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Verse Job 12:12. _WITH THE ANCIENT_ IS _WISDOM_] Men who have lived
in those primitive times, when the great facts of nature were recent,
such as the creation, fall, flood, confusion of tongues, migr...
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WITH THE ANCIENT IS WISDOM - With the aged. The word ישׁישׁ
_yâshı̂ysh_ used here, means an old man, one gray-headed. It is
used chiefly in poetry, and is commonly employed in the sense of one
who is...
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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 ...
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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...
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ANCIENT. aged. Hebrew word found only here and Job 15:10; Job 29:8.
and Job 32:6....
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As Job 12:11 indicated the instrument, the ear, through which one
learned, this verse refers to the source from which the information
was to be obtained, viz. the ancients, that is, the aged men....
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Job 12:7-10 referred to what one could _see_of God's power and wisdom
in the world, these verses refer to what one might learn of them by
_hearing_ancient men discourse regarding them. In ch. Job 13:1...
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DOTH NOT THE EAR TRY WORDS? &C.— _Doth not the ear try words, as the
palate tasteth food?_ Job, being about to speak of the supreme and
absolute dominion of God over his creatures, begins with two
pro...
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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...
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_WITH THE ANCIENT IS WISDOM; AND IN LENGTH OF DAYS UNDERSTANDING._
With the ancient is wisdom - "the ancient," the aged (Job 15:10)....
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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...
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RM 'With aged men, _ye say,_ is wisdom.' Job is not stating his own
views.
13-25. With God are wisdom and might, no one can reverse His actions.
The mightiest are overthrown by Him, and He takes away...
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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...
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The people in Job’s time respected a man’s old age. They thought
that an old person was wiser than a young person (see Job 32:6-7)....
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בִּֽ ישִׁישִׁ֥ים חָכְמָ֑ה וְ אֹ֖רֶךְ
יָמִ֣ים...
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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...
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“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...
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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...
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With the (g) ancient [is] wisdom; and in length of days understanding.
(g) Though men by age and continuance of time attain wisdom, yet it is
not comparable to God's wisdom, nor able to comprehend hi...
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_Ancient. He rather chides the youth of Sophar for offering to give
him lessons. Old age is indeed commonly wiser and more experienced.
Yet, what is man's knowledge compared to that of God! ver. 3._...
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(11) Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat? (12)
В¶ With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.
(13) With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and
unders...
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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...
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WITH THE ANCIENT [IS] WISDOM,.... Meaning not himself, who was not
very ancient; though some think Eliphaz so understood him; hence those
words of his, in Job 15:9; rather, as others, Job tacitly wish...
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With the ancient [is] wisdom; and in length of days understanding.
Ver. 12. _With the ancient is wisdom_] Heb. With the decrepit, who
have a long, long being upon earth, and are now become wondrous o...
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_With the ancient is wisdom_ These words contain a concession of what
Bildad had said (Job 8:8,) and a joining with him in that appeal; but
withal, an intimation that this wisdom was but imperfect, an...
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With the ancient is wisdom; aged men, in the course of their long
life, acquire a true insight into the nature of things; AND IN LENGTH
OF DAYS UNDERSTANDING; when a person has lived many years and al...
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God's Government of the World...
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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...
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Is Job here agreeing with Bildad (Job 8:8-10), quoting him or giving.
sarcastic comment? "Some feel that Job is presenting. contrast between
the shallow wisdom of the aged men, the traditional of the...
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12-25 This is a noble discourse of Job concerning the wisdom, power,
and sovereignty of God, in ordering all the affairs of the children of
men, according to the counsel of His own will, which none c...
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Job 12:12 Wisdom H2451 aged H3453 length H753 days H3117 understanding
H8394
Job 8:8,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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Job 15:10; Job 32:7; Job 8:8...
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Wisdom — These words contain a concession of what Bildad had said,
Job 8:8, and a joining with him in that appeal; but withal, an
intimation that this wisdom was but imperfect, and liable to many
mist...