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Verse Job 12:25. _THEY GROPE IN THE DARK_] The writer seems to have
had his eye on those words of Moses, Deuteronomy 28:28-5: _The Lord
shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and_ _astonishmen...
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THEY GROPE IN THE DARK - They are like persons who attempt to feel
their way along in the dark; compare the notes at Isaiah 59:10.
AND HE MAKETH THEM TO STAGGER LIKE A DRUNKEN MAN - Margin,
“wander.”...
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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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Further description of their perplexity. Cf. ch. Job 5:14.
_maketh them to stagger_ Or, _to wander_. Cf. Isaiah 19:14; Psalms
107:27; Psalms 107
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Job 12:7-10 referred to what one could _see_of God's power and wisdom
in the world, these verses refer to what one might learn of them by
_hearing_ancient men discourse regarding them. In ch. Job 13:1...
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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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_THEY GROPE IN THE DARK WITHOUT LIGHT, AND HE MAKETH THEM TO STAGGER
LIKE A DRUNKEN MAN._
They grope in the dark without light. "Thou shalt grope at, noonday,
as the blind gropeth in darkness" (Deute...
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12:25 stagger (f-13) Or 'wander.'...
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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.
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CHAPTER 12
JOB REPLIES TO ZOPHAR’S...
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These were powerful men. But God has made them humble. God did this
and so he shows everyone his greatness. Perhaps God did this to teach
the rulers to obey him (Daniel chapter 4). Or perhaps he did i...
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יְמַֽשְׁשׁוּ ־חֹ֥שֶׁךְ וְ לֹא ־אֹ֑ור
וַ֝ יַּת
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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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REFLECTIONS
READER! you and I shall go over this sweet and interesting book of Job
to very little good, if we do not, as we read it, look up for the
teaching of the HOLY GHOST, and seek from it to sea...
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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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THEY GROPE IN THE DARK WITHOUT LIGHT,.... Like blind men, as the men
of Sodom, when they were struck with blindness; or "they grope", or
"feel the dark, and not light" g, as the Targum; as the Egyptia...
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They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger
like [a] drunken [man].
Ver. 25. _They grope in the dark without light_] This is the second
simile, setting forth this judiciary ac...
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_He increaseth the nations_, &c. What he had hitherto said of princes,
he now applies to nations and people, whom God either increases or
diminishes as he pleases. _He enlargeth the nations_ He multip...
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They grope in the dark without light, and He maketh them to stagger
like a drunken man. Cf Isaiah 19:14. The entire passage reminds one of
the great hymn of Mary with its praise of the strength and me...
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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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STAGGER:
_ Heb._ wander...
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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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THEY GROPE, like men that cannot see their way. IN THE DARK WITHOUT
LIGHT; two phrases expressing the same thing, emphatically to express
their profound darkness. LIKE A DRUNKEN MAN, who reels hither...
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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 12:13 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 John 2:11; Acts 13:11; Deuteronomy 28:29; Genesis 19:11; Isaiah 19
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Grope — Thus are the revolutions of kingdoms brought about by an
overruling providence. Heaven and earth are shaken: but the Lord
remaineth a king forever....