Job 11:1
_THEN ANSWERED ZOPHAR THE NAAMATHITE, AND SAID,_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN ANSWERED ZOPHAR THE NAAMATHITE, AND SAID,_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_SHOULD NOT THE MULTITUDE OF WORDS BE ANSWERED? AND SHOULD A MAN FULL OF TALK BE JUSTIFIED?_ Should not the multitude of words be answered? Zophar assails Job for his empty words, and indirectly the two friends for their weak reply. Taciturnity is highly prized among Orientals. "In the multitude of... [ Continue Reading ]
_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)] (Isaiah 16:6; Jeremiah 48:30). The "men" is emphatic; men of sense х_ MªTIYM_ (H4962)], in antithesis to... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR THOU HAST SAID, MY DOCTRINE IS PURE, AND I AM CLEAN IN THINE EYES._ Thou hast said, My doctrine is pure - purposely used of Job's speeches, which sounded like lessons of doctrine. "My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew" (Deuteronomy 32:2; Proverbs 4:2). AND I... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT OH THAT GOD WOULD SPEAK, AND OPEN HIS LIPS AGAINST THEE;_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THAT HE WOULD SHEW THEE THE SECRETS OF WISDOM, THAT THEY ARE DOUBLE TO THAT WHICH IS! KNOW THEREFORE THAT GOD EXACTETH OF THEE LESS THAN THINE INIQUITY DESERVETH._ And that he would show thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! - rather, 'they are double to (man's and... [ Continue Reading ]
_CANST THOU BY SEARCHING FIND OUT GOD? CANST THOU FIND OUT THE ALMIGHTY UNTO PERFECTION?_ Canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? х_ TAKLIYT_ (H8503)] - rather, 'Penetrate (reach) to the perfections of the Almighty' (Job 9:10); "Such knowledge is too wonderful for me: it is high, I cannot... [ Continue Reading ]
_IT IS AS HIGH AS HEAVEN; WHAT CANST THOU DO? DEEPER THAN HELL; WHAT CANST THOU KNOW?_ It is as high as heaven - the "wisdom" of God (Job 11:6). The abruptness of the Hebrew is forcible: 'The heights of heaven! What canst thou do?' as to attaining to them with thy gaze (Psalms 139:8). WHAT CANST... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE MEASURE THEREOF IS LONGER THAN THE EARTH, AND BROADER THAN THE SEA._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_IF HE CUT OFF, AND SHUT UP, OR GATHER TOGETHER, THEN WHO CAN HINDER HIM?_ If he cut off, х_ YACHªLOP_ (H2498)] - rather, as in Job 9:11, pass as a storm-namely, rush upon in anger. He turns Job's own words (Job 9:11) as weapons against him. SHUT UP - in prison, with a view to trial. GATHER TOG... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR HE KNOWETH VAIN MEN: HE SEETH WICKEDNESS ALSO; WILL HE NOT THEN CONSIDER IT?_ For he knoweth vain men. "The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity" (Psalms 94:11). VAIN, х_ SHAAW'_ (H7723)]. WILL HE NOT THEN CONSIDER IT? - so as to punish it. Umbreit translates from the conn... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR VAIN MAN WOULD BE WISE, THOUGH MAN BE BORN LIKE A WILD ASS'S COLT._ Vain man - hollow or empty х_ NAABUWB_ (H5014)]. WOULD BE WISE - wants to consider himself "wise:" opposed to God's "wisdom" (remark, Job 11:11); refuses to see sin where God sees it (Romans 1:22). The translation of Umbreit... [ Continue Reading ]
_IF THOU PREPARE THINE HEART, AND STRETCH OUT THINE HANDS TOWARD HIM;_ If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him. The apodosis to the "If" is at Job 11:15. The 'preparation of, the heart' is to be obtained (Proverbs 16:1) by 'stretching out the hands' in prayer for it. "Lo... [ Continue Reading ]
_IF INIQUITY BE IN THINE HAND, PUT IT FAR AWAY, AND LET NOT WICKEDNESS DWELL IN THY TABERNACLES._ If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away. Umbreit translates-`If thou wilt put far away the iniquity in thine hand' (as Zaccheus did, Luke 19:8). The apodosis or conclusion is at Job 11:15, "then... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR THEN SHALT THOU LIFT UP THY FACE WITHOUT SPOT; YEA, THOU SHALT BE STEDFAST, AND SHALT NOT FEAR:_ For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot. Zophar refers to Job's own words (Job 10:15), "Yet will I not lift up my head," even though righteous. Zophar declares, if Job will follow his adv... [ Continue Reading ]
_BECAUSE THOU SHALT FORGET THY MISERY, AND REMEMBER IT AS WATERS THAT PASS AWAY:_ Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away. Just as when the stream runs dry (Job 6:17), the danger threatened by its wild waves is forgotten. "The former troubles are forgotten; th... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THINE AGE SHALL BE CLEARER THAN THE NOONDAY; THOU SHALT SHINE FORTH, THOU SHALT BE AS THE MORNING._ Thine age (days, or life) shall be clearer than the noon-day - namely, of thy former prosperity; which, in the poet's image, had gone on increasing, until it reached its height, as the sun rises... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THOU SHALT BE SECURE, BECAUSE THERE IS HOPE; YEA, THOU SHALT DIG ABOUT THEE, AND THOU SHALT TAKE THY REST IN SAFETY._ Thou shalt be secure, because there is hope. The experience of thy life will teach thee there is "hope" for man in every trial; in opposition to Job's having said that he was ... [ Continue Reading ]
_ALSO THOU SHALT LIE DOWN, AND NONE SHALL MAKE THEE AFRAID; YEA, MANY SHALL MAKE SUIT UNTO THEE._ Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid. (Psalms 4:8; Proverbs 3:24; Isaiah 14:30.) LIE DOWN - image from a quadruped couching down to rest (Genesis 49:14) - Oriental images of pros... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT THE EYES OF THE WICKED SHALL FAIL, AND THEY SHALL NOT ESCAPE, AND THEIR HOPE SHALL BE AS THE GIVING UP OF THE GHOST._ But the eyes of the wicked shall fail. A warning to Job, if he would not turn to God. THE WICKED - i:e., obdurate sinners. EYES ... FAIL - i:e., in vain look for relief (De... [ Continue Reading ]