THE BEASTS - Rosenmuller supposes that this appeal to the inferior creation should be regarded as connected with Job 12:3, and that the intermediate verses are parenthetical. Zophar had sp...
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...
THEY SHALL, &C. Figure of speech _Prosopopoeia._ App-6....
Such knowledge as the friends possessed of God's wisdom and power and their action in the world could be learned by any one who had eyes to observe the life and fate of the lower creatures. In all may...
2. God is responsible for all that is. (Job 12:7-12) TEXT 12:7-12 7 BUT ASK NOW THE BEASTS, AND THEY SHALL TEACH THEE; And the birds of the heavens, and they shall tell THEE: 8 Or speak to the ear...
_BUT ASK NOW THE BEASTS, AND THEY SHALL TEACH THEE; AND THE FOWLS OF THE AIR, AND THEY SHALL TELL THEE:_ Ask now the beasts ... and the fowls ... and the fish. Beasts birds, fish, and plants, reasons...
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...
Even the animals know the commonplaces that constitute the friends' stock of wisdom....
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...
Many evil people do not seem to suffer. Job thought that this was God’s plan. Job saw that birds and animals also suffer troubles without any reason. But this was not in fact God’s plan for the world....
וְֽ אוּלָ֗ם שְׁאַל ־נָ֣א בְהֵמֹ֣ות וְ תֹרֶ֑ךּ
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...
But ask now the beasts, (e) and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee: (e) He declares to them that disputed against him, that their wisdom is common to all, and s...
(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...
BUT ASK NOW THE BEASTS, AND THEY SHALL TEACH THEE,.... And so the fowls of the air, and the fishes of the sea, in this and Job 12:8; from those instructions may be learned, of instances taken, and exa...
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee: Ver. 7. _But ask now the beasts of the earth, and they shall teach thee_] Even the wildest of th...
_Ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee_ If thou observest the beasts, and their properties, actions, and events, from them thou mayest learn this lesson: namely, that which Zophar had uttered...
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...
Here is the third line of evidence, even animals know that calamities come from God's hand. Zophar had called Job. stupid donkey, and now Job responds by telling Zophar that that he needs to learn fro...
6-11 Job appeals to facts. The most audacious robbers, oppressors, and impious wretches, often prosper. Yet this is not by fortune or chance; the Lord orders these things. Worldly prosperity is of sma...
THEY SHALL TEACH THEE, to wit, objectively, i.e. if thou observest the beasts, and their properties, and actions, and events, from them thou mayst learn this lesson. What lesson? I answer, either, 1....
Job 12:7 But H199 ask H7592 (H8798) beasts H929 teach H3384 (H8686) birds H5775 air H8064 tell...
Job 12:7 I. The great lesson which the animal creation, regarded simply as the creature and subject of God, is fitted to teach us, is a lesson of the wisdom, and power, and constant beneficence of God...
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 ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee._ AN APPEAL TO THE LIVING CREATURES Rosenmuller supposes that this appeal to the inferior creation should be regarded as connected with Job 12:3, an...
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—NOTE ON JOB 12:7 Job suggests that his friends inquire of the animals and plants of creation, because _they_ KNOW that it is THE LORD who governs all of life....
_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...
Isaiah 1:3; Jeremiah 8:7; Job 21:29; Job 21:30; Proverbs 6:6...
But — If thou observest the beasts, and their properties and actions, and events, from them thou mayst learn this lesson: that which Zophar had uttered with so much pomp and gravity, Job 11:7, concern...