Job 12:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee: ”

• Job 12:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  But ask now the beasts - Rosenmuller supposes that this appeal to the inferior creation should be regarded as connected with Job 12:3 , and that the intermediate verses are parenthetical. Zophar...

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• Job 12:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  But ask now the beasts, (e) and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee: (e) He declares to them that disputed against him, that their wisdom is common to all, and...

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• Job 12:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• Job 12:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  they shall, &c. Figure of speech Prosopopoeia. App-6.

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• Job 12:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee: But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee - Mr. Good's paraphrase here is very just: "Wh...

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• Job 12:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee: Ask now the beasts ... and the fowls ... and the fish. Beasts birds, fish, and plants, r...

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• Job 12:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• Job 12:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  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...

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• Job 12:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  “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...

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• Job 12:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  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...

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• Job 12:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (1) В¶ And Job answered and said, (2) No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you. (3) But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such t...

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• Job 12:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  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, an...

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• Job 12:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee: Ver. 7. But ask now the beasts of the earth, and they shall teach thee ] Even the wildest of...

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• Job 12:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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...

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• Job 12:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• Job 12:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

        6 The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.   7 But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of...

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• Job 12:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  They shall teach thee, to wit, objectively, i.e. if thou observest the beasts, and their properties, and actions, and events, from them thou mayst learn this lesson. What lesson? I answer, either,...

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• Job 12:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  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...

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• Job 12:7 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Job 12:7-8 I. The great lesson which the animal creation, regarded simply as the creature and subject of God, is fitted to teach us, is a lesson of the wisdom, and power, and constant beneficence...

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• Job 12:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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...

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• Job 12:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

  But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee. An appeal to the living creatures Rosenmuller supposes that this appeal to the inferior creation should be regarded as connected with Job 12:...

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• Job 12:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  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...

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• Job 12:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee, every man can learn from them what Job very well knew, the majesty of God in the government of the world; and the fowls of the air, and they shall...

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• Job 12:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Isaiah 1:3 ; Jeremiah 8:7 ; Job 21:29 ; Job 21:30 ; Proverbs 6:6

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• Job 12:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  But — If thou observest the beasts, and their properties and actions, and events, from them thou mayst learn this lesson: that which Zophar had uttered with so much pomp and gravity, Job 11:7-9 ,...

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