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FOR THEN SHALT THOU LIFT UP THY FACE WITHOUT SPOT - That is, thy face
shall be bright, clear, and cheerful. Thus, we speak of a bright and
happy countenance. Zophar undoubtedly designs to show what hi...
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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)...
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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...
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_for then shalt thou_ Or, SURELY THEN shalt thou, ch. Job 8:6.
_lift up thy face without spot_ The word _lift up_is selected to meet
Job's complaint that he must not lift up his head, ch. Job 10:15; a...
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Zophar turns to Job in exhortation and promise....
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3. The penitent will prosper; for the wicked there is no hope. (Job
11:13-20)
TEXT 11:13-20
13 If thou set thy heart aright,
And stretch OAT THY HANDS TOWARD HIM;
14 If iniquity be in thy hand, pu...
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THE FIRST SPEECH OF ZOPHAR
The speech is short and unsympathetic.
1-6. Zophar rebukes Job for daring to assert his innocence....
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WITHOUT SPOT] of guilt....
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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...
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Zophar’s words here were clever. Job had spots on his face because
of his illness (Job 2:7). But the first sentence also means, ‘Then,
you will not be ashamed.’
But this sentence also shows Zophar’s...
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כִּי ־אָ֤ז ׀ תִּשָּׂ֣א פָנֶ֣יךָ מִ
מּ֑וּם וְ
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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...
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“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...
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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...
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For then shalt thou lift up thy (i) face without spot; yea, thou shalt
be stedfast, and shalt not fear:
(i) He declares the quietness of conscience and success in all things
that they shall have who...
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_Without. Septuagint, "as clean water, thou shalt pass away
corruption, and shalt not fear."_...
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(13) В¶ If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands
toward him; (14) If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and
let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles. (15) For then shalt th...
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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...
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FOR THEN SHALL THOU LIFT UP THY FACE WITHOUT SPOT,.... Either before
men, being in all good conscience, walking in all the commandments and
ordinances of the Lord, blameless, exercising a conscience v...
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For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be
stedfast, and shalt not fear:
Ver. 15. _For then shall thou lift up thy face without spot, &c._]
Repentance must be performed in...
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_For then shalt thou lift up thy face_ With cheerfulness and holy
boldness. _Without spot_ Having a clear and unspotted conscience.
_Yea, thou shalt be steadfast_ Shalt have a strong and comfortable
a...
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For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; having received the
assurance of the forgiveness of his sins, his face would show no
consciousness of guilt; YEA, THOU SHALT BE STEADFAST AND SHALT N...
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ZOPHAR ADMONISHES JOB TO REPENT...
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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...
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13-20 Zophar exhorts Job to repentance, and gives him encouragement,
yet mixed with hard thoughts of him. He thought that worldly
prosperity was always the lot of the righteous, and that Job was to b...
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THEN SHALT THOU LIFT UP THY FACE; which notes cheerfulness, and holy
boldness and confidence; as a dejected countenance notes grief and
shame. See Genesis 4:5,6 2 Samuel 2:22 Job 22:26...
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Job 11:15 up H5375 (H8799) face H6440 spot H3971 steadfast H3332
(H8716) fear H3372 (H8799)
lift up -...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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_If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands towards
Him._
THE WAY TO HAPPINESS
I purpose to show you that happiness is within your reach, and to
point out the means by which it may be...
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 11:1 Like Bildad (Job 8:1), Zophar accuses Job of
being presumptuous and speaking empty words.
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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1 John 2:28; 1 John 3:19; 1 Timothy 2:8; 2 Corinthians 1:12; Genesis
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Lift up — Which denotes chearfulness, and holy boldness. Without
spot — Having a clear and unspotted conscience. Steadfast — Shall
have a strong and comfortable assurance of God's favour....