Job 12:8
What meaning of the job 12:8 in the Bible?
What does Job 12:8 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee."
What does Job 12:8 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee."
OR SPEAK TO THE EARTH, AND IT SHALL TEACH THEE - Perhaps this appeal to the earth may mean, as Stuhlman supposes, that the same thing is shown in the productions of the earth, as in the case of fierce...
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 (Job 13:14) 5. The brevity a...
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...
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...
OR, SPEAK TO THE EARTH— _Or, survey the earth._...
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...
_BUT ASK NOW THE BEASTS, AND THEY SHALL TEACH THEE; AND THE FOWLS OF THE AIR, AND THEY SHALL TELL THEE:_ Ask now the beasts ... and the fowls ... and the fish. Beasts birds, fish, and plants, reasons...
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 wis...
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...
אֹ֤ו שִׂ֣יחַ לָ † אָ֣רֶץ וְ תֹרֶ֑ךָּ וִֽ יסַפְּר֥וּ לְ֝ךָ֗ דְּגֵ֣י הַ יָּֽם׃...
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...
OR SPEAK TO THE EARTH, AND IT SHALL TEACH THEE,.... Or ask "a sprig of the earth" n, any shrub, or tree, or whatsoever grows out of it, and they will all unite in this doctrine, that they are raised a...
Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee. Ver. 8. _Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee_] Teach thee? what? Surely many good lessons...
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...
JOB 12:8-10 "Job said that all of them were smarter than Zophar, knowing that calamities come from God's hand, not necessarily from one's sin. They also know that their very breath comes from God's ha...
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...
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Job 12:8 speak H7878 (H8798) earth H776 teach H3384 (H8686) fish H1709 sea H3220 explain H5608 (H8762)...
Job 12:7 I. The great lesson which the animal creation, regarded simply as the creature and subject of God, is fitted to teach us, is a lesson of the wisdom, and power, and constant beneficence of Go...
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...
_Speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee._ THE TEACHING OF THE EARTH To the attentive ear all the earth is eloquent; to the reflecting mind all nature is symbolical. Each object has a voice which...
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 firs...
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 Chronicles 16:9; Genesis 9:2; Genesis 9:5; Isaiah 28:9; Job 12:7; Job 15:17; Job 28:27; Job 38:37; Job 7:11; Job 8:10;...