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WHAT YE KNOW ... - See the note at Job 12:3....
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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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Job has shown that he can speak of God's working in the world; the
friends, however, offer an apology for God, which He Himself must
reject. I am not inferior to you in knowledge, says Job (Job 13:2)....
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Looking back to his delineation of the Divine wisdom and might as they
dominate among men and in the world (ch. Job 12:7-25), Job says that
his knowledge of them is not inferior to that of the friends...
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4. The friends are self-deceived. (Job 13:1-12)
TEXT 13:1-12
LO, MINE EYE HATH SEEN ALL _this,_
MINE EAR HATH HEARD AND UNDERSTOOD IT.
2 What ye know, _the same_ DO I KNOW ALSO:
I am not inferior...
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_WHAT YE KNOW, THE SAME DO I KNOW ALSO: I AM NOT INFERIOR UNTO YOU._
No JFB commentary on this verse....
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JOB'S THIRD SPEECH (CONTINUED)
1-12. Job claims to understand as much about God as the friends. He
rejects their opinion as to the cause of his troubles, and regards it
as an attempt to curry favour...
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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 13
JOB CONTINUES HIS REPLY...
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Zophar thought that he had superior wisdom (Job 11:6). And Eliphaz’s
advice came from a spirit (Job 4:17). But they did not explain
anything that Job did not already know....
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XIII.
(2) I AM NOT INFERIOR UNTO YOU. — _I fall not short of you._ But it
is this very sense of the inscrutableness of God’s dealings that
makes him long to come face to face with God, and to reason w...
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כְּֽ֭ דַעְתְּכֶם יָדַ֣עְתִּי גַם
־אָ֑נִי לֹא...
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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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“THOUGH HE SLAY ME”
Job 13:1
The sufferer first rebukes his friends, Job 13:4. Then he makes an
appeal to God, affirming that he was no hypocrite, and asking that his
sins, for which he was sufferin...
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Continuing his answer, Job restated his conviction that his knowledge
was not inferior to theirs, and declared that his appeal was to God
(1-3). Before making this appeal there is an introductory pass...
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(1) В¶ Lo, mine eye hath seen all this, mine ear hath heard and
understood it. (2) What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not
inferior unto you. (3) Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I
de...
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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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WHAT YE KNOW, [THE SAME] DO I KNOW ALSO,.... Concerning God and his
perfections, his sovereignty, holiness, justice, wisdom, power,
goodness, c. and concerning his providences, and his dealings with m...
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What ye know, [the same] do I know also: I [am] not inferior unto you.
Ver. 2. _What ye know, the same do I know also_] Heb. According to
your knowledge I also know. This may seem an unseemly boast;...
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JOB DEFENDS GOD AGAINST THE SUSPICION OF ARBITRARINESS...
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What ye know, the same do I know also; I am not inferior unto you; Job
in no way stood behind or beneath his friends in the proper
understanding of the Lord's attributes, 12:3....
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JOB DECLARES HIMSELF FULLY EQUAL TO HIS FRIENDS
(vv.1-12)
Job has spoken at length of God's wisdom and power, now he tells
Zophar that his eye has seen all this, his ear has heard it and
understood...
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1-12 With self-preference, Job declared that he needed not to be
taught by them. Those who dispute are tempted to magnify themselves,
and lower their brethren, more than is fit. When dismayed or
dist...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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Job 13:2 know H1847 know H3045 (H8804) inferior H5307 (H8802)
Job 12:3,...
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CONTENTS: Job's answer to three friends continued.
CHARACTERS: God, Job, three friends.
CONCLUSION: We should presevere in the way of duty, though it cost us
all that is dear to us in this world, re...
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Job 13:4. _Forgers of lies,_ misconstruing the ways of providence.
Job 13:10 , _He will surely reprove you,_ though under a specious veil
you accept of persons.
Job 13:12. _Your remembrances are like...
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_JOB’S REPLY TO ZOPHAR—CONTINUED_
I. Job re-asserts his knowledge of the Divine procedure as not
inferior to that of his friends (Job 13:1).
“Lo, mine eye,” &c. Right in certain circumstances to main...
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EXPOSITION
JOB 13:1, JOB 13:2
The first two verses of Job 13:1. are closely connected with Job 12:1;
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Lo, my eye has seen all this, my ear has heard and understood. Now
what you know, the same I also know. I am not inferior to you. Surely
I would speak to the Almighty, and I would desire to reason wit...