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Job 12:25

They grope in the dark without light, and He maketh them to stagger like a drunken man. Cf Isaiah 19:14. The entire passage reminds one of the great hymn of Mary with its praise of the strength and mercy of God, Luke 1:46. Job certainly proved that he was in no wise inferior to Eliphaz in His knowledge of the wisdom and strength of Jehovah.

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See also Job 12:25 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Job 12:25. _THEY GROPE IN THE DARK_] The writer seems to have had his eye on those words of Moses, Deuteronomy 28:28-5: _The Lord shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and_ _astonishmen...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THEY GROPE IN THE DARK - They are like persons who attempt to feel their way along in the dark; compare the notes at Isaiah 59:10. AND HE MAKETH THEM TO STAGGER LIKE A DRUNKEN MAN - Margin, “wander.”...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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 ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Further description of their perplexity. Cf. ch. Job 5:14. _maketh them to stagger_ Or, _to wander_. Cf. Isaiah 19:14; Psalms 107:27; Psalms 107

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _THEY GROPE IN THE DARK WITHOUT LIGHT, AND HE MAKETH THEM TO STAGGER LIKE A DRUNKEN MAN._ They grope in the dark without light. "Thou shalt grope at, noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness" (Deute...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    12:25 stagger (f-13) Or 'wander.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    יְמַֽשְׁשׁוּ ־חֹ֥שֶׁךְ וְ לֹא ־אֹ֑ור וַ֝ יַּת

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    “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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    REFLECTIONS READER! you and I shall go over this sweet and interesting book of Job to very little good, if we do not, as we read it, look up for the teaching of the HOLY GHOST, and seek from it to sea...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THEY GROPE IN THE DARK WITHOUT LIGHT,.... Like blind men, as the men of Sodom, when they were struck with blindness; or "they grope", or "feel the dark, and not light" g, as the Targum; as the Egyptia...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like [a] drunken [man]. Ver. 25. _They grope in the dark without light_] This is the second simile, setting forth this judiciary ac...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _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...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    STAGGER: _ Heb._ wander...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THEY GROPE, like men that cannot see their way. IN THE DARK WITHOUT LIGHT; two phrases expressing the same thing, emphatically to express their profound darkness. LIKE A DRUNKEN MAN, who reels hither...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Job 12:25 grope H4959 (H8762) dark H2822 light H216 stagger H8582 (H8686) drunken H7910 grope -...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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....

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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. ⇐...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 John 2:11; Acts 13:11; Deuteronomy 28:29; Genesis 19:11; Isaiah 19

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Grope — Thus are the revolutions of kingdoms brought about by an overruling providence. Heaven and earth are shaken: but the Lord remaineth a king forever....

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