ancient. aged. Hebrew word found only here and Job 15:10; Job 29:8. and Job 32:6.
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 po...
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 co...
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 t...
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...
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 absolut...
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 r...
RM 'With aged men, ye say, is wisdom.' Job is not stating his own views. 13-25. With God are wisdom and might, no one can reverse His actions. T...
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 mu...
“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...
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 sarca...
(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...
With the ancient [is] wisdom ,.... Meaning not himself, who was not very ancient; though some think Eliphaz so understood him; hence those words of...
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,...
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 witha...
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...
12 With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding. 13 With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understandi...
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 wi...
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. Ironi...
Job 12:6 . The tabernacles of robbers prosper. Or as it might be rendered, a placid tranquility gladdens the tabernacles of robbers; referring to...
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 f...
God's Government of the World
With the ancient is wisdom; aged men, in the course of their long life, acquire a true insight into the nature of things; and in length of days unde...
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 th...
12 With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.