Job 11:6,Matthew 12:29,Matthew 12:2

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Job 11:1-20

III. Zophar and Job: Chaps. 11–14A.—Zophar’s violent arraignment of Job, as one who needs in penitence to submit himself to the all-seeing and righteous God:Job 11:01. Expression of the desire that the Omniscient One would appear to convince Job of his guiltJob 11:2-61 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said:2 Should not the multitude of words be answered?and should a man full of talk be justified?3 Should thy lies make men hold their peace?and when thou mockest, shall no... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Job 11:1-20

“Canst Thou by Searching Find out God?” Job 11:1-20 Zophar waxes vehement as he censures Job’s self-justification and his refusal to acknowledge the guilt which his friends attribute to him. There is some truth in his allegations, though it was cruel to goad Job with them, notwithstanding his repeated protestations. It is quite true that many of us are filled with self-complacency, because we judge our best by others’ worst. It may be also that we have a very poor conception of what God is... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Job 11:1-20

When Job had ceased, Zophar, the last of the three friends, answered him. His method was characterized by even greater plainness than that of Bildad. Indeed, there was a roughness and directness about him absent from his friends' manner. This may either reveal a man of different temperament, or that now, with greater definiteness and daring, Job had denied their philosophy by affirming his innocence. He first affirmed the necessity for answering, describing Job as "a man full of talk," and... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Job 11:1-20

Job 11:1-Proverbs : . Speech of Zophar.—“ Job has shown that the assumption, that on account of the Divine righteousness only human sin can be the cause of misfortune, leads to the worst conclusions as to God’ s nature. What answer can the friends make?” (Duhm). Job has charged God with a brutal misuse of His strength and a refined cruelty to His creature:“ Oh it is excellent to have a giant’ s strengthBut it is tyrannous to use it like a giant.”Zophar, the youngest and most fiery of the... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Job 11:6

The secrets of wisdom, i.e. the unknown and unsearchable depths of God’s wisdom and counsels in dealing with his creatures. That they are double to that which is, i.e. that they are far more and greater (the word double being used indefinitely for manifold, or plentiful, as Isaiah 40:2; Isaiah 61:7; Jeremiah 17:18; Zechariah 9:12) than that which hath a being or existence, i.e. the secret wisdom of God is infinitely greater than that which is revealed to us by his word or works. The greatest... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Job 11:1-20

FIRST SPEECH OF ZOPHARZophar follows in the same train with his companions. Misled by the same false principle—great sufferings prove great sins—he acts the part, not of a comforter, but of a reprover and an exhorter.I. His reason for speaking (Job 11:2-4).“Should not the multitude of words be answered?” &c. His reason involves Job’s censure. Bitterly reproves him—(1) As a mere talker (Job 11:2). “Should a man full of talk be justified?” (2) As a vain and lying boaster (Job 11:3). “Should... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Job 11:1-20

Shall we turn to the eleventh chapter of the book of Job.And in chapter 11 we hear from Job's third friend, old Zophar, and he gets his two cents worth in. Now for you that weren't here last Sunday night, we remember that the sons of God were presenting themselves to God and Satan came with them. And God did a little bragging on his servant, Job. And Satan said, "Yes, but You've so prospered him. Job, or anybody for that matter, would serve You if they were blessed as much as Job is. And You've... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Job 11:1-20

Job 11:3 . Thy lies; that is, thy device, as in the margin; jactantias tuas, thy boastings, the delicacy of thy turns of speech, to extenuate thy sins: He does not mean gross lies and untruths, because he speaks with deference in Job 11:14, “If iniquity be in thy hand.” This princely patriarch possessed a mind highly enlightened with regard to providence, and was incomparably eloquent, yet totally dark with regard to the case of Job. Those three men ceased to answer Job, it is said,... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Job 11:1-6

Job 11:1-6Then answered Zophar the Naamathite.The attitude of Job’s friendsIn this chapter Zophar gives his first speech, and it is sharper toned than those which went before. The three friends have now all spoken. Your sympathies perhaps are not wholly on their side. Yet do not let us misjudge them, or assail them with the invectives which Christian writers hurled against them for centuries. Do not say, as has been said by the great Gregory, that these three men are types of God’s worst... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Job 11:6

Job 11:6 And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that [they are] double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee [less] than thine iniquity [deserveth]. Ver. 6. And that he would show thee the secrets of wisdom ] This may be understood as God’s law (saith Diodati), or as the hidden ways of his providence; which if God would show Job, he should at once see that he mistook much, and knew little of those many mysteries that are both in the word and works of God, in... read more

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Job 11:1-20

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Job 11:1-20

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Job 11:1-20

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Job 11:1-20

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Job 11:6

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Job 11:1-20

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Job 11:1-20

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Job 11:1-20

The Biblical Illustrator - Job 11:1-6

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Job 11:6

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