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Verse Job 12:16. _WITH HIM_ IS _STRENGTH AND WISDOM_] עז
ותושיה _oz_ _vethushiyah, strength and sufficiency_. Strength or
power, springing from an exhaustless and infinite source of potency.
In the _...
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THE DECEIVED AND THE DECEIVER ARE HIS - This is designed to teach that
all classes of people are under his control. All are dependent on him,
and all are subject to him. He has power to keep them, and...
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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 (Job 13:14)
5. The brevity a...
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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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WISDOM. stability. See note on Proverbs 2:7....
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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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_WITH HIM IS STRENGTH AND WISDOM: THE DECEIVED AND THE DECEIVER ARE
HIS._
The deceived and the deceiver are his. "If the prophet be deceived
when he hath spoken a thing, I the Lord have deceived that...
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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 wis...
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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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עִ֭מֹּו עֹ֣ז וְ תוּשִׁיָּ֑ה לֹ֝֗ו
שֹׁגֵ֥ג וּ מַשְׁגֶּֽה׃...
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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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With him [is] strength and wisdom: the deceived and the (h) deceiver
[are] his.
(h) He shows that there is nothing done in this world without God's
will and ordinance, else he would not be Almighty....
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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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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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WITH HIM [IS] STRENGTH AND WISDOM,.... Which is repeated from
Job 12:13; though different words are used but expressive of the same
things; of the greatest strength might, and power of God, as the ab...
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With him [is] strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver [are]
his.
Ver. 16. _With him is strength and wisdom_] _i.e._ Such strength as
he exerciseth most wisely, mightily, and righteously. _...
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_With him is strength_, &c. He doth the things mentioned in the
foregoing and following verses so _powerfully_, that no creature can
resist him and hinder his operations; and so wisely, that none can...
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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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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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He doth the things here mentioned in the foregoing and succeeding
verses, and that both powerfully, so as no creature can resist and
hinder him, and wisely, so as none can prevent and overreach him. T...
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Job 12:16 strength H5797 prudence H8454 deceived H7683 (H8802)
deceiver H7686 (H8688)
With - Job 12:13; Matthew 6:13
the deceived - 1 Kings 22:22-23; Ezekiel 14:9...
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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 12:1 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 firs...
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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 Kings 22:22; 1 Kings 22:23; Ezekiel 14:9; Job 12:13; Matthew 6:13...
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With him — The same thing he had said before, Job 12:13, but he
repeats it here to prepare the way for the following events, which are
eminent instances, both of his power and wisdom. Are his — Wholly...