Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Job 11:14
if iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles, for without this evidence of a repentant heart the Lord would not heed his prayer.
if iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles, for without this evidence of a repentant heart the Lord would not heed his prayer.
IF INIQUITY BE IN THINE HAND - If you have in your possession anything that has been unjustly obtained. If you have oppressed the poor and the fatherless, and have what properly belongs to them, let i...
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)...
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...
TABERNACLES. tents. Some codices, with one early printed edition, Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "tent" (singular) App-40....
Zophar turns to Job in exhortation and promise....
The reformation which Zophar impresses on Job has several steps: first, the preparation of his heart; then, prayer unto God; then, the putting away of his personal sins; and finally, those of his home...
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...
_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 iniq...
TABERNACLES] RV 'tents.'...
THE FIRST SPEECH OF ZOPHAR The speech is short and unsympathetic. 1-6. Zophar rebukes Job for daring to assert his innocence....
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...
Job was well-known for his good character (Job 29:11-12). So Zophar thought that Job’s evil deeds must be secret. Jesus also taught that God sees our private behaviour (Matthew 6:1-4)....
אִם ־אָ֣וֶן בְּ֭ יָדְךָ הַרְחִיקֵ֑הוּ וְ אַל
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...
“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...
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...
If iniquity [be] in thine (h) hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles. (h) Renounce your own evil works and see that they do not offend God, over whom you have charge....
_Iniquity. Of this Job was not conscious, and therefore could not confess it. (Worthington)_...
(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...
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...
IF INIQUITY [BE] IN THINE HAND,.... For, as the heart must be prepared for the stretching out of the hand in prayer to God, so it is not any hand that is to be stretched out or lifted up unto God; not...
If iniquity [be] in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles. Ver. 14. _If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away_] Cast away all thy transgressions, and throw...
_If iniquity be in thy hand_ If thou hast in thy hand, or possession, any goods gotten by injustice or oppression, as it seems they supposed he had; or, he means, more generally, if thou allowest thys...
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...
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...
Either, 1. If thou hast in thine hand or possession any good, got by injury or oppression, as it seems they supposed that he had. Or, 2. More generally, If thou allowest thyself in any sinful practic...
Job 11:14 iniquity H205 hand H3027 away H7368 (H8685) wickedness H5766 dwell H7931 (H8686) tents H168 iniqu
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,...
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...
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...
_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...
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 11:1 Like Bildad (Job 8:1), Zophar accuses Job of being presumptuous and speaking empty words. ⇐
_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...
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...
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...
Ezekiel 18:30; Ezekiel 18:31; Isaiah 1:15; James 4:8; Job 22:23;...