Job 12:5

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Job 12:1-25

“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 dwellings; and in doing so he bitterly complains that his friends mocked at him so contemptuously. He says that they remind him of those who are glad enough of a torch when their foot is slipping in the dark, but cast it aside when they reach their quarters, Job 12:5 . Those who rob are often the most prosperous, Job 12:6 , and nature teaches that... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Job 12:1-25

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 sarcasm, while it maintains its denial of personal guilt. In the first movement he treated with contempt his friends' interpretation of God, claiming to know more of Him than they did. In this there are two movements, in the first of which (1-6), he dealt with his friends; in the second (7-25), he turned to the subject of the wisdom and power of God... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Job 12:1-25

Job 12:1-Lamentations : . 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 this assumption. Firstly Zophar is not the only wise man in the world, and secondly, as to this wisdom of God, which explains everything, Job has himself studied the ways of God, and whatever wisdom there may be in them there is certainly also the most arbitrary exercise of Divine power.The friends take themselves to be... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Job 12:5

i.e. The just man last mentioned, who is upon the brink of the pit or grave, ready to fall into mischief, so as never to rise again in this world, which is my case, and the occasion of their scorn and contempt. As a lamp despised, i.e. like a lamp or torch, which whilst it shines clearly and in a dark night is very useful and comfortable; but when it draws towards an end, and is nigh extinct, and in the light, is neglected and despised, as that which is unnecessary, and troublesome, and... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Job 12:1-25

JOB’S REPLY TO ZOPHARI. Defends himself against the charge of ignorance implied in Zophar’s speech (Job 12:2-3).His defence is:—1. Ironical (Job 12:2). “No doubt but ye are the people; and wisdom shall die with you;” the wisdom of mankind is collected in your person, and when you die wisdom must perish at the same time. Times when it may be proper to use the language of irony and sarcasm. Its proper use to put error and pretension to shame. So Elijah to the worshippers of Baal: “Cry aloud for... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Job 12:5

DISCOURSE: 463A WANT OF SYMPATHY CONDEMNEDJob 12:5. He that is ready to slip with his feet it as a lamp despised in the thought of him that it at ease.THE friends of Job meant well: but, mistaking utterly his case, all that they spoke, though good in itself, was irrelevant, and tended only to aggravate his sorrows, which it was their professed intention to alleviate. The injustice of their remarks generated in him somewhat of tartness and asperity; though, considering how cruel and unjust their... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Job 12:1-25

Chapter 12So Job answered him and said, No doubt but you are the people, and wisdom is going to die with you ( Job 12:1-2 ).He's about had it with these guys who think they know all the answers, and they're not really ministering or reaching him at all. Now, it's very frustrating to try to explain yourself to people and have people in a mindset where they are determined they know all the answers about you, and yet they don't understand it at all. Oh, how frustrating that is. To talk with people... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Job 12:1-25

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 Arabs, who plunder the merchants. This and the following are invincible arguments. Job 12:12 . With the ancient is wisdom. The Hebrews have three words which they use to express degrees of age in old men. Zaken, a man above sixty years of age; Sheb, a man above seventy; Ishish, a man upwards of eighty. Ishish being used here, we may... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Job 12:1-5

Job 12:1-5But I have understanding as well as you. The effect of the friends’ speeches upon JobThe whole world, Job feels, is against him, and he is left forlorn and solitary, unpitied in his misery, unguided in his perplexity. And he may well feel so. All the religious thought of his day, all the traditions of the past, all the wisdom of the patriarchal Church, if I may use, as I surely may, the expression, is on one side. He, that solitary sufferer and doubter, is on the other. And this is... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Job 12:5

Job 12:5 He that is ready to slip with [his] feet [is as] a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease. Ver. 5. He that is ready to slip with his feet ] He who is in a declining, tottering condition, ready to fall and perish under the burden of his afflictions, though formerly he was looked upon and made use of as a lamp or torch, yet when he is at an under, and brought low, is shamefully slighted by such as have the world at will; like as a torch when wasted and waxen short is cast... read more

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