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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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WEAKENETH. looseneth.
STRENGTH. girdle. Occurs only here and Psalms 109:19 and Isaiah 23:10....
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_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...
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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...
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AND WEAKENETH THE STRENGTH OF THE MIGHTY— The girdle being an
ornament, the loosing it implies disgrace....
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD
Job
_KEITH SIMONS_
Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible.
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CHAPTER 12
JOB REPLIES TO ZOPHAR’S...
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שֹׁופֵ֣ךְ בּ֭וּז עַל ־נְדִיבִ֑ים וּ
מְזִ֖יחַ...
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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...
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“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...
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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...
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(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...
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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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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...
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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...
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_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...
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God's Government of the World...
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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...
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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...
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WEAKENETH THE STRENGTH OF THE MIGHTY:
Or, looseth the girdle of the strong...
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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...
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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...
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Job 12:21 pours H8210 (H8802) contempt H937 princes H5081 disarms
H7503 (H8765) H4206 mighty H650
poureth -
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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...
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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...
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_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....
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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...
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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.
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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
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Kings 21:23; 1 Kings 21:24; 2 Kings 9:26; 2 Kings 9:34; Acts 12:23