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Verse Job 12:10. _IN WHOSE HAND_ IS _THE SOUL OF EVERY LIVING THING_]
נפש כל חי _nephesh col chai_, "the soul of all life."
_AND THE BREATH OF ALL MANKIND._] ורוח כל בשר _veruach col
besar_, "and th...
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IN WHOSE HAND IS THE SOUL OF EVERY LIVING THING - Margin, “Life.”
The margin is the more correct rendering. The idea is, that all are
under the control of God. He gives life, and health, and happiness...
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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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This verse rounds off the statement in Job 12:7 _seq_. that God moves
among the living creatures upon the earth, dispensing life and death,
in a way absolute and uncontrolled....
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Such knowledge as the friends possessed of God's wisdom and power and
their action in the world could be learned by any one who had eyes to
observe the life and fate of the lower creatures. In all may...
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2. God is responsible for all that is. (Job 12:7-12)
TEXT 12:7-12
7 BUT ASK NOW THE BEASTS, AND THEY SHALL TEACH THEE;
And the birds of the heavens, and they shall tell THEE:
8 Or speak to the ear...
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_IN WHOSE HAND IS THE SOUL OF EVERY LIVING THING, AND THE BREATH OF
ALL MANKIND._
In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all
mankind. The soul - i:e., the animal life. Man...
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12:10 spirit (a-13) Or 'breath.'...
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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.
This commentary has been through Advanced Checking.
CHAPTER 12
JOB REPLIES TO ZOPHAR’S...
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Many evil people do not seem to suffer. Job thought that this was
God’s plan. Job saw that birds and animals also suffer troubles
without any reason. But this was not in fact God’s plan for the
world....
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אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּ֭ יָדֹו נֶ֣פֶשׁ כָּל ־חָ֑י
וְ֝
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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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(1) В¶ And Job answered and said, (2) No doubt but ye are the
people, and wisdom shall die with you. (3) But I have understanding as
well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such
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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IN WHOSE HAND [IS] THE SOUL OF EVERY LIVING THING,.... Of every
animal, of every brute creature, as distinct from man, in the next
clause: the life of everyone of them is from him, and it is continued...
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In whose hand [is] the soul of every living thing, and the breath of
all mankind.
Ver. 10. _In whose hand is the soul of every living thing_] That is,
the life of every beast, flowing from a sensitiv...
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_In whose hand is the soul_ That is, the life, or the principle of
life; _of every living thing_ That is, of all irrational animals, of
which he spake, Job 12:7, opposed to man in the last words of th...
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In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, the life which He has
given to all creatures, AND THE BREATH OF ALL MANKIND, literally, "the
spirit of all flesh of man. " All this must be acknowledge...
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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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SOUL:
Or, life
ALL MANKIND:
_ Heb._ all flesh of man...
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6-11 Job appeals to facts. The most audacious robbers, oppressors, and
impious wretches, often prosper. Yet this is not by fortune or chance;
the Lord orders these things. Worldly prosperity is of sma...
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IN WHOSE HAND, i.e. at whose absolute disposal, it is to give it, or
take it away, when and how it seemeth good to him. THE SOUL; the life,
or the soul the principle of life. OF EVERY LIVING THING, i....
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Job 12:10 hand H3027 life H5315 thing H2416 breath H7307 mankind H376
H1320
whose hand - Numbers 1
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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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_Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the Lord hath wrought
this?_
GOD AND NATURE
If one could possibly laugh the laugh of the scornful, surely there is
temptation enough in the teachings of...
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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...
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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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Acts 17:25; Acts 17:28; Daniel 5:23; Genesis 2:7; Genesis 6:17;...