“ He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle. ”
He looseth the bond of kings - The bond of kings ( מוּסר mûsâr ) here means that by which they bind others. Their power over others he loosens or takes away. And girdeth their loins with a...
(i) He looseth (k) the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle. (i) He takes wisdom from them. (k) He abates the humour of princes, and brings them into the subjection of others.
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...
He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle. He looseth the bond of kings - He takes away their splendid robes, and clothes them with sackcloth; or, he dissolves their authori...
He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle. He looseth the bond of kings - He looseth the authority of kings-the "bond" with which they bind their subjects: "I will l...
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...
He looseth the bond of kings. — He looseth the confederacy of kings, by which they bind themselves together, and girdeth them to fight against each other. Some understand it of the girdle of servit...
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...
He looseth the bonds of kings ,.... Not with which they themselves may be bound, being taken prisoners, or being so before made kings, and brought from thence to reign, as in Ecclesiastes 4:14 ; bu...
He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle. Ver. 18. He looseth the bonds of kings ] He degradeth them, taking away all command and authority from them, which is the bond...
He looseth the bond of kings He takes from them the power and authority wherewith they ruled their subjects; ruled them with rigour, perhaps tyrannised over and enslaved them: and he divests them o...
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...
He looseth the bond of kings; either, 1. Passively, whereby they are bound. He freeth them from prison or restraint. Or rather, 2. Actively, that wherewith they bind their subjects to obedience...
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...
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...
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
2 Chronicles 33:11-14 ; Daniel 2:21 ; Jeremiah 52:31-34 ; Revelation 19:16
Looseth — He freeth them from that wherewith they bind their subjects to obedience, their power and authority, and that majesty which God stamps upon kings, to keep their people in awe. Girdeth — H...