“ And Job answered and said, ”
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 wis...
answered. See note on Job 4:1 .
And Job answered and said,
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 al...
And Job answered and said, No JFB commentary on this verse.
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...
XII. (1) And Job answered and said. — Each of the friends has now supplied his quota, and Job proceeds to reply to the third, showing that he is far more conversant with the wisdom and majesty o...
XII. BEYOND FACT AND FEAR TO GOD Job 12:1-25 ; Job 13:1-28 ; Job 14:1-22 Job SPEAKS ZOPHAR excites in Job's mind great irritation, which must not be set down altogether to the fact that he...
“God's Paths in Deep Waters” Job 12:1-25 Job sets himself to disprove Zophar's contention that wickedness invariably causes insecurity in men's dwellings; and in doing so he bitterly complains...
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 guil...
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 understandi...
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.
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 lo...
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 demons...
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 tha...
Job's Reply to Zophar. B. C. 1520. 1 And Job answered and said, 2 No doubt but ye are...
JOB CHAPTER 12 Job's answer: his friends self-conceit: the miserable always despised, though upright; the wicked prosper, Job 12:1-6 . God's power and providence is seen in his works, Job 12:7...
JOB’S REPLY TO ZOPHAR I. Defends himself against the charge of ignorance implied in Zophar’s speech ( Job 12:2-3 ). His defence is:— 1. Ironical ( Job 12:2 ). “No doubt but ye are the people...
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...
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, un...
EXPOSITION The discourse of Job, here begun, continues through three chapters ( Job 12:1-18 ; Job 13:1-18 ; Job 14:1-18 .). It is thought to form the conclusion of the first day's colloquy. In...
And Job answered and said, in a tone and with words of bitter sarcasm,
Job 12:1