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Verse Job 12:15. _HE WITHHOLDETH THE WATERS_] This is, I think, an
allusion to the _third_ day's work of the creation, Genesis 1:9: _And
God said, Let the waters be gathered together unto one_ _place...
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HE WITHHOLDETH THE WATERS - From the clouds and springs. He has
control over the rains and the fountains; and when these are withheld,
rivers and lakes become dry. The Syriac renders this, - “if he
re...
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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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HE WITHHOLDETH THE WATERS— This seems to refer to the universal
deluge; as the latter part of the next verse probably alludes to the
fall....
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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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_BEHOLD, HE WITHHOLDETH THE WATERS, AND THEY DRY UP: ALSO HE SENDETH
THEM OUT, AND THEY OVERTURN THE EARTH._
Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; also he sendeth
them out, and they ove...
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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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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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God is powerful. He is much greater than any person. He even controls
the weather (verse 15). He knows when we lie (verse 16). And he is our
judge (verse 14)....
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הֵ֤ן יַעְצֹ֣ר בַּ † מַּ֣יִם וְ
יִבָ֑שׁוּ...
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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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BEHOLD, HE WITHHOLDETH THE WATERS, AND THEY DRY UP,.... Or "lays a
restraint in" or "on the waters" s; either in the ocean, as he did at
the creation, when he gathered the waters that were upon the fa...
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Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth
them out, and they overturn the earth.
Ver. 15. _Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up_] He not
only, when he pleaseth...
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_He withholdeth the waters_ Which are reserved in the clouds, that
they may not fall upon the earth; _and they dry up_ Namely, the waters
upon the earth, springs, brooks, and rivers dry up, as after t...
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Behold, He withholdeth the waters, restraining all calamity at His
will, AND THEY DRY UP; ALSO HE SENDETH THEM OUT, releasing their
devastating power, AND THEY OVERTURN THE EARTH....
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God's Government of the World...
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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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HE WITHHOLDETH THE WATERS; which are reserved in the clouds, that they
may not fall upon the earth. THEY DRY UP, i.e. the waters upon the
earth, ponds, and springs, and brooks, and rivers....
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Job 12:15 withholds H6113 (H8799) waters H4325 up H3001 (H8799) out
H7971 (H8762) overwhelm H2015 ...
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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’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 17:1; 1 Kings 8:35; 1 Kings 8:36; Amos 5:8; Genesis 6:13;...
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The waters — Which are reserved its the clouds, that they may not
fall upon the earth. They — The waters upon the earth, springs, and
brooks, and rivers. As at the time of the general deluge, to which...