Job 12:24

Daniel 4:16; Daniel 4:33; Genesis 1:2; Hosea 7:11; Isaiah 19:1; Isaiah 6:10; Isaiah 6:9; Job 12:20; Job 17:4; Psalms 107:4; Psalms 107:40

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He taketh away the heart - The word heart here evidently means mind, intelligence, wisdom; see the notes at Job 12:3 . Of the chief of the pe...
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 t...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

heart. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6, for the courage given by it. wilderness . a pathless tohu. Compare note on Genesi...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way. He taketh away...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

He taketh away the heart, &c.— Bishop Warburton thinks that these words allude to the wandering of the Israelites forty years in the wilderness...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way. He taketh...
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 r...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Wilderness ] The Heb. is used of the primeval chaos of Genesis 1:2 .
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 mu...
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...
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 sarca...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth ,.... The people of the earth are the common people; the "chief" or "heads" f of th...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness [where there is] no way. Ver. 24. He...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He increaseth the nations , &c. What he had hitherto said of princes, he now applies to nations and people, whom God either increases or diminis...
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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

12 With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding. 13 With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understandi...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The heart; which signifies either, 1. Their courage, as Psalms 76:12 ; or rather, 2. Their wisdom and counsel, as Job 5:13 Isaiah 3:4 ,...
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. Ironi...
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 Biblical Illustrator

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 a...
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 f...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

God's Government of the World
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, the understanding of those who are held together by the ties of a common origin, la...

²⁴ He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.

Related Commentaries of Job 12:24

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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

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

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job 12:24