Marginal Notes in the KJV (1611)
Job 12:10
soul:
Or, life
all mankind:
Heb. all flesh of man
soul:
Or, life
all mankind:
Heb. all flesh of man
Verse Job 12:10. _IN WHOSE HAND_ IS _THE SOUL OF EVERY LIVING THING_] נפש כל חי _nephesh col chai_, "the soul of all life." _AND THE BREATH OF ALL MANKIND._] ורוח כל בשר _veruach col besar_, "and th...
IN WHOSE HAND IS THE SOUL OF EVERY LIVING THING - Margin, “Life.” The margin is the more correct rendering. The idea is, that all are under the control of God. He gives life, and health, and happiness...
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...
SOUL. life. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13. BREATH. spirit. Hebrew. _ruach._ MANKIND. flesh of man. Hebrew. _'ish._ App-14....
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...
This verse rounds off the statement in Job 12:7 _seq_. that God moves among the living creatures upon the earth, dispensing life and death, in a way absolute and uncontrolled....
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...
_IN WHOSE HAND IS THE SOUL OF EVERY LIVING THING, AND THE BREATH OF ALL MANKIND._ In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind. The soul - i:e., the animal life. Man...
12:10 spirit (a-13) Or 'breath.'...
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...
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....
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...
אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּ֭ יָדֹו נֶ֣פֶשׁ כָּל ־חָ֑י וְ֝
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...
IN WHOSE HAND [IS] THE SOUL OF EVERY LIVING THING,.... Of every animal, of every brute creature, as distinct from man, in the next clause: the life of everyone of them is from him, and it is continued...
In whose hand [is] the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind. Ver. 10. _In whose hand is the soul of every living thing_] That is, the life of every beast, flowing from a sensitiv...
_In whose hand is the soul_ That is, the life, or the principle of life; _of every living thing_ That is, of all irrational animals, of which he spake, Job 12:7, opposed to man in the last words of th...
God's Government of the World...
In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, the life which He has given to all creatures, AND THE BREATH OF ALL MANKIND, literally, "the spirit of all flesh of man. " All this must be acknowledge...
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...
IN WHOSE HAND, i.e. at whose absolute disposal, it is to give it, or take it away, when and how it seemeth good to him. THE SOUL; the life, or the soul the principle of life. OF EVERY LIVING THING, i....
Job 12:10 hand H3027 life H5315 thing H2416 breath H7307 mankind H376 H1320 whose hand - Numbers 1
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’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...
Acts 17:25; Acts 17:28; Daniel 5:23; Genesis 2:7; Genesis 6:17;...