Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Job 12:12
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.
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.
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...
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...
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...
ANCIENT. aged. Hebrew word found only here and Job 15:10; Job 29:8. and Job 32:6....
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...
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...
_WITH THE ANCIENT IS WISDOM; AND IN LENGTH OF DAYS UNDERSTANDING._ With the ancient is wisdom - "the ancient," the aged (Job 15:10)....
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...
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...
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...
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)....
בִּֽ ישִׁישִׁ֥ים חָכְמָ֑ה וְ אֹ֖רֶךְ יָמִ֣ים...
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...
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...
_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._...
(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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
God's Government of the World...
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...
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...
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...
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...
These words contain a concession of what Bildad had said JOB 8:8,9, and a joining with him in that appeal; but withal, an intimation that this wisdom was but finite, and imperfect, and liable to many...
Job 12:12 Wisdom H2451 aged H3453 length H753 days H3117 understanding H8394 Job 8:8,...
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...
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 15:10; Job 32:7; Job 8:8...
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...