EasyEnglish Bible 2018
Job 12:1
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Context of Job 12:1
Then Job replied. This is what he said: 2‘You people think that you know everything. You think that there will be no wisdom after you die. 3But I understand things as well as you. You are no better than I am. Everyone knows the things that you have been saying.
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וַיַּ֥עַן אִיּ֗וֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר׃Read the interlinear
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Commentaries on Job 12:1
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1Job reproves his friends. (1-5) The wicked often prosper. (6-11) Job speaks of the wisdom and power of God. (12-25) Verses 1-5 Job upbraids his friends with the good opinion they had of their own wisdom compared with his. We are apt to call reproofs reproaches, and to think ourselves mocked when advised and admonished; this is our folly; yet here was colour for this charge. He suspected the true cause of their conduct to be, that they despised him who was…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1In his longest speech so far, Job responds to Zophar's comments and the entire first round of speeches.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-14FIRST SERIES. Job 12:1-14:22. Job's Reply to Zophar 2. wisdom shall die with you--Ironical, as if all the wisdom in the world was concentrated in them and would expire when they expired. Wisdom makes "a people:" a foolish nation is "not a people" (Ro 10:19).Read the comment
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Notes
- 1. Job 12:1 In chapters 12 to 14, Job speaks first to Zophar and then to God. The things that Zophar has said do not help Job. Job knows that the wrong things that he has done have not caused his troubles. Then Job speaks to God. He asks God to stop making him afraid. He asks God to stop all the bad things that are happening. ↩
Commentaries on Job 12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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