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Verse Job 11:10. _IF HE CUT OFF_] As he is unlimited and almighty, he
cannot be _controlled_. He will do whatsoever he pleases; and he is
pleased with nothing but what is _right_. Who then will dare...
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IF HE CUT OFF - Margin, “Make a change.” But neither of these
phrases properly expresses the sense of the original. The whole image
here is probably that of arresting a criminal and bringing him to
tr...
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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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This omniscience in its operation among sinful men.
_If he cut off_ IF HE PASS BY. Zophar uses Job's own word and
illustration, ch. Job 9:11 (passeth on).
_and shut up_ i. e. arrest, and put in ward...
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Panegyric on the Divine Wisdom or Omniscience. This wisdom cannot be
fathomed by man (Job 11:7). It fills all things (Job 11:8). And this
explains the sudden calamities that befall men, for God percei...
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DISCOURSE: 462
THE INCOMPREHENSIBILITY OF GOD
Job 11:7. Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out
the Almighty unto perfection? It is as high as heaven; what canst thou
do? deeper than...
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IF HE CUT OFF, AND SHUT UP— _If, by a change of things, he shall
confine this man to his house, or grant that man to appear in public,
who shall hinder him?_ I have expressed the matter rather
paraphr...
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2. The Almighty is not fooled; He recognizes iniquity. (Job 11:7-12)
TEXT 11:7-12
7 CANST THOU BY SEARCHING FIND OAT GOD?
Canst thou find OUT THE Almighty unto perfection?
8 IT IS high as heaven;...
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_IF HE CUT OFF, AND SHUT UP, OR GATHER TOGETHER, THEN WHO CAN HINDER
HIM?_
If he cut off, х_ YACHªLOP_ (H2498)] - rather, as in Job 9:11, pass
as a storm-namely, rush upon in anger. He turns Job's ow...
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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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IF HE CUT OFF, etc.] rather, 'Should he pass by, imprison, arraign
before an assembly?' If God, with perfect knowledge of sinful man,
visits him in various ways, who shall gainsay His actions?...
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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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Zophar’s words in verses 7-9 are like God’s words in Job 38:4-5
and Job 38:19. God said these things to teach Job about God’s
greatness. But Zophar wanted to frighten Job. Zophar was saying,
‘God is v...
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IF HE CUT OFF. — It is the same word as “a spirit passed before
me” (Job 4:15); and as Job himself used (Job 9:11): “he passeth
on, but I perceive him not.” “If, then,” says Zophar, “God
acteth thus,...
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אִם ־יַחֲלֹ֥ף וְ יַסְגִּ֑יר וְ֝
יַקְהִ֗יל וּ
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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 he cut off, and (e) shut up, or gather together, then who can
hinder him?
(e) If God should turn the state of things and establish a new order
in nature, who could control him?...
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(7) В¶ Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the
Almighty unto perfection? (8) It is as high as heaven; what canst thou
do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? (9) The measure...
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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 HE CUT OFF,.... The horns, power, dominion, and authority of the
wicked; or the spirits of princes, or kingdoms and states, whole
nations, as he did the seven nations of Canaan; or families, as Job...
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If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder
him?
Ver. 10. _If he cut off, and shut up_] Heb. If he change, viz. his
course or way of proceedings toward men, either to shut the...
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_If he cut off_ Namely, a person or family; _and shut up_ In prison,
or in the hands of an enemy, or in the net of affliction and trouble,
Psalms 66:11. _Or gather together_ Make our condition strait...
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If He cut off, passing over, or rushing upon, in anger, AND SHUT UP,
OR GATHER TOGETHER, that is, if God arrests a man and calls him to
judgment, holds a public trial, THEN WHO CAN HINDER HIM? Who can...
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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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CUT OFF:
Or, make a change
WHO CAN HINDER HIM? _HEB._WHO CAN TURN HIM AWAY?...
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He agrees with Job that no one can restrain God (Job 9:12). __...
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7-12 Zophar speaks well concerning God and his greatness and glory,
concerning man and his vanity and folly. See here what man is; and let
him be humbled. God sees this concerning vain man, that he w...
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IF HE CUT OFF, to wit, a person or a family. _Shut up in a prison_, or
in the hands of an enemy. This _shutting up_ is opposed to the opening
of the prison doors, and to that enlargement which God is...
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Job 11:10 by H2498 (H8799) imprisons H5462 (H8686) gathers H6950
(H8686) hinder H7725 (H8686)
If he cut o
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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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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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Daniel 4:35; Deuteronomy 32:30; Isaiah 41:27; Job 12:14; Job 34:29;...
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Cut off — A person or family. Shut — Its a prison, or in the hands
of an enemy. Gather — Whether it pleaseth God to scatter a family,
or to gather them together from their dispersions. Hinder — Or, wh...