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Verse Job 12:24. _HE TAKETH AWAY THE HEART OF THE CHIEF_] Suddenly
deprives the leaders of great counsels, or mighty armies of courage;
so that, panic-struck, they flee when none pursueth, or are conf...
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HE TAKETH AWAY THE HEART - The word heart here evidently means mind,
intelligence, wisdom; see the notes at Job 12:3.
OF THE CHIEF OF THE PEOPLE - Hebrew “Heads of the people;” that
is, of the rulers...
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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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HEART. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, for the
courage given by it.
WILDERNESS. a pathless _tohu._ Compare note on Genesis 1:2....
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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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_he taketh away the heart_ i. e. the understanding; cf. on ch. Job
11:12.
_in a wilderness_ Same word as in ch. Job 6:18. The word is that
rendered "without form," Genesis 1:2;...
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HE TAKETH AWAY THE HEART, &C.— Bishop Warburton thinks that these
words allude to the wandering of the Israelites forty years in the
wilderness. But whoever will be at the pains to consult the Hebrew,...
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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 TAKETH AWAY THE HEART OF THE CHIEF OF THE PEOPLE OF THE EARTH, AND
CAUSETH THEM TO WANDER IN A WILDERNESS WHERE THERE IS NO WAY._
He taketh away the heart - intelligence.
WANDER IN A WILDERNESS...
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WILDERNESS] The Heb. is used of the primeval chaos of Genesis 1:2....
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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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These were powerful men. But God has made them humble. God did this
and so he shows everyone his greatness. Perhaps God did this to teach
the rulers to obey him (Daniel chapter 4). Or perhaps he did i...
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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 12
JOB REPLIES TO ZOPHAR’S...
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מֵסִ֗יר לֵ֭ב רָאשֵׁ֣י עַם ־הָ אָ֑רֶץ
וַ֝
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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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_Changeth. Hebrew, "taketh away the heart," or prudence "of princes."
Hence they follow the most absurd counsels, Isaias xxix. 19. (Calmet)
--- No way. This was the case of Pharao, when he pursued the...
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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 TAKETH AWAY THE HEART OF THE CHIEF OF THE PEOPLE OF THE EARTH,....
The people of the earth are the common people; the "chief" or "heads"
f of them, as it may be rendered, are kings, princes and gen...
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He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and
causeth them to wander in a wilderness [where there is] no way.
Ver. 24. _He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people_] T...
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_He increaseth the nations_, &c. What he had hitherto said of princes,
he now applies to nations and people, whom God either increases or
diminishes as he pleases. _He enlargeth the nations_ He multip...
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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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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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THE HEART; which signifies either,
1. Their courage, as PSALMS 76:12; or rather,
2. Their wisdom and counsel, as JOB 5:13 ISAIAH 3:4, as the following
words show. THE CHIEF; either for place and powe...
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Job 12:24 away H5493 (H8688) understanding H3820 chiefs H7218 people
H5971 earth H776 wander H8582 (H86
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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 12:13 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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Daniel 4:16; Daniel 4:33; Genesis 1:2; Hosea 7:11; Isaiah 19:1;...