-
WHO KNOWETH NOT IN ALL THESE - Who cannot see in all these the proofs
of the same divine and sovereign agency? Who cannot see the hand of
the same God and the same great principles of administration?...
-
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...
-
THE HAND. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6.
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4....
-
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...
-
_in all these_ Or, _by_all these, Genesis 15:8.
_hath wrought this_ Rather, DOETH THIS, viz. as Zophar had taught and
as Job 12:10 explains, rules with an absolute sway in all the world of
life upon t...
-
WHO KNOWETH NOT, &C.?— _Who knoweth not among all these, that it is
the hand of Jehovah which hath made them all?_ From the word
_Jehovah's_ being used in this place, some would infer that the book
of...
-
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...
-
_WHO KNOWETH NOT IN ALL THESE THAT THE HAND OF THE LORD HATH WROUGHT
THIS?_
Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the Lord hath wrought
this? In all these cases, says Job, the agency must be...
-
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...
-
IN ALL THESE] among all these creatures. THE LORD] see on Job 1:21.
HATH WROUGHT THIS] i.e. orders all things.
11, 12. 'I test your arguments as the palate tests its food; the aged
are not necessaril...
-
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...
-
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....
-
WHO KNOWETH NOT IN ALL THESE THAT THE HAND OF THE LORD HATH WROUGHT
THIS? — This is the only place in the dialogue parts of Job in which
the sacred name of Jehovah is found, and Job’s very use of the...
-
מִ֭י לֹא ־יָדַ֣ע בְּ כָל ־אֵ֑לֶּה
כִּ֥י
-
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...
-
WHO KNOWETH NOT IN ALL THESE,.... Or "by" or "from all these" o
creatures; what man is there so stupid and senseless, that does not
discern, or cannot learn, even from irrational creatures, the above...
-
Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought
this?
Ver. 9. _Who knoweth not in all these, &c._] Or, by all these before
mentioned creatures, &c., and therefore, Zophar, you hav...
-
Who knoweth not in all these, gaining his understanding from observing
them, THAT THE HAND OF THE LORD HATH WROUGHT THIS? The entire visible
universe proclaims the creation of Jehovah....
-
God's Government of the World...
-
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 ALL THESE, or, _by all these_, brute creatures, that God by his
power and wisdom hath created and ordered all this which is in them,
or is done by and among them....
-
Job 12:9 know H3045 (H8804) hand H3027 LORD H3068 done H6213 (H8804)
Who - Job 12:3;...
-
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—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....
-
_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...
-
1 Samuel 2:7; Acts 19:35; Daniel 5:18; Daniel 9:17; Deuteronomy 8:17;...
-
Lord — This is the only time that we meet with the name Jehovah in
all the discourses between Job and his friends. For God in that age
was more known by the name of Shaddai, the Almighty....