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CHAPTER XII
_Job reproves the boasting of his friends, and shows their_
_uncharitableness towards himself_, 1-5;
_asserts that even the tabernacles of robbers prosper; and that,_
_notwithstanding,...
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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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ANSWERED. See note on Job 4:1....
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_JOB REPROVES THE BOASTING OF HIS FRIENDS: HE SHEWS THAT IN THIS LIFE
IT IS FREQUENTLY WELL EVEN WITH THOSE MEN WHO OFFEND THE LORD; YET
ALLOWS THAT NOBODY COULD DENY THEIR GENERAL DOCTRINE, THAT ALL...
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G. COURAGEOUS CONFRONTATIONJOB'S RESPONSE (Job 12:1, Job 14:22)
1. He ridicules the wisdom and judgment of his friends. (Job 12:1-6)
TEXT 12:1-6
12 THEN JOB ANSWERED AND SAID,
2 No doubt but ye ar...
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_AND JOB ANSWERED AND SAID,_
No JFB commentary on this verse....
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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_
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CHAPTER 12
JOB REPLIES TO ZOPHAR’S...
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Zophar said that he knew some secrets about wisdom (Job 11:6). But Job
did not agree. He thought that Zophar’s advice was too simple. Job
even said that everybody knows such things. Anybody can say th...
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וַ יַּ֥עַן אִיֹּ֗וב וַ יֹּאמַֽר׃...
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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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CONTENTS
In this chapter, Job makes reply. He still dwells upon the same
arguments of his own integrity, as it concerned his trust and
dependence upon God. He manifests great strength of understandin...
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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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AND JOB ANSWERED AND SAID. In reply to Zophar, and in defence of
himself; what is recorded in this and the two following Chapter s....
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And Job answered and said,
Ver. 1. _And Job answered and said_] Being nipped and nettled with his
friends' hard usage of him, and harsh language to him, but especially
with Zophar's arrogant and loft...
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_And Job answered_ Greatly vexed that his friends should entertain so
firm an opinion of his being a wicked man, and that they should press
him so hard with their maxim, “that affliction was a demonst...
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THE STRANGE GOOD FORTUNE OF THE GODLESS.
If Zophar's arguments had been valid and Job's suffering was to be
regarded as the direct punishment for a specific sin, then his faith
in the justice of God...
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And Job answered and said, in a tone and with words of bitter sarcasm,...
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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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"AND WITH YOU WISDOM WILL DIE!" The arguments from Job's friends have
not silenced him, in fact this speech is the longest thus far. Job
ridicules their claim to wisdom, "He sarcastically responded t...
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1-5 Job upbraids his friends with the good opinion they had of their
own wisdom compared with his. We are apt to call reproofs reproaches,
and to think ourselves mocked when advised and admonished; th...
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JOB CHAPTER 12 Job's answer: his friends self-conceit: the miserable
always despised, though upright; the wicked prosper, JOB 12:1. God's
power and providence is seen in his works, JOB 12:7. With the...
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Job 12:1 Job H347 answered H6030 (H8799) said H559 (H8799)...
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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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_But I have understanding as well as you._
THE EFFECT OF THE FRIENDS’ SPEECHES UPON JOB
The whole world, Job feels, is against him, and he is left forlorn and
solitary, unpitied in his misery, unguid...
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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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Job 12:1...