Zophar does not merely consider Job's speech to be empty and unnecessary, but that his speeches are boasting and scoffing. Job is far more than merely. windbag, he is. blasphemer. Job has denied that the righteous are always rewarded and the wicked are always punished in this life and to Zophar this is nothing more than scoffing at the truth.
Verse Job 11:3. _SHOULD THY LIES MAKE MEN HOLD THEIR PEACE?_] This is a very severe reproof, and not justified by the occasion. _AND WHEN THOU MOCKEST_] As thou despisest others, shall no man put th...
SHOULD THY LIES - Margin, “devices.” Rosenmuller renders this, “should men bear thy boastings with silence?” Dr. Good, “before thee would man-kind keep silence?” Vulgate, “tibi soli tacebunt homines?”...
CHAPTER 11 ZOPHAR'S FIRST ADDRESS _ 1. Job's multitude of words rebuked (Job 11:1)_ 2. The greatness and omniscience of God (Job 11:7) 3. That Job repent and receive the Blessings (Job 11:13)...
SPEECH OF ZOPHAR.Job has shown that the assumption, that on account of the Divine righteousness only human sin can be the cause of misfortune, leads to the worst conclusions as to God's nature. What a...
LIES. babblings. NO MAN. none....
_Should thy lies_ Or, _Shall thy boastings_, or, as Reuss, "ton verbiage." The reference is probably to Job's assertions of his own innocence, or perhaps the general scope of his speech. The word "men...
F. PIETY AND PROSPERITYZOPHAR'S RECOMMENDATION: REPENTANCE (Job 11:1-20) 1. Job's punishment is less than he deserves. (Job 11:1-6) TEXT 11:1-6 1 1Then ANSWERED ZOPHAR THE NAAMATHITE, AND SAID, 2...
_SHOULD THY LIES MAKE MEN HOLD THEIR PEACE? AND WHEN THOU MOCKEST, SHALL NO MAN MAKE THEE ASHAMED?_ Should thy lies make men hold their peace? - "lies" - rather, vain boasting х_ BADIYM_ (H907)] (Isa...
THE FIRST SPEECH OF ZOPHAR The speech is short and unsympathetic. 1-6. Zophar rebukes Job for daring to assert his innocence....
THY LIES] RV 'thy boastings,' viz. Job's assertions of innocence (Job 11:4)....
Zophar’s words seem angry. Job’s speech upset Zophar. Eliphaz wanted to encourage Job (Job 4:3-6). Bildad wanted to correct Job (Job 8:2-4). But Zophar wanted to warn Job....
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 11 ZOPHAR’S FIRST SPEECH G...
בַּ֭דֶּיךָ מְתִ֣ים יַחֲרִ֑ישׁו וַ֝ תִּלְעַ֗ג וְ...
XI. A FRESH ATTEMPT TO CONVICT Job 11:1 ZOPHAR SPEAKS THE third and presumably youngest of the three friends of Job now takes up the argument somewhat in the same strain as the others. With no wis...
“CANST THOU BY SEARCHING FIND OUT GOD?” Job 11:1 Zophar waxes vehement as he censures Job's self-justification and his refusal to acknowledge the guilt which his friends attribute to him. There is s...
When Job had ceased, Zophar, the last of the three friends, answered him. His method was characterized by even greater plainness than that of Bildad. Indeed, there was a roughness and directness about...
_Men. Hebrew, "shall thy lies make men keep silence?" Septuagint, "Blessed be the short-lived son of a woman. Speak not much, for there is no one to give sentence against thee." (Haydock) --- Mocked,...
(1) В¶ Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, (2) Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified? (3) Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and...
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...
SHOULD THY LIES MAKE MEN HOLD THEIR PEACE?.... By which he means, either lies in common, untruths wilfully told, which are sins of a scandalous nature, which good men will not dare to commit knowingly...
Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed? Ver. 3. _Should thy lies make men hold their peace?_] Or, thy toys, toilsome toys, hammered in thine...
_Should thy lies_ That is, thy false opinions and assertions, both concerning thyself and thy own innocence, and concerning the counsels and ways of God, _make men hold their peace_? As if thy argumen...
ZOPHAR TRIES TO REPROVE JOB...
Should thy lies, rather, "chatter, vain babbling," MAKE MEN HOLD THEIR PEACE? "Men" is emphatic; no one who calls himself a man will remain silent with such talk going on. AND WHEN THOU MOCKEST, both...
ZOPHAR'S CRUEL ACCUSATION (vv.1-6) Zophar was likely the youngest of the three men, and what he lacks in maturity he makes up for in bitter accusation against Job. He did not have such restraint as...
LIES: Or, devices...
1-6 Zophar attacked Job with great vehemence. He represented him as a man that loved to hear himself speak, though he could say nothing to the purpose, and as a man that maintained falsehoods. He des...
THY LIES, i.e. thy false opinions and assertions, both concerning thyself and thy own innocency, and concerning the counsels and ways of God, make men hold their peace; as if thy arguments were unansw...
Job 11:3 talk H907 men H4962 peace H2790 (H8686) mock H3932 (H8799) rebuke H3637 (H8688) thy lies - or, thy de
The words we are about to read were spoken by one of Job's three friends, or what if I call them his three tormentors? These men did not speak wisely, and their argument was not altogether sound; but,...
CONTENTS: Zophar's theory of Job's condition. He thinks Job a hypocrite and liar. CHARACTERS: God, Zophar, Job. CONCLUSION: Those are not always in the right who are most forward to express their ju...
Job 11:3. _Thy lies;_ that is, thy device, as in the margin; _jactantias tuas,_ thy boastings, the delicacy of thy turns of speech, to extenuate thy sins: He does not mean gross lies and untruths, bec...
_Then answered Zophar the Naamathite._ THE ATTITUDE OF JOB’S FRIENDS In this chapter Zophar gives his first speech, and it is sharper toned than those which went before. The three friends have now al...
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 11:1 Like Bildad (Job 8:1), Zophar accuses Job of being presumptuous and speaking empty words. ⇐
_FIRST SPEECH OF ZOPHAR_ Zophar follows in the same train with his companions. Misled by the same false principle—great sufferings prove great sins—he acts the part, not of a comforter, but of a repr...
EXPOSITION JOB 11:1 Zophar, the Naamathite, the third of Job's comforters (Job 2:11), and probably the youngest of them, now at last takes the word, and delivers an angry and violent speech. He begin...
Shall we turn to the eleventh chapter of the book of Job. And in chapter 11 we hear from Job's third friend, old Zophar, and he gets his two cents worth in. Now for you that weren't here last Sunday n...
2 Thessalonians 3:14; Jeremiah 15:17; Job 12:4; Job 13:4; Job 13:9;...
Lies — Both concerning thy own innocency, and concerning the counsels and ways of God. Mockest — Our friendly and faithful counsels, Job 6:14, Job 6:25....