Job 11:12

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For vain man - Margin, “empty.” נבוב nâbûb , according to Gesenius, from the root נבב nâbab , to bore through, and then to be hollow; me...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

For vain man would be wise, though man be born [like] a wild (f) ass's colt. (f) That is, without understanding, so that whatever gifts he has after...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Speech of Zophar. Job has shown that the assumption, that on account of the Divine righteousness only human sin can be the cause of misfortune, lead...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

vain man would be wise. Figure of speech Paronomasia. App-6. "A man", nabub yillabeb = "a, man senseless [would become] sensible" if God did al...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 462 THE INCOMPREHENSIBILITY OF GOD Job 11:7-12 . Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfecti...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt. For vain man would be wise - The original is difficult and uncertain, ואיש נ...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

For vain man would be wise— A man who hath understanding will become wise; but he who is as the wild ass hath no prudence. So Houbigant translate...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt. Vain man - hollow or empty х naabuwb ( H5014 )]. Would be wise...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The First Speech of Zophar The speech is short and unsympathetic. 1-6. Zophar rebukes Job for daring to assert his innocence.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Perhaps we may render, 'Thus vain man gets understanding, and a wild ass's colt is born a man.' The description of affliction brings wisdom to the fo...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

For vain man would be wise, &c., is extremely difficult, because it is hard to distinguish subject and predicate. Literally, it runs, And holl...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

XI. A FRESH ATTEMPT TO CONVICT Job 11:1-20 ZOPHAR SPEAKS THE third and presumably youngest of the three friends of Job now takes up the argum...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“Canst Thou by Searching Find out God?” Job 11:1-20 Zophar waxes vehement as he censures Job's self-justification and his refusal to acknowledg...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

When Job had ceased, Zophar, the last of the three friends, answered him. His method was characterized by even greater plainness than that of Bildad....
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(7) В¶ Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? (8) It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deepe...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For vain man would be wise ,.... Or "hollow" r, empty man; empty of all that is good, though full of all unrighteousness; without God, the knowledge...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

For vain man would be wise, though man be born [like] a wild ass's colt. Ver. 12. For vain man would be wise ] Heb. Hollow man, that is, as void o...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For , or, yet, vain man would be wise Man, who since the fall is void of all true wisdom, pretends to be wise, and able to pass a censure upon all...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

ZOPHAR'S CRUEL ACCUSATION (vv.1-6) Zophar was likely the youngest of the three men, and what he lacks in maturity he makes up for in bitter accu...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

7 Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? 8 It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do?...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Or, Yet , or But, vain or empty man (that foolish creature, that since the fall is void of all true wisdom and solid knowledge and judgment of t...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

FIRST SPEECH OF ZOPHAR Zophar follows in the same train with his companions. Misled by the same false principle—great sufferings prove great sin...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

The words we are about to read were spoken by one of Job's three friends, or what if I call them his three tormentors? These men did not speak wisely...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 11:3 . Thy lies; that is, thy device, as in the margin; jactantias tuas, thy boastings, the delicacy of thy turns of speech, to extenuate th...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Job 11:1-18 Zophar, the Naamathite, the third of Job's comforters ( Job 2:11 ), and probably the youngest of them, now at last t...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Zophar Tries to Reprove Job
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt, literally, "And a hollow-headed, witless man will gain wisdom, and the foal of...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Man — That since the fall is void of all true wisdom, pretends to be wise, and able to pass a censure upon all God's ways and works. Colt — Ignoran...

¹² For vainc man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt.

Related Commentaries of Job 11:12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Job 11:12