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Verse Job 11:6. _THE SECRETS OF WISDOM_] All the depths of his own
counsels; the heights, lengths, and breadths, of holiness. _That_
_they are double to that which is_, תושיה tushiyah, which we
trans...
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AND THAT HE WOULD SHOW THEE THE SECRETS OF WISDOM - The hidden things
that pertain to wisdom. The reference here is to the wisdom of God
himself. The sense is this, “you now think yourself pure and ho...
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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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DOUBLE: i.e. manifold.
THAT WHICH IS. Compare note on Proverbs 2:7.
EXACTETH. Theology. Zophar's mistake. God is no exactor....
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_shew thee the secrets of wisdom Wisdom_here is God's omniscience. Its
_secrets_are not the things known to it, such, for example, as Job's
sins, but its own profound depths and insight.
_that they ar...
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THAT HE WOULD SHEW THEE THE SECRETS OF WISDOM— _That he would even
tell thee to thy face the secrets of thy craftiness; for they are
double to thy real worth. Know, therefore, that God exacteth of the...
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F. PIETY AND PROSPERITYZOPHAR'S RECOMMENDATION: REPENTANCE (Job
11:1-20)
1. Job's punishment is less than he deserves. (Job 11:1-6)
TEXT 11:1-6
1 1Then ANSWERED ZOPHAR THE NAAMATHITE, AND SAID,
2...
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_AND THAT HE WOULD SHEW THEE THE SECRETS OF WISDOM, THAT THEY ARE
DOUBLE TO THAT WHICH IS! KNOW THEREFORE THAT GOD EXACTETH OF THEE LESS
THAN THINE INIQUITY DESERVETH._
And that he would show thee th...
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11:6 realised; (b-20) Or 'known.'...
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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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THAT _they are_ DOUBLE, etc.] RV 'That it is manifold in effectual
working.' GOD EXACTETH, etc.] RM 'God remitteth unto thee of thine
iniquity'; He does not bring np all Job's guilt, which is greater...
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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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THEY ARE DOUBLE TO THAT WHICH IS! — This translation conveys no
sense, and is not a translation; see the last Note....
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וְ יַגֶּד ־לְךָ֨ ׀ תַּֽעֲלֻמֹ֣ות
חָכְמָה֮ כִּֽי...
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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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And that he would shew thee the (c) secrets of wisdom, that [they are]
double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee
[less] than thine iniquity [deserveth].
(c) Which is not to st...
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Law. Hebrew Thushiya, (Haydock) "the essence" of any thing. Hence it
is explained, "law, strength, comfort," &c. We might translate, "and
that the reality of thy crimes deserved double punishment," &c...
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(5) But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee; (6)
And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are
double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee...
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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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AND THAT HE WOULD SHOW THEE THE SECRETS OF WISDOM,.... Either of sound
doctrine, in opposition to his own doctrine he had such a vain opinion
of; and then he would see, as he thought, that it was not...
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And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that [they are]
double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee
[less] than thine iniquity [deserveth].
Ver. 6. _And that he would...
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_That he would show thee the secrets of wisdom_ The unsearchable
depths of his wisdom in dealing with his creatures. _That they are
double to that which is_ That they are far greater (the word _double...
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and that He would show thee the secrets of wisdom, making known the
true, divine wisdom over against Job's doctrine, THAT THEY ARE DOUBLE
TO THAT WHICH IS, that God's wisdom immeasurably surpasses eve...
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ZOPHAR TRIES TO REPROVE JOB...
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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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"SOUND WISDOM HAS TWO SIDES": Literally this means "double folded
over", i.e. such wisdom is difficult to penetrate and is beyond Job.
If God would speak to Job, He would really show Job what true wis...
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1-6 Zophar attacked Job with great vehemence. He represented him as a
man that loved to hear himself speak, though he could say nothing to
the purpose, and as a man that maintained falsehoods. He des...
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THE SECRETS OF WISDOM, i.e. the unknown and unsearchable depths of
God's wisdom and counsels in dealing with his creatures. THAT THEY ARE
DOUBLE TO THAT WHICH IS, i.e. that they are far more and great...
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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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_Then answered Zophar the Naamathite._
THE ATTITUDE OF JOB’S FRIENDS
In this chapter Zophar gives his first speech, and it is sharper toned
than those which went before. The three friends have now al...
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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 Corinthians 2:9; Daniel 2:28; Daniel 2:47; Deuteronomy 29:29;...
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Secrets — The unsearchable depths of God's wisdom in dealing with
his creatures. Double — That they are far greater (the word double
being used indefinitely for manifold, or plentiful) than that which...