Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Job 12:9
In all these, or, by all these, brute creatures, that God by his power and wisdom hath created and ordered all this which is in them, or is done by and among them.
In all these, or, by all these, brute creatures, that God by his power and wisdom hath created and ordered all this which is in them, or is done by and among them.
WHO KNOWETH NOT IN ALL THESE - Who cannot see in all these the proofs of the same divine and sovereign agency? Who cannot see the hand of the same God and the same great principles of administration?...
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...
THE HAND. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4....
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...
_in all these_ Or, _by_all these, Genesis 15:8. _hath wrought this_ Rather, DOETH THIS, viz. as Zophar had taught and as Job 12:10 explains, rules with an absolute sway in all the world of life upon t...
WHO KNOWETH NOT, &C.?— _Who knoweth not among all these, that it is the hand of Jehovah which hath made them all?_ From the word _Jehovah's_ being used in this place, some would infer that the book of...
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...
_WHO KNOWETH NOT IN ALL THESE THAT THE HAND OF THE LORD HATH WROUGHT THIS?_ Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the Lord hath wrought this? In all these cases, says Job, the agency must be...
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...
IN ALL THESE] among all these creatures. THE LORD] see on Job 1:21. HATH WROUGHT THIS] i.e. orders all things. 11, 12. 'I test your arguments as the palate tests its food; the aged are not necessaril...
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....
WHO KNOWETH NOT IN ALL THESE THAT THE HAND OF THE LORD HATH WROUGHT THIS? — This is the only place in the dialogue parts of Job in which the sacred name of Jehovah is found, and Job’s very use of the...
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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...
“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...
(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...
WHO KNOWETH NOT IN ALL THESE,.... Or "by" or "from all these" o creatures; what man is there so stupid and senseless, that does not discern, or cannot learn, even from irrational creatures, the above...
Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this? Ver. 9. _Who knoweth not in all these, &c._] Or, by all these before mentioned creatures, &c., and therefore, Zophar, you hav...
_Who knoweth not in all these_ Or, _by all these_ brute creatures; _that the hand of the Lord hath wrought this_ That God, by his power and wisdom, hath created and ordered all that is in them, or tha...
Who knoweth not in all these, gaining his understanding from observing them, THAT THE HAND OF THE LORD HATH WROUGHT THIS? The entire visible universe proclaims the creation of Jehovah....
God's Government of the World...
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...
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...
Job 12:9 know H3045 (H8804) hand H3027 LORD H3068 done H6213 (H8804) Who - Job 12:3;...
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...
_Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the Lord hath wrought this?_ GOD AND NATURE If one could possibly laugh the laugh of the scornful, surely there is temptation enough in the teachings of...
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...
1 Samuel 2:7; Acts 19:35; Daniel 5:18; Daniel 9:17; Deuteronomy 8:17;...
Lord — This is the only time that we meet with the name Jehovah in all the discourses between Job and his friends. For God in that age was more known by the name of Shaddai, the Almighty....