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
power; Job 12:1) and with the conclusions they have drawn (Job 13:3).
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 12:2 Job reveals his frustration through sarcasm.
Responding perhaps to Zophar’s wish that God would tell Job “the
secrets of wisdom” (Job 11:5), Job says, “WISDOM WILL DIE WITH
YOU.” In other words, Job’s friends seem to think that they alone
are wise.
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 12:4 Job argues that his friends’ understanding of
wisdom seems to ignore both the suffering of the righteous and the
security of the wicked. Furthermore, while true wisdom would make a
person want to comfort those who are suffering, his friends have shown
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 12:6 Job’s reference to the TENTS OF ROBBERS may
have been in response to one or more of his friends’ earlier
assertions (see Job 5:24; Job 8:22; Job 11:14).
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 12:7 Job suggests that his friends inquire of the
animals and plants of creation, because _they_ KNOW that it is THE
LORD who governs all of life.
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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 12:18 HE LOOSES THE BONDS OF KINGS, that is, kings
lose their thrones. The bond is the royal sash or belt.
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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 disarming of a
soldier.
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