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Verse Job 11:13. _IF THOU PREPARE THINE HEART_] Make use of the powers
which God has given thee, and be determined to seek him with all thy
soul.
_AND STRETCH OUT THINE HANDS TOWARD HIM_] Making fer...
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IF THOU PREPARE THINE HEART - Zophar now proceeds to state that if Job
even yet would return to God, he might hope for acceptance. Though he
had sinned, and though he was now, as he supposed, a hollow...
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CHAPTER 11 ZOPHAR'S FIRST ADDRESS
_ 1. Job's multitude of words rebuked (Job 11:1)_
2. The greatness and omniscience of God (Job 11:7)
3. That Job repent and receive the Blessings (Job 11:13)...
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SPEECH OF ZOPHAR.Job has shown that the assumption, that on account of
the Divine righteousness only human sin can be the cause of
misfortune, leads to the worst conclusions as to God's nature. What
a...
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IF THOU PREPARE. This was Zophar's false theology....
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_If thou prepare thine heart Thou_is emphatic, and meant by the
speaker to place Job in a different class from the "hollow man"
described in Job 11:12. Job hardly accepted the good intention, cf.
ch....
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Zophar turns to Job in exhortation and promise....
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3. The penitent will prosper; for the wicked there is no hope. (Job
11:13-20)
TEXT 11:13-20
13 If thou set thy heart aright,
And stretch OAT THY HANDS TOWARD HIM;
14 If iniquity be in thy hand, pu...
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_IF THOU PREPARE THINE HEART, AND STRETCH OUT THINE HANDS TOWARD HIM;_
If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him.
The apodosis to the "If" is at Job 11:15. The 'preparation...
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THE FIRST SPEECH OF ZOPHAR
The speech is short and unsympathetic.
1-6. Zophar rebukes Job for daring to assert his innocence....
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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 11
ZOPHAR’S FIRST SPEECH
G...
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Job was well-known for his good character (Job 29:11-12). So Zophar
thought that Job’s evil deeds must be secret. Jesus also taught that
God sees our private behaviour (Matthew 6:1-4)....
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XI.
A FRESH ATTEMPT TO CONVICT
Job 11:1
ZOPHAR SPEAKS
THE third and presumably youngest of the three friends of Job now
takes up the argument somewhat in the same strain as the others. With
no wis...
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“CANST THOU BY SEARCHING FIND OUT GOD?”
Job 11:1
Zophar waxes vehement as he censures Job's self-justification and his
refusal to acknowledge the guilt which his friends attribute to him.
There is s...
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When Job had ceased, Zophar, the last of the three friends, answered
him. His method was characterized by even greater plainness than that
of Bildad. Indeed, there was a roughness and directness about...
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If thou (g) prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward
him;
(g) If you repent, pray to him....
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_But. Hebrew, "If thou direct thy heart, &c. Thou mayst lift up thy
face," (ver. 15.; Haydock) without fear, 2 Kings ii. 22. (Calmet)_...
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(13) В¶ If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands
toward him; (14) If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and
let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles. (15) For then shalt th...
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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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IF THOU PREPARE THINE HEART, AND STRETCH OUT THINE HANDS TOWARDS HIM.
In this and the following verses Zophar proceeds to give some advice
to Job; which, if taken, would issue in his future happiness,...
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If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;
Ver. 13. _If thou prepare thine heart_] viz. To meet God, Amos 4:12,
humbly submitting to his justice, and heartily imploring his...
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_If thou prepare thy heart_ Thy business, O Job, is not to quarrel
with thy Maker, or his works; but to address thyself to him by prayer
and supplication, sincerely repenting of all thy hard speeches,...
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If thou prepare thine heart, bringing it into the proper condition
over against God, AND STRETCH OUT THINE HANDS TOWARD HIM, in a gesture
of pleading, of asking for mercy;...
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ZOPHAR ADMONISHES JOB TO REPENT...
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ZOPHAR'S CRUEL ACCUSATION
(vv.1-6)
Zophar was likely the youngest of the three men, and what he lacks in
maturity he makes up for in bitter accusation against Job. He did not
have such restraint as...
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As Job's other friends had stressed (Job 5:8f; Job 8:5-7; 20-22),
Zophar also encourages Job to repent. According to Zophar three steps
were needed to be restored, "direct your heart aright", "spread...
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13-20 Zophar exhorts Job to repentance, and gives him encouragement,
yet mixed with hard thoughts of him. He thought that worldly
prosperity was always the lot of the righteous, and that Job was to b...
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O Job, thy business is not to quarrel with thy Maker, or his works,
but to address thyself to him. PREPARE THINE HEART, to wit, to seek
God, as it is expressed, 2 Chronicles 19:3, 2 Chronicles 30:19 P...
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Job 11:13 prepare H3559 (H8689) heart H3820 out H6566 (H8804) hands
H3709
prepare - Job 5:8,...
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The words we are about to read were spoken by one of Job's three
friends, or what if I call them his three tormentors? These men did
not speak wisely, and their argument was not altogether sound; but,...
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CONTENTS: Zophar's theory of Job's condition. He thinks Job a
hypocrite and liar.
CHARACTERS: God, Zophar, Job.
CONCLUSION: Those are not always in the right who are most forward to
express their ju...
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Job 11:3. _Thy lies;_ that is, thy device, as in the margin;
_jactantias tuas,_ thy boastings, the delicacy of thy turns of speech,
to extenuate thy sins: He does not mean gross lies and untruths,
bec...
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_If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands towards
Him._
THE WAY TO HAPPINESS
I purpose to show you that happiness is within your reach, and to
point out the means by which it may be...
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 11:1 Like Bildad (Job 8:1), Zophar accuses Job of
being presumptuous and speaking empty words.
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_FIRST SPEECH OF ZOPHAR_
Zophar follows in the same train with his companions. Misled by the
same false principle—great sufferings prove great sins—he acts the
part, not of a comforter, but of a repr...
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EXPOSITION
JOB 11:1
Zophar, the Naamathite, the third of Job's comforters (Job 2:11), and
probably the youngest of them, now at last takes the word, and
delivers an angry and violent speech. He begin...
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Shall we turn to the eleventh chapter of the book of Job.
And in chapter 11 we hear from Job's third friend, old Zophar, and he
gets his two cents worth in. Now for you that weren't here last Sunday
n...
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1 Samuel 7:3; 2 Chronicles 12:14; 2 Chronicles 19:3; Job 22:21; J
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Heart — To seek God; turning thy bold contentions with God into
humble supplications....