ヨブ記 12:7-16 JC

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 12:6-11

Job's friends all of them went upon this principle, that wicked people cannot prosper long in this world, but some remarkable judgment or other will suddenly light on them: Zophar had concluded with it, that the eyes of the wicked shall fail, Job 11:20. This principle Job here opposes, and maintains that God, in disposing men's outward affairs, acts as a sovereign, reserving the exact distribution of rewards and punishments for the future state. I. He asserts it as an undoubted truth that... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 12:12-25

This is a noble discourse of Job's concerning the wisdom, power, and sovereignty of God, in ordering and disposing of all the affairs of the children of men, according to the counsel of his own will, which none dares gainsay or can resist. Take both him and them out of the controversy in which they were so warmly engaged, and they all spoke admirably well; but, in that, we sometimes scarcely know what to make of them. It were well if wise and good men, that differ in their apprehensions about... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 12:7

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 instructions may be learned, of instances taken, and examples given, which may illustrate and confirm the same things that had been treated of: either what had been just now confuted, that it is always well with good men, and ill with bad men; the reverse of which had been affirmed and proved, that good men are afflicted, and wicked men prosper;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 12:8

Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee ,.... Or ask "a sprig of the earth" F14 שיח לארץ "virgultum terrae", Pagninus, Schmidt; so Drusius and Michaelis. , any shrub, or tree, or whatsoever grows out of it, and they will all unite in this doctrine, that they are raised and preserved by the power of God, and are so many instances of his wisdom, power, and goodness: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee ; as mute as they are, they will proclaim this truth, that... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 12:9

Who knoweth not in all these ,.... Or "by" or "from all these" F15 בכל אלה "ex omnibus istis", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Schmidt, Schultens, Michaelis; "per omnia haec", Cocceius; so Broughton. creatures; what man is there so stupid and senseless, that does not discern, or cannot learn, even from irrational creatures, the above things, even what Zophar had discoursed concerning God and his perfections, his power, wisdom and providence? for, by the things that are made, the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 12:10

In whose hand is the soul of every living thing ,.... Of every animal, of every brute creature, as distinct from man, in the next clause: the life of everyone of them is from him, and it is continued by him as long as he pleases, nor can it be taken away without his leave; two sparrows, which are not worth more than a farthing, not one of them falls to the ground, or dies without the knowledge and will of God, Matthew 10:29 ; of the soul or spirit of beasts, see Ecclesiastes 3:21 ; ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 12:11

Doth not the ear try words ?.... Articulate sounds; and the mind by them judges whether what is expressed and designed by them is right or wrong, true or false, to be received or rejected; so such that have spiritual ears to hear, try the words of God and men, the wholesome words of Christ, and those of false teachers, which eat as a canker; and by their spiritual judgment can distinguish between the one and the other, discern those that differ, and approve those that are excellent, by... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 12:12

With the ancient is wisdom ,.... Meaning not himself, who was not very ancient; though some think Eliphaz so understood him; hence those words of his, in Job 15:9 ; rather, as others, Job tacitly wishes that some ancient man, with whom wisdom was, would undertake to examine the affair between him and his friends, and judge of it, and decide the point; or, as others, he has respect to Bildad's advice to search the fathers, and learn their sentiments, and be determined by them; to which he... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 12:13

With him is wisdom and strength ,.... Not with the ancient and long lived man, but with God, who has made the whole universe, and in whose hand and at whose dispose all creatures are, Job 12:9 ; with him wisdom is originally, essentially, and inderivatively, as the fountain and fulness of it; he is the only and all wise God; his wisdom is displayed in making the world, and all things in it, in the beautiful manner they are set, and in their subserviency to each other; in all the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 12:14

Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again ,.... Which some restrain to the tower of Babel; but though the builders of it were obliged to desist from building, it does not appear that it was broken down, but seems to have continued many ages after: others more probably refer it to the destruction of Sodom, as Sephorno, which was an utter destruction, a perpetual desolation, and that city never was rebuilt to this day; and the same may be observed of many other cities that have... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 12:6-11

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 12:12-25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 12:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 12:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 12:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 12:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 12:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 12:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 12:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 12:14

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