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 power; Job 12:1) and with the conclusions they have drawn (Job 13:3). Then, once again, he addresse... [ Continue Reading ]
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 12:2 Job reveals his frustration through sarcasm. Responding perhaps to Zophar’s wish that God would tell Job “the secrets of wisdom” (Job 11:5), Job says, “WISDOM WILL DIE WITH YOU.” In other words, Job’s friends seem to think that they alone are wise. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.g... [ Continue Reading ]
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 12:4 Job argues that his friends’ understanding of wisdom seems to ignore both the suffering of the righteous and the security of the wicked. Furthermore, while true wisdom would make a person want to comfort those who are suffering, his friends have shown CONTEMPT instead (see note... [ Continue Reading ]
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 12:6 Job’s reference to the TENTS OF ROBBERS may have been in response to one or more of his friends’ earlier assertions (see Job 5:24; Job 8:22; Job 11:14). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len [ Continue Reading ]
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. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 12:13 In these verses, Job asserts that God’s providential governing of the world is much more extensive than his friends realize. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 12:18 HE LOOSES THE BONDS OF KINGS, that is, kings lose their thrones. The bond is the royal sash or belt. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 12:21 HE POURS CONTEMPT ON PRINCES and MAKES THEM WANDER IN A TRACKLESS WASTE. God governs the powerful as well as the weak. LOOSENS THE BELT is a way of describing the disarming of a soldier. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length,... [ Continue Reading ]