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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 11:2

Job 11:2. Should not the multitude of words be answered? Truly, sometimes it should not. Silence is the best confutation of impertinence, and puts the greatest contempt upon it. Zophar means, Dost thou think to carry thy cause by thy long, tedious discourses, consisting of empty words, without weight or reason? And should a man full of talk be justified? Shall we, by our silence, seem to approve of thy errors? Or, shall we think thy cause the better because thou usest more words than we... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Job 11:1-20

Zophar speaks (11:1-20)Angered at what he considers to be Job’s irreverent talk, Zophar can keep silent no longer (11:1-3). He rebukes Job for claiming to be an innocent victim of injustice, and asserts that if Job really suffered according to his sin, his suffering would be much worse (4-6). God’s wisdom is limitless and therefore his judgments must be true. People should neither oppose him nor expect to understand his ways (7-10). No one can deceive God, for he sees people as they really are.... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Job 11:2

Should . . . ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6 . man. Hebrew. 'ish. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Job 11:2

Job 11:2. Should not the multitude of words be answered?— The three friends of Job, though they all agree in persecuting him, yet differ somewhat in their character. The speeches of Eliphaz appear artful and insinuating; those of Bildad, grave and mild; of Zophar, fierce and violent: the two former had observed some decorum in their reprehensions of Job; the zeal of the last transports him beyond all bounds: Should not the multitude, &c. to the end of Job 11:6. Strange rashness and... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Job 11:2

2. Zophar assails Job for his empty words, and indirectly, the two friends, for their weak reply. Taciturnity is highly prized among Orientals (Proverbs 10:8; Proverbs 10:19). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Job 11:1-6

Zophar’s rebuke of Job 11:1-6Four things about Job bothered Zophar: his loquacity (Job 11:2), his boasting (Job 11:3), his self-righteousness (Job 11:4), and his ignorance (Job 11:5). Job 11:5-6 are full of sarcasm. Zophar believed Job deserved much worse punishment than God was giving him (Job 11:6 b). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Job 11:1-20

5. Zophar’s first speech ch. 11Zophar took great offense at what Job had said. He responded viciously with an aggressiveness that outdid both Eliphaz and Bildad. Zophar was a dogmatist."He . . . attempted heavy handed shock treatment to get through to Job." [Note: Smick, "Job," p. 917.] "The Naamathite is the least engaging of Job’s three friends. There is not a breath of compassion in his speech. . . . His censorious chiding shows how little he has sensed Job’s hurt. Job’s bewilderment and his... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Job 11:1-20

The First Speech of ZopharThe speech is short and unsympathetic.1-6. Zophar rebukes Job for daring to assert his innocence.3. Thy lies] RV ’thy boastings,’ viz. Job’s assertions of innocence (Job 11:4). 6. That they are double, etc.] RV ’That it is manifold in effectual working.’ God exacteth, etc.] RM ’God remitteth unto thee of thine iniquity’; He does not bring np all Job’s guilt, which is greater than he is aware of. So far from the penalty being excessive, Job has not received all that he... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Job 11:1-20

Job 11:1 ; Job 11:16 In her journal, Marie Bashkirtseff observes, of one of her girlish sorrows: 'There is one thing that troubles me; to think that in a few years I shall laugh at it all and have forgotten'. Two years later there is another entry: 'It's two years now, and I don't laugh at it, and I have not forgotten'. Job 11:6 Every fresh region man breaks into reveals new wonders, and with them new enigmas, calling upon him to solve them or perish. There is a special complication, a... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Job 11:1-20

XI.A FRESH ATTEMPT TO CONVICTJob 11:1-20ZOPHAR SPEAKSTHE third and presumably youngest of the three friends of Job now takes up the argument somewhat in the same strain as the others. With no wish to be unfair to Zophar we are somewhat prepossessed against him from the outset; and the writer must mean us to be so, since he makes him attack Job as an empty babbler:-"Shall not the multitude of words be answered? And shall a man of lips be justified? Shall thy boastings make people silent, So that... read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 11:2

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Job 11:1-20

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Job 11:2

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Job 11:2

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Job 11:2

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Job 11:1-6

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Job 11:1-20

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Job 11:1-20

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Job 11:1-20

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Job 11:1-20

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