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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 11:1-6

It is sad to see what intemperate passions even wise and good men are sometimes betrayed into by the heat of disputation, of which Zophar here is an instance. Eliphaz began with a very modest preface, Job 4:2. Bildad was a little more rough upon Job, Job 8:2. But Zophar falls upon him without mercy, and gives him very bad language: Should a man full of talk be justified? And should thy lies make men hold their peace? Isa. this the way to comfort Job? No, nor to convince him neither. Does this... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 11:4

For thou hast said ,.... What follows is produced to support the charge, especially of lying, which seems to be founded on what he had said in Job 6:10 , my doctrine is pure ; free from error, unadulterated, unmixed, not blended with Heathenish principles and human doctrines; but tending to purity of heart and life, as every word of God, and doctrine that comes from him, is pure, yea, very pure, like silver purified seven times; and such was Job's doctrine which he "received" from... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 11:4

My doctrine is pure - לקחי likchi , "my assumptions." What I assume or take as right, and just, and true, are so; the precepts which I have formed, and the practice which I have founded on them, are all correct and perfect. Job had not exactly said, My doctrine and way of life are pure, and I am clean in thine eyes; but he had vindicated himself from their charges of secret sins and hypocrisy, and appealed to God for his general uprightness and sincerity: but Zophar here begs the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 11:1-6

Zophar to Job: 1. The opinions of a dogmatist. I. ZOPHAR 'S OPINIONS CONCERNING JOB . A severe but wholly unfounded indictment. 1 . Loquacity. Job's previous orations, so full of lofty sentiment and fervent emotion, he characterizes as "a multitude of words," and Job himself as "a man full of talk [literally, 'a man of lips']." Prolixity in speech, though not a violation of God's Law, is certainly a breach of good taste. Words should never be employed except to represent... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 11:1-6

Self-complacency condemned. Even the lowly and humble are liable to over-estimate their own goodness, and the more so if roused to self-justification. All imperfect human judgments, given as Job's were, under the influence of deep feeling, are liable to be coloured, to be overdrawn and extravagant. Job's long speech in his own justification is likened by Zophar to a torrent. Zophar, like his companions, may judge Job harshly, wherein lies his error and theirs; but his words have a vein of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 11:1-20

Zophar, the Naamathite, the third of Job's comforters ( Job 2:11 ), and probably the youngest of them, now at last takes the word, and delivers an angry and violent speech. He begins by accusing Job of having spoken at undue length, and at the same time, boastfully and mockingly (verses 2-4). He then expresses a wish that God would take Job at his word, and really answer him, since he is sure that the result would be to show that Job had been punished much less than he. deserved to be... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 11:1-20

Humble yourselves beneath the mighty hand of God. Zophar, the youngest of the friends, now comes forward once more to beat down the complaint of Job with the old arguments and commonplaces. To support his words, he does not appeal to a vision like Eliphaz, nor rely on the wisdom of the ancients like Bildad, but depends on his own understanding and zealous though narrow instinct for God. His whole speech is an example of the beauty and, at the same time, the defect of religious zeal. In... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 11:4

For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure . Job had certainly not said this in so many words. In fact, he had not spoken of his "doctrine" ( לקח ), nor had he called either his doctrine or his conduct absolutely pure ( זך ). But, no doubt, he had maintained, in a certain sense, his innocency; not, indeed, his entire freedom from sin or guilt, but his honest endeavour to serve God and lead a good life. This was the real point disputed between him and his "comforters;" they argued, from... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 11:4

My doctrine is pure - The Septuagint instead of the word “doctrine” here reads “deeds,” ἔργοις ergois; the Syriac, “thou sayest I have acted justly.” But the word used here (לקח leqach) means properly “fair speech” or “taking arguments,” that by which one is “taken” or captivated, from לקח lâqach, “to take.” Then it means doctrine, or instruction, Proverbs 1:5; Proverbs 9:9. Here it means the views which Job had expressed. Dr. Good supposes that it means “conduct,” a word which would suit... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 11:4

Job 11:4. Thou hast said, My doctrine Concerning God and his providence; is pure That is, true and certain. The word לקחי , likchi, according to R. Levi, signifies consuetudo mea, et dispositio mea, my way and manner of life; the same that St. Paul calls η βιωσις μου ; my way of life. See Chappelow. And I am clean in thine eyes I am innocent before God: I have not sinned either by my former actions or by my present expressions. But Zophar aggravates and perverts Job’s words; for... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 11:1-6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 11:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 11:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 11:1-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 11:1-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 11:1-20

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 11:1-20

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 11:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 11:4

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 11:4

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