“ With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding. ”
With the ancient is wisdom - With the aged. The word ישׁישׁ yâshı̂ysh used here, means an old man, one gray-headed. It is used chiefly in poetry, and is commonly employed in the sense of one...
With the (g) ancient [is] wisdom; and in length of days understanding. (g) Though men by age and continuance of time attain wisdom, yet it is not comparable to God's wisdom, nor able to comprehend h...
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...
ancient . aged. Hebrew word found only here and Job 15:10 ; Job 29:8 . and Job 32:6 .
With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding. With the ancient is wisdom - Men who have lived in those primitive times, when the great facts of nature were recent, such as the cr...
Doth not the ear try words? &c.— Doth not the ear try words, as the palate tasteth food? Job, being about to speak of the supreme and absolute dominion of God over his creatures, begins with...
With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding. With the ancient is wisdom - "the ancient," the aged ( Job 15:10 ).
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. 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...
(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 under...
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 ; rather, as others, Job tacitly...
With the ancient [is] wisdom; and in length of days understanding. Ver. 12. With the ancient is wisdom ] Heb. With the decrepit, who have a long, long being upon earth, and are now become wondrous...
With the ancient is wisdom These words contain a concession of what Bildad had said ( Job 8:8-9 ,) and a joining with him in that appeal; but withal, an intimation that this wisdom was but imperfec...
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...
12 With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding. 13 With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding. 14 Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot b...
These words contain a concession of what Bildad had said Job 8:8,9 , and a joining with him in that appeal; but withal, an intimation that this wisdom was but finite, and imperfect, and liable to...
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...
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...
God's Government of the World
Job 15:10 ; Job 32:7 ; Job 8:8
Wisdom — These words contain a concession of what Bildad had said, Job 8:8-9 , and a joining with him in that appeal; but withal, an intimation that this wisdom was but imperfect, and liable to ma...