Job 12:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee. ”

Job 12:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee - Perhaps this appeal to the earth may mean, as Stuhlman supposes, that the same thing is shown in the productions of the earth, as in the case of f...
Job 12:8 - 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...
Job 12:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
Job 12:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Or, speak to the earth— Or, survey the earth.
Job 12:8 - 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...
Job 12:8 - 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...
Job 12:8 - 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...
Job 12:8 - 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...
Job 12:8 - 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...
Job 12:8 - 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...
Job 12:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee ,.... Or ask "a sprig of the earth" n, any shrub, or tree, or whatsoever grows out of it, and they will all unite in this doctrine, that they are raise...
Job 12:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee. Ver. 8. Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee ] Teach thee? what? Surely many good lesso...
Job 12:8 - 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...
Job 12:8 - 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...
Job 12:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Job 12:8 - 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...
Job 12:8 - 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...
Job 12:8 - 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...
Job 12:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee. The teaching of the earth To the attentive ear all the earth is eloquent; to the reflecting mind all nature is symbolical. Each object has a voice w...
Job 12:8 - 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...
Job 12:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

God's Government of the World
Job 12:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 16:9 ; Genesis 9:2 ; Genesis 9:5 ; Isaiah 28:9 ; Job 12:7 ; Job 15:17 ; Job 28:27 ; Job 38:37 ; Job 7:11 ; Job 8:10 ; Judges 5:10

Job 12:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Job 12:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Job 12:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Job 12:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Job 12:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Job 12:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Job 12:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Job 12:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Job 12:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Job 12:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Job 12:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Job 12:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Job 12:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Job 12:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Job 12:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Job 12:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Job 12:8 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Job 12:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 12:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Job 12:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Job 12:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job 12:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge