Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible
Job 12:21
And weakeneth the strength of the mighty— The girdle being an ornament, the loosing it implies disgrace.
And weakeneth the strength of the mighty— The girdle being an ornament, the loosing it implies disgrace.
Verse Job 12:21. _HE POURETH CONTEMPT UPON PRINCES_] נדיבים _nedibim_, "those of royal extraction;" widely different from the כהנים _cohanim_ mentioned Job 12:19. _WEAKENETH THE STRENGTH OF THE MIGH...
HE POURETH CONTEMPT UPON PRINCES - He has power to hurl them from their thrones, and to overwhelm them with disgrace. AND WEAKENETH THE STRENGTH OF THE MIGHTY - Margin, as in Hebrew “looseth the girdl...
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...
WEAKENETH. looseneth. STRENGTH. girdle. Occurs only here and Psalms 109:19 and Isaiah 23:10....
_contempt upon princes_ Or, _nobles_, ch. Job 34:18; cf. Psalms 107:40. _weakeneth the strength of the mighty_ lit. _looseth the girdle of the strong_. As the garments were girt up for active labour o...
Job 12:7-10 referred to what one could _see_of God's power and wisdom in the world, these verses refer to what one might learn of them by _hearing_ancient men discourse regarding them. In ch. Job 13:1...
3. ARBITRARILY HE DECREES WHAT WILL BE. (JOB 12:13-25) TEXT 12:13-25 13 With _God_ is wisdom and might; He hath counsel and understanding. 14 Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again...
_HE POURETH CONTEMPT UPON PRINCES, AND WEAKENETH THE STRENGTH OF THE MIGHTY._ He poureth contempt upon princes. Psalms 107:40 quotes, in its first clause, this verse, and in its second the 24th verse...
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...
God is much more powerful than any ruler. God gives power to rulers (John 19:11). And God causes their power to end (Daniel 2:21). God appoints new kings (1 Kings 19:15-16). God makes proud people hum...
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...
שֹׁופֵ֣ךְ בּ֭וּז עַל ־נְדִיבִ֑ים וּ מְזִ֖יחַ...
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...
_Relieveth. Hebrew, "ungirdeth (disarms) the strong." (Calmet) --- Septuagint, "but the lowly (humble) he has healed."_...
(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...
HE POURETH CONTEMPT UPON PRINCES,.... Not on good princes, such as rule in righteousness, and decree judgment and govern their subjects according to good laws, in a mild and gentle manner, and answer...
He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty. Ver. 21. _He poureth contempt upon princes_] Or nobles, or gentlemen, which are, or should be, free, bounteous, munificent...
_He poureth contempt upon princes_ That is, he makes them contemptible to their subjects and others; _and weakeneth the strength of the mighty_ The word מזיח, _meziach_, here rendered strength, occurs...
He poureth contempt upon princes, upon the nobility of the land, AND WEAKENETH THE STRENGTH OF THE MIGHTY, literally, either, "He causes the dam of the canals to sink down," or, "He lets down that whi...
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...
WEAKENETH THE STRENGTH OF THE MIGHTY: Or, looseth the girdle of the strong...
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...
HE POURETH CONTEMPT UPON PRINCES, i.e. he makes them contemptible to their subjects and others. WEAKENETH, Heb. _he looseth the girdle_; which phrase signifies weakness, as ISAIAH 5:27; as the girding...
Job 12:21 pours H8210 (H8802) contempt H937 princes H5081 disarms H7503 (H8765) H4206 mighty H650 poureth -
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...
_Behold, He breaketh down._ JOB’S MAXIMS Perhaps Job uses this lofty language concerning God for two reasons. 1. To show that he could speak as grandly of the Eternal as his friends had spoken. 2....
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 12:13 In these verses, Job asserts that God’s providential governing of the world is much more extensive than his friends realize. ⇐...
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
_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 Kings 21:23; 1 Kings 21:24; 2 Kings 9:26; 2 Kings 9:34; Acts 12:23