Isaiah 1:3; Jeremiah 8:7; Job 21:29; Job 21:30; Proverbs 6:6
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...
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 aga...
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...
they shall, &c. Figure of speech Prosopopoeia. App-6.
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 t...
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 ....
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...
Even the animals know the commonplaces that constitute the friends' stock of wisdom.
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...
(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 a...
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 i...
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...
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...
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...
6 The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly. 7 But ask now the be...
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...
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 12:7-8 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 o...
Job 12:6 . The tabernacles of robbers prosper. Or as it might be rendered, a placid tranquility gladdens the tabernacles of robbers; referring to...
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee. An appeal to the living creatures Rosenmuller supposes that this appeal to the inferior crea...
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...
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...
God's Government of the World
But — If thou observest the beasts, and their properties and actions, and events, from them thou mayst learn this lesson: that which Zophar had utt...
7 But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee: