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Matthew Henry Commentary on the Bible

Job 12 - Introduction

* Job reproves his friends. (1-5) The wicked often prosper.(6-11) Job speaks of the wisdom and power of God. (12-25)

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See also Job 12 - Introduction in other biblical comments:

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Job's Reply to Zophar The distinctive point in Zophar's discourse was his prominently adducing the omniscient wisdom of God against Job, before the judgments of which, as seen in the providences that...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    TODAY'S ENGLISH VERSION _Job_ 1-2 Yes, you are the voice of the people. When you die, wisdom will die with you. 3 But I have as much sense as you have; I am in no way inferior to you; everyone kn...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:1 Uz (a-9) See Lamentations 4:21 . perfect (b-18) Complete, lacking nothing; cf. 2 Samuel 22:24 ....

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    INTRODUCTION TO JOB 12 In this and the two following chapter Job makes answer to Zophar's discourse in the former; who having represented him as an ignorant man, he resents it, and begins his defence...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _A.M. 2484. B.C. 1520._ Job blames his friends for their self-conceit and unkind behaviour, Job 12:1. Shows that the wicked often prosper, Job 12:6. Confirms and enlarges upon what had been said of t...

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