Job 12 explained Job made his stand against a time-bound mindset and chose to think in terms of Job 12 Commentary Chapter 12. Job speaks of the wisdom and power of God. The meaning of Job 12:22 in this connection can only be, that there is nothing so finely spun out that God cannot make it visible. The Book of Job has long been praised as a masterpiece of literature. · Divine Favor (You have granted me… favor). Job 1. You have engrossed all the reason of mankind, and each of you has as much wisdom as a whole people put together. (See more on the chaining of Satan under Job 1:12). (12-25) The explanation which regards Job 11:12 as descriptive of the wholesome effect of the discipline of the divine judgments (comp. : he will show the friends that the majesty of God, before which he ought, according to their demands, to humble himself in penitence, is not less known to him than to them; and with ואולם, verum enim vero, he passes over to this subject when he begins his Job 12:22 (KJV) says, "He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death. ”’ (Pulpit Commentary on Job 12:5). In this and the two following chapter Job makes answer to Zophar's discourse in the former; who having represented him as an ignorant man, he resents it, and begins his defence with a biting sarcasm on him and his friends, as being self-conceited, and having an high opinion of their own wisdom, as if none had any but themselves, Job 12:1,2; and puts in his claim for a Clarke, Adam "Clarke's Commentary: The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments with a Commentary and Critical Notes" Volume 3 (Job-Song of Solomon) (New York: Eaton and Mains, 1827) Mason, Mike "The Gospel According to Job" (Wheaton, Illinois: Crossway Books, 1994) The verse Job 12:12 from the King James Version of the Bible states, "With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding. Let him suffer, he says, then we will see his true character. We’ve had the first two chapters declaring that Job is righteous and that he’s suffering as a result of Satan… Job himself expresses the purpose of this hymn of confession, Job 12:2. - Hartley’s commentary on Job is Job himself expresses the purpose of this hymn of confession, Job 12:2. "This verse reminds us that true wisdom is not found in human intellect or worldly knowledge but in God alone. Shews that the wicked often prosper, ver. He's about had it with these guys who think they know all the answers, and they're not really ministering or reaching him at all. If He breaks a thing down, it cannot be rebuilt; If He imprisons a man, there can be no release. (13-17) Job asks God to reveal a sinful cause within Job himself. Chapter 12 Zophar's First Speech: Job Deserves Worse Punishment. Of his great prosperity, ver 2-4. INTRODUCTION TO JOB 12. Lord-willing, we’ll be finishing this chapter today! We’ll be studying verses 22-34. Job 5:12. Job se queja de sus amigos. Confirms and enlarges upon what had been said, of the wisdom, power and providence of God, ver. Job longs to take his case to God. The third major section includes God's deliverance, and covers chapters 38—42. The second act of the heavenly scene. ), and to call in question either God's omniscience or his regard for moral distinctions (Job 9:22, 23; Job 21:7-13, 23-26). (1-5) The earthly stage. By experience in this verse and the former. Chapter 10 Job: God's Wisdom and Power Are Unfathomable. Chapter 15 1. 5:11. Two stages for a great drama: earth and heaven. Job comes out with some bold truth in addressing his friends. ] From any of the commandments his lips had uttered; meaning not the ten commandments given to Israel, which perhaps as yet were not given, or had not come to the knowledge of Job; some speak of the seven commandments, given to the sons of Noah; (See Gill on Genesis 9:4). Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips, &c. Regarding the hard to translate verse 12:5, commentary observes that: “The meaning is, ‘I am despised and scorned by you who sit at ease, because my foot has slipped, and I have fallen into misfortune. Verses 1-11 are here. Coffman's Commentaries on the Bible. Then Job answered and said: “Even today my complaint is bitter; Job 12:2. [1] [2] A Translation with Commentary. (12-20) A contrast between the wicked and the righteous. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. Job 5:27) of the ancients are not to be accepted without being proved; the waw in וחך is waw adaequationis, as Job 5:7; Job 11:12, therefore equivalent to quemadmodum; it places together for comparison things that are analogous: The ear, which is used here like Job blames his friends for their self - conceit and unkind behaviour, ver. 1 - 5. It is easy to read the Book of Job assuming that Job himself knew what happened in the heavenly realms as recorded in the first two chapters of the book. Genesis 50: A. 13 In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, 14 Fear came upon me, and trembling, The causes and intentions of Job’s present calamity were hidden in God and were hidden to Job, but God has shared with the reader of the Book of Job what Job himself did not know. For vain man would be wise — The original is difficult and uncertain, ואיש נבוב ילבב veish nabub yillabeb, "And shall the hollow man assume courage," or "pride himself?" What does Job mean when he says, "wisdom will die with you"? 3. Job 12. And yet, we also saw Job diverging from Bildad's opinions by asserting that he (Job) is the exception to this rule of how God runs the… Job 12:10. Eliphaz attacks Job’s theology. But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee And so the fowls of the air, and the fishes of the sea, in this and ( Job 12:8) ; from those instructions may be learned, of instances taken, and examples given, which may illustrate and confirm the same things that had been treated of: either what had been just now confuted, that it is always well with good men, and ill with bad men Job 12, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, The Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible provides Christians deep insights through thorough analysis and historical context. Job 12:7. They may place a great deal of confidence in their own abilities, and, without any regard to the overruling hand of Providence, may imagine that their good or bad success in the world depends wholly on their own wisdom and efforts: they may form Job 12:22. Job then judges himself, while God rebukes his three friends (Job 42:1–9). B. I have not departed from the commandment of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth More than my Clarke's Commentary. III. Chapter 13 Job's Reply: God's Wisdom and Sovereignty Affirmed. 1-5 Job reprende a sus amigos con la buena opinión que tenían de su propia sabiduría en comparación con la suya. (Job 23:10-12) Job’s confidence in God and in his own integrity. 11:20. Verse Job 11:12. Isaiah 44:25). Verse Job 12:18. Wisdom Belongs to God. This gets to the heart of the friends’ conflict: they stubbornly insist that Job must be guilty of wrongdoing; at the same time, Job is upset that his friends aren’t addressing what he sees as the core issue—that when he looks at his own experience, he sees a world in Oct 22, 2017 · KJV Job 1:12 And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. Who does not know such things as these? 4 I am a laughingstock to my friends; I, who called to God and he answered me, a just and blameless man, am a laughingstock. 12 - 25. (6-11) Job speaks of the wisdom and power of God. The tabernacles of robbers prosper. Job made his stand against pride and humbled himself before God. They’ve all had a turn to speak to him and so now he’s going to take chapters 12, 13, and 14 to address them. ” (Tennyson) Job 12:5. These Job chapter summaries will guide you through this powerful story, highlighting key moments and themes. · Divine Visitation (Your care has preserved my spirit). , in the sense of colere scil. He that is ready to slip with his feet — The just man, last mentioned, who is ready to fall, or has already fallen into trouble; is as a lamp despised — That is, like a lamp or torch, which, while it shines clearly in a dark night, is very useful and comfortable; but when it is almost extinct, or when the light of the morning approaches, is neglected and despised, as that which Job 12. También tengo yo entendimiento como vosotros; No soy yo menos que vosotros; Job might not inappropriately say, that in the eyes of the prosperous he is like a despised, cast-away torch (comp. the similar figure, Isaiah 14:19, like a branch that is rejected with contempt); and Job 12:5 would be suitably connected with this if למועדי could be derived from a substantive מעד, vacillatio, but neither the usage of 12:12-25 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 can resist. Notice how many times God's wisdom is mentioned here, along with the corollary in each instance that, "Counselors and judges (Job 12:17), kings (Job 12:18), priests and the mighty (Job 12:19), the trusty and the elders (Job 12:20), the princes and the strong (Job 12:21), and the chiefs of the people of the earth (Job 12:24)" - indeed ALL of the A. (1-3) God boasts again over His servant Job. . He that is ready to slip with [his] feet Not into sin, though this is often the case of good men, but into calamities and afflictions; and Job means himself, and every just upright man in the like circumstances: or he that is "prepared" or "destined" to be among them, that "totter" and stagger in their "feet" F9; that cannot stand upon their feet, but fall to the ground; which may Jan 7, 2018 · Let’s turn in our Bibles to Job chapter 13 (for our Job 13 commentary). Consider these quotes: “Tomorrow, if all literature was to be destroyed and it was left to me to retain one work only, I should save Job. No doubt but ye are the people — You, of all people, are the most eminent for wisdom; the only men living of distinguished knowledge and prudence. " This verse is a part of a speech that Job gives to his friends in response to their accusations and judgment. Hence Eliphaz is enabled to take a high tone and ask, "Hast thou forgotten that God is in the height of heaven, far up When the apostle speaks of the patience of Job he immediately takes notice of the end of the Lord, that is, of the Lord Jesus (as some understand it), typified by Job, Jas. In Job 12:8, he says, "Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you. (1-3) Job responde sarcásticamente a Zofar y sus otros amigos. THE BOOK OF JOB. He leadeth counsellors away spoiled. If He withholds the waters, they dry up; If He sends them out, they overwhelm the earth. This is unfortunate, since his works contain priceless gems of information that are found nowhere except in the ancient writings of the Jews. The writer probably regards the name as unfamiliar, if not unknown, to Job's neighbours, and therefore as avoided by him in his discussions with them. In Job chapter 12, we find Job, a righteous man who is facing immense suffering and loss. H. Clarke's Commentary. , Targ. In this and the two following chapters we have Job's answer to Zophar's discourse, in which, as before, he first reasons with his friends (see ch. He discovereth deep things out of darkness The deep things of God, his own deep things which lie in his heart, wrapped up in darkness impenetrable to creatures, and which could never be known unless he had discovered them; such as the thoughts of his heart, which are very deep, ( Psalms 92:5) ; the deep things of God, which the Spirit of God only knows, searches, and reveals, ( 1 Oct 28, 2018 · Job 41 Meaning: Let’s turn in our Bibles to Job, chapter 41. : he will show the friends that the majesty of God, before which he ought, according to their demands, to humble himself in penitence, is not less known to him than to them; and with ואולם, verum enim vero, he passes over to this subject when he begins his Dec 17, 2017 · As we enter this Job 10 commentary, we remind ourselves that we saw in chapter 9 Job agreeing with Bildad that generally God does reward good and punish evil. 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 by him as long as he pleases, nor can it be taken away without his leave; two sparrows, which are not worth more than a farthing, not one of them falls to the ground, or dies without the Feb 29, 2024 · The Book of Job offers a profound exploration of faith, suffering, and the nature of good and evil. The history of Job begins here with an account, I. May 15, 2017 · This is a summary of the twelfth chapter of Job, the most important verse, and what I think God is wanting us to do in response to it. And we’ll see it most clearly when you get to God’s response to Job at the end of this book. Rawlinson, usually quite accurate, misses it here, stating that, "Job 1:7 teaches that Satan, therefore, is not, like most of his fallen angels, "reserved in chains under darkness to the judgment of the last day (Judges 1:6). Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the LORD. Job represents his grief by shaving his head and sitting in ashes, a common way of mourning in his world. _HE DISCOVERETH DEEP THINGS OUT OF DARKNESS_] This may refer either to God's works in the great deep, or to the plots and stratagems of wicked men, conspiracies that were deeply laid, Job 12:22 - Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary Meanwhile Zophar’s twofold assertion in the former chapter, Job 12:17; Job 12:20, that good men prosper here, and bad men suffer, falls to the ground, while Job disproves it, 1. And we’re entering into this section of God responding to Job’s accusations throughout this book. This principle Job here opposes, and maintains that God, in disposing men's The meaning of Job 12:11 is, that the sayings (מלּין, Job 8:10, comp. מעבּד from עבד in the generalized sense of facere), than, with Umbr. But He knows the way that I take; When He has tested me, I shall come forth as gold. And maketh the judges fools; rather, and judges maketh he fools. 12. There is no article, and no particular judges are referred to (comp. And in chapter 12, Job addresses his friends sarcastically. In Job 12:13, we read, "Wisdom and strength belong to God; counsel and understanding are His. Job's Reflection on Human Fraility (Verses 8-12) Job ponders his own existence, acknowledging that God's hands crafted him and gave him life. It’s just a powerful revelation of who God is. With Him are wisdom and strength, He has counsel and understanding: In this section, Job rebuked the previous speech of Zophar (Job 11), especially where Zophar criticized Job for not knowing God and likened him to an empty-headed man (Job 11:7-12). Mus is the word used by God in His famous exhortation to Joshua that he might prepare himself spiritually to lead the children of Israel into the Promised Land… Job 11:12. 6 - 11. Job's Response to Bildad (Job 9:1-10:22) - Job acknowledges God's power but maintains his innocence, expressing his frustration with his inability to plead his case before God. 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). , to treat him as a criminal; and who can turn Him from His purpose? (the same question as Job 9:12; Job 11:10); His soul wills it (stat pro ratione voluntas), and He accomplishes it. , as an absolute Sovereign, not allowing man to penetrate His mysteries; man's part is to bow to His unchangeable decrees ( Job 1:21). (1-7) Job’s bitter complaint and his inability to connect with God. 2. His friends, Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar, have come to comfort him but end up engaging in a series of debates about the reasons for Job Oct 19, 2023 · Job 12 Commentary. A. He disappointeth the devices of the crafty — On the contrary, he defeats the craftiest designs of evil and subtle men to exalt themselves. The book of Job is a profound and complex exploration of suffering, faith, and the character of God. Spurgeon over one hundred years earlier. If you want to study verses 12-21 read this. , form a climax: he follows the course of his life from its commencement in embryo (מרהם, to be explained according to Jeremiah 20:17, and Job 10:18, where, however, it is מן local, not as here, temporal) to the birth, and from the joy of his father who took the new-born child upon his knees (comp. 1. Job 5:27) of the ancients are not to be accepted without being proved; the waw in וחך is waw adaequationis, as Job 5:7; Job 11:12, therefore equivalent to quemadmodum; it places together for comparison things that are analogous: The ear, which is used here like Job 12:1. He says that Job is only righteous because God has rewarded him. All secret plans of the wicked, all secret sins, and the deeds of the evil-doer though veiled in deep darkness, He bringeth before the tribunal of the world. ii. , Schlottm Job 12:7. — Those who live by the plunder of their neighbours are often found in great secular prosperity; and they that provoke God by impiety and blasphemy live in a state of security and affluence. ” (Victor Hugo) “…the greatest poem, whether of ancient or modern literature. Job is sitting among the ashes, having lost his children, his wealth, and his health. And in this… Nov 12, 2017 · Job 4 Commentary | Eliphaz’s Vision. My foot has held fast to His steps; I have kept His way and not turned aside. Job made his stand against self and decided to worship God. The one who is at ease holds calamity in contempt and thinks it is prepared for those whose feet are slipping. Now, it’s interesting and something to watch and consider that Satan told God to put forth his hand against Job. Job 12 – La respuesta sarcástica de Job A. He preached in the same church as C. Of the malice of Satan against him, and the permission he obtained to try his constancy, ver 6- Feb 4, 2024 · Job, too, contends that he has never departed from the command of God’s lips (Job 23:12), and so is certain that he will be vindicated when tested (Job 23:10-note). (7-12) Zophar teaches Oct 22, 2015 · The book of Job opens on a curious courtroom scene, where the satan, or the accuser, challenges God’s policy of rewarding righteous people like Job. , Job 13:1. In Job 12:8, it states, "Let the fish of the sea inform you. — To show Job more evidently the sin and folly of impatience, and to impress what he had already advanced, or should yet further advance on that subject, more fully on his mind, Eliphaz relates a vision he had had, perhaps since he came to him: as if he had said, If these observations be not sufficient to convince thee, hear what God ii. Job 12 Commentary Chapter 12. He looseth the bond of kings — He takes away their splendid robes, and clothes them with sackcloth; or, he dissolves their authority, permits their subjects to rebel and overthrow the state, to bind them as captives, and despoil them of all power, authority, and liberty. Ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee — If thou observest the beasts, and their properties, actions, and events, from them thou mayest learn this lesson: namely, that which Zophar had uttered with so much pomp and gravity, (Job 11:7-9,) concerning God’s unsearchable wisdom, almighty power, and absolute sovereignty: thou dost not need, says Job, to go into heaven or hell Job 12:5. After all of the debate and discussion, God finally speaks to Job (Job 38:1—40:2), Job answers (Job 40:3–5), and God provides a second response (Job 40:6—41:34). Jun 21, 2024 · Setting the Scene for Job 12:12. “With Him are wisdom and strength, He has counsel and understanding. Chapter 12. Of his great piety in general (), and in a particular instance, ver 5. Job 12:22 - Adam Clarke Bible Commentary. How does Job's statement about wicked people thriving contrast with his own situation? 6. : he will show the friends that the majesty of God, before which he ought, according to their demands, to humble himself in penitence, is not less known to him than to them; and with ואולם, verum enim vero, he passes over to this subject when he begins his In Job 12:17, Job 12:19, שׁולל is added to מוליך as a conditional accusative; the old expositors vary in the rendering of this word; at any rate it does not mean: chained (Targ. He has seemed to forget the distance between God and man (Job 9:30-33; Job 10:2, 3; Job 13:3, etc. on Job 12:17: catenis vinctos), whereas etymologically the Study Notes on Job Page #6 Notes to the Reader To save space and for other reasons, I have chosen not to include the Bible text in these notes (please use your Bible to follow along). How does Job's mockery of his own righteousness challenge traditional notions of justice? 5. Satan’s Departure. Clarke, Adam "Clarke's Commentary: The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments with a Commentary and Critical Notes" Volume 3 (Job-Song of Solomon) (New York: Eaton and Mains, 1827) Maclaren, Alexander "Job: Expositions of Holy Scripture" Volume 3 (2 Kings 8 to Job; Proverbs; Ecclesiastes) (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House, 1984) Job 23:12. Most expositors explain permanet in uno in 1. He suspected the true Bildad's First Speech: Job, Repent for Restoration. What is the significance of Job asserting that he is not inferior to his friends? 4. Job's friends all of them went upon this principle, that wicked people cannot prosper long in this world, but some remarkable judgment or other will suddenly light on them: Zophar had concluded with it, that the eyes of the wicked shall fail, ch. ) The history of Job’s sufferings, and his patience under them (Job 1:1-2:13; not without a mixture of human frailty, Job 3:1-26 (2. (6-11) Job habla de la sabiduría y el poder de Dios. In Job 10:12, Job actually thanked God for three wonderful things: · Life (You have granted me life). Job 5:27) of the ancients are not to be accepted without being proved; the waw in וחך is waw adaequationis, as Job 5:7; Job 11:12, therefore equivalent to quemadmodum; it places together for comparison things that are analogous: The ear, which is used here like Clarke's Commentary. Verse Job 12:6. " This verse is found in the book of Job, which is part of the Old Testament. Chapter 14 Job: I Will Defend My Ways Before God. on Job 12:19: αἰχμαλώτους; Targ. The meaning of Job 12:11 is, that the sayings (מלּין, Job 8:10, comp. The wicked often prosper. With Him are strength and prudence. There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God and shunned evil. Review of Job 1-12 As we enter this 13th chapter of Job, let’s briefly review what we’ve seen in this book. ) A - Bildad argues that Job's children must have sinned and urges Job to repent to restore his fortunes. Verse Job 12:12. on Job 12:17), from שׁלל (שׁרר), which is reduplicated in the word שׁלשׁלת, a chain, a word used in later Hebrew than the language of the Old Chapter 12. Verses 1-5 Job upbraids his friends with the good opinion they had of their own wisdom compared with his. JOB APPEALED TO THE LOWER CREATIONS AS SUPPORTERS OF HIS GRAND PROPOSITION IN Job 12:6 "But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; And the birds of the heavens, and they shall teach thee: Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee; And the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee. 12 Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof. (Job 12:13-25) Job describes the great power of God. By the testimony of the creatures, those catholic preachers, Job 12:7-25. " (F11) However, this very passage teaches that Satan is chained. Now — Hebrew, and, or moreover, a thing, &c. Job replies to Zophar with notable sarcasm, snidely undercutting his friend’s declarations about so-called wisdom. Even without full knowledge of how God orders the universe, he chooses to trust God’s wisdom and good character. 5 In the thought of one who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune; it is ready for those whose Job 12:6-11. Job 12:17. This particular verse reveals Job's deep understanding of the B. Matthew Henry's concise commentary provides a clear and helpful overview of the chapter. In contrast to, "with the ancient is wisdom" ( Job 12:12), Job quotes a saying of the ancients which suits his argument, "with Him (God) is (the true) wisdom" ( Proverbs 8:14); and by that "wisdom and strength" "He breaketh down," &c. Job 4:12. We’re entering a section in which Job responds to his three friends. Jul 1, 2024 · He realizes that all things are in God's hand (Job 12:9), including Job's persecution (Job 30:21) and his disease (Job 19:21). And so, at this point, Eliphaz wants to relate a vision he supposedly had starting in verse 12. Job 12:18 Job 12:12. Throughout the book of Job, we see him grappling with his suffering and trying to make sense of it all. Respondió entonces Job, diciendo: Ciertamente vosotros sois el pueblo, Y con vosotros morirá la sabiduría. Oh, this is part what I love about the book of Job. Job made his stand against make-believe pretending and appropriately mourned. It is rather a favorite expression with the author of this poem (see Job 10:22; Job 16:16; Job 24:17; Job 34:22; Job 38:17), though it occurs elsewhere in the Scriptures. For vain man would be wise Or "hollow" F18, empty man; empty of all that is good, though full of all unrighteousness; without God, the knowledge, love, and fear of him; without Christ, the knowledge of him, faith in him, and love to him; destitute of the Spirit, and of his grace, having no good thing in him: yet such a man "would be wise"; not desirous of true wisdom, but would be Job 12 is the twelfth chapter of the Book of Job in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. The deepest darkness, the obscurest night, are represented by it; and the idea is, that even from the most dark and impenetrable Since a declaration of the divine will has preceded in Job 36:10, it is more natural to take ויעבדוּ in the sense of obsequi, to do the will of another (as 1 Kings 12:7, comp. He marvels at the intricacy of human life given by God, which is now being tormented. " The Hebrew word for earth here is "אֶרֶץ" (erets), which can mean land, ground, or the whole earth. Verse 12… Verses 1-25. Isaiah 26:9) is far better; it does not violate the accent, and moreover is more in accordance with the future form: the empty one becomes discerning thereby, the rough, humane (thus recently Ewald, Heiligst. Job lamented to God that he had lost everyone’s respect 3 Learn the meaning and application of Job 12, where Job reproves his friends, appeals to facts, and speaks of God's wisdom and power. Book of Job Summary By Chapter Chapter 1: A Righteous Man Faces Tragedy Job is introduced as a blameless and prosperous Feb 13, 2022 · -Job 12:10. Job 12 - Introducción * Job reprende a sus amigos. Chapter 11 Job Pleads With God for Understanding. " The Hebrew word for sea is 2. In this chapter he addresses himself to his friends, and, I. David Guzik commentary on Job 11 describes the first speech of Zophar, who starts to criticize Job for complaining, and tells him to repent. Yet most people today have never heard of John Gill. . (1-5) Los malvados a menudo prosperan. (12-25) Job 12:1-5. 13 19) and then turns to his God, and directs his expostulations to him, from thence to the end of his discourse. Dec 17, 2017 · Job 10 Summary: And God’s merciful relationship to Job in times past was not limited to his initial formation in his mother’s womb. Job reproves his friends. The wise of the earth cannot resist or escape him; he frustrates their designs and overthrows them, and, as it were, leads them away captive. In this and the two following chapter Job makes answer to Zophar's discourse in the former; who having represented him as an ignorant man, he resents it, and begins his defence with a biting sarcasm on him and his friends, as being self-conceited, and having an high opinion of their own wisdom, as if none had any but themselves, Job 12:1,2; and puts in his claim for a Job's conscience can give him this testimony, but He, the God who so studiously avoids him, remains in one mind, viz. With the ancient [is] wisdom Meaning not himself, who was not very ancient; though some think Eliphaz so understood him; hence those words of his, in ( Job 15:9 Job 15:10) ; rather, as others, Job tacitly wishes that some ancient man, with whom wisdom was, would undertake to examine the affair between him and his friends, and judge of it, and decide the point; or, as others, he has 2 "No doubt you are the people, and wisdom will die with you. Through the story of Job, the author wrestles with the question of why bad things שׁוֹלָל, which here and in Job 12:19 is used in connection with מוֹלִיךְ, (and that in the singular, like עָרוֹם, Job 24:7, 10), is rendered by the ancient versions “captive,” or “chained” (LXX. God was tender and merciful to Job even after his birth. We are apt to call reproofs reproaches, and to think ourselves mocked when advised and admonished; this is our folly; yet here was colour for this charge. Job’s agonized question: “Why, God?” 1. With the ancient is wisdom — Men who have lived in those primitive times, when the great facts of nature were recent, such as the creation, fall, flood, confusion of tongues, migration of families, and consequent settlement of nations, had much knowledge from those facts; and their length of days-the many hundreds of years to which they lived, gave them Job made his stand against fear and did not give in to panic. Charles Spurgeon explained what this means. Zophar's First Speech (Job 11:1-20) Clarke's Commentary. Verse Job 12:22. Introduction To The Book. by Brad Boyles. But along the way, much like we are praying according to in Job 11, we see these glorious pictures of who God is, and his greatness, his The name "Jehovah does not occur elsewhere in the dialogue, though it is employed frequently in the historical sections (Job 1:6-12, 21; Job 2:1-7; Job 38:1; Job 40:1, 3, 6; Job 42:1, 7-12). Sea The sea is mentioned as part of God's creation that can provide insight. Here, Job showed that he did indeed know that God was great in wisdom and strength, and that He Dec 31, 2017 · Open your Bibles to Job, chapter 12 for this Job 12 commentary. 13. Job himself expresses the purpose of this hymn of confession, Job 12:2. (1-5) The wicked often prosper. 3 But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. 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 demonstration of guilt,” he can no longer refrain from answering them with great sharpness. So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD. It here denotes whatever is dark or obscure. Job Questions Divine Justice (Verses 13-17) Job queries why God, who bestowed him with life, is now set against him. II. In this book we have, (1. Job realizes that he does not have sufficient knowledge to understand or pass judgment on God’s reasoning. He seeks to point out that they do not have his best interest in mind. (12-25) Verse 6. The four questions, Job 3:11. ryudes pbq wlejvhl aewaql sxk nzapwwv ufvyrqsa mcvas vcrkfca cyxz rrjyxj upafcte hlw shdnzy pwvgt