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12:2-3 Job is making a comparison between himself and his friends. He is saying that he is wiser than they are and therefore their comments are of no value to him. What a situation to get into. The friends that had come to comfort Job are now really alienated from Job. And it was what they said that alienated them. The tongue is indeed an unruly member!
Peter Forbes [Mountsorrel (UK)] Comment added in 2022 Reply to Peter
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1. Lo, mine eye <5869> hath seen <7200>(8804) all this, mine ear <241> hath heard <8085>(8804) and understood <995>(8799) it.
2. What ye know <1847>, the same do I know <3045>(8804) also: I am not inferior <5307>(8802) unto you.
3. Surely <199> I would speak <1696>(8762) to the Almighty <7706>, and I desire <2654>(8799) to reason <3198>(8687) with God <410>.
4. But <199> ye are forgers <2950>(8802) of lies <8267>, ye are all physicians <7495>(8802) of no value <457>.
5. O that <5414>(8799) ye would altogether <2790>(8687) hold your peace <2790>(8686)! and it should be your wisdom <2451>.
6. Hear <8085>(8798) now my reasoning <8433>, and hearken <7181>(8685) to the pleadings <7379> of my lips <8193>.
7. Will ye speak <1696>(8762) wickedly <5766> for God <410>? and talk <1696>(8762) deceitfully <7423> for him?
8. Will ye accept <5375>(8799) his person <6440>? will ye contend <7378>(8799) for God <410>?
9. Is it good <2895>(8804) that he should search you out <2713>(8799)? or as one man <582> mocketh <2048>(8763) another, do ye so mock <2048>(8762) him?
10. He will surely <3198>(8687) reprove <3198>(8686) you, if ye do secretly <5643> accept <5375>(8799) persons <6440>.
11. Shall not his excellency <7613> make you afraid <1204>(8762)? and his dread <6343> fall <5307>(8799) upon you?
12. Your remembrances <2146> are like <4912> unto ashes <665>, your bodies <1354> to bodies <1354> of clay <2563>.
13. Hold your peace <2790>(8685), let me alone, that I may speak <1696>(8762), and let come <5674>(8799) on me what will.
14. Wherefore do I take <5375>(8799) my flesh <1320> in my teeth <8127>, and put <7760>(8799) my life <5315> in mine hand <3709>?
15. Though <2005> he slay <6991>(8799) me, yet will I trust <3176>(8762) in him: but I will maintain <3198>(8686) mine own ways <1870> before <6440> him.
16. He also shall be my salvation <3444>: for an hypocrite <2611> shall not come <935>(8799) before <6440> him.
17. Hear <8085>(8798) diligently <8085>(8800) my speech <4405>, and my declaration <262> with your ears <241>.
18. Behold now, I have ordered <6186>(8804) my cause <4941>; I know <3045>(8804) that I shall be justified <6663>(8799).
19. Who is he that will plead <7378>(8799) with me? for now, if I hold my tongue <2790>(8686), I shall give up the ghost <1478>(8799).
20. Only do <6213>(8799) not two <8147> things unto me: then will I not hide <5641>(8735) myself from thee <6440>.
21. Withdraw <7368> <0> thine hand <3709> far <7368>(8685) from me: and let not thy dread <367> make me afraid <1204>(8762).
22. Then call <7121>(8798) thou, and I will answer <6030>(8799): or let me speak <1696>(8762), and answer <7725>(8685) thou me.
23. How many are mine iniquities <5771> and sins <2403>? make me to know <3045>(8685) my transgression <6588> and my sin <2403>.
24. Wherefore hidest <5641>(8686) thou thy face <6440>, and holdest <2803>(8799) me for thine enemy <341>(8802)?
25. Wilt thou break <6206>(8799) a leaf <5929> driven to and fro <5086>(8737)? and wilt thou pursue <7291>(8799) the dry <3002> stubble <7179>?
26. For thou writest <3789>(8799) bitter things <4846> against me, and makest me to possess <3423>(8686) the iniquities <5771> of my youth <5271>.
27. Thou puttest <7760>(8799) my feet <7272> also in the stocks <5465>, and lookest narrowly <8104>(8799) unto all my paths <734>; thou settest a print <2707>(8691) upon the heels <8328> of my feet <7272>.
28. And he, as a rotten thing <7538>, consumeth <1086>(8799), as a garment <899> that is moth <6211> eaten <398>(8804).
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It is prophesied of Nineveh that: thou shalt be hid (v.11). After its destruction in 612 BC, the site of Nineveh became buried until it was discovered in 1842 AD. The city was hid for a long time.
Michael Parry [Montreal (Can)] Comment added in 2007 Reply to Michael
3 So here we have the 'comfort' of Nahum. He speaks of the overthrow of the Assyrian.
Peter Forbes [Mountsorrel (UK)] Comment added in 2004 Reply to Peter
Nineveh, and the Assyrian empire, are to perish. The Lord God of Israel has said so. Mighty nations come and go, but when God speaks against them, there is no hope of survival. Nineveh fell in about 607BC, to a combined assault of Babylonians and Medes. Samaria had been taken captive about 721BC, and then Jerusalem fell to the Babylonians in 587BC. The Medes conquered Babylon in 538BC, and it was within the first year of Cyrus the Mede that the Jews were allowed to return to Jerusalem.
David Simpson [Worcester (UK)] Comment added in 2005 Reply to David
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1. Woe <1945> to the bloody <1818> city <5892>! it is all full <4392> of lies <3585> and robbery <6563>; the prey <2964> departeth <4185>(8686) not;
2. The noise <6963> of a whip <7752>, and the noise <6963> of the rattling <7494> of the wheels <212>, and of the pransing <1725>(8802) horses <5483>, and of the jumping <7540>(8764) chariots <4818>.
3. The horseman <6571> lifteth up <5927>(8688) both the bright <3851> sword <2719> and the glittering <1300> spear <2595>: and there is a multitude <7230> of slain <2491>, and a great <3514> number of carcases <6297>; and there is none end <7097> of their corpses <1472>; they stumble <3782>(8804)(8675) <3782>(8735) upon their corpses <1472>:
4. Because of the multitude <7230> of the whoredoms <2183> of the wellfavoured <2896> <2580> harlot <2181>(8802), the mistress <1172> of witchcrafts <3785>, that selleth <4376>(8802) nations <1471> through her whoredoms <2183>, and families <4940> through her witchcrafts <3785>.
5. Behold, I am against thee, saith <5002>(8803) the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>; and I will discover <1540>(8765) thy skirts <7757> upon thy face <6440>, and I will shew <7200>(8689) the nations <1471> thy nakedness <4626>, and the kingdoms <4467> thy shame <7036>.
6. And I will cast <7993>(8689) abominable filth <8251> upon thee, and make thee vile <5034>(8765), and will set <7760>(8804) thee as a gazingstock <7210>.
7. And it shall come to pass, that all they that look <7200>(8802) upon thee shall flee <5074>(8799) from thee, and say <559>(8804), Nineveh <5210> is laid waste <7703>(8795): who will bemoan <5110>(8799) her? whence <370> shall I seek <1245>(8762) comforters <5162>(8764) for thee?
8. Art thou better <3190>(8686) than populous <527>(8675) <528> No <4996>, that was situate <3427>(8802) among the rivers <2975>, that had the waters <4325> round about <5439> it, whose rampart <2426> was the sea <3220>, and her wall <2346> was from the sea <3220>?
9. Ethiopia <3568> and Egypt <4714> were her strength <6109>, and it was infinite <369> <7097>; Put <6316> and Lubim <3864> were thy helpers <5833>.
10. Yet was she carried away <1473>, she went <1980>(8804) into captivity <7628>: her young children <5768> also were dashed in pieces <7376>(8792) at the top <7218> of all the streets <2351>: and they cast <3032>(8804) lots <1486> for her honourable men <3513>(8737), and all her great men <1419> were bound <7576>(8795) in chains <2131>.
11. Thou also shalt be drunken <7937>(8799): thou shalt be hid <5956>(8737), thou also shalt seek <1245>(8762) strength <4581> because of the enemy <341>(8802).
12. All thy strong holds <4013> shall be like fig trees <8384> with the firstripe figs <1061>: if they be shaken <5128>(8735), they shall even fall <5307>(8804) into the mouth <6310> of the eater <398>(8802).
13. Behold, thy people <5971> in the midst <7130> of thee are women <802>: the gates <8179> of thy land <776> shall be set wide <6605>(8800) open <6605>(8738) unto thine enemies <341>(8802): the fire <784> shall devour <398>(8804) thy bars <1280>.
14. Draw <7579>(8798) thee waters <4325> for the siege <4692>, fortify <2388>(8761) thy strong holds <4013>: go <935>(8798) into clay <2916>, and tread <7429>(8798) the morter <2563>, make strong <2388>(8685) the brickkiln <4404>.
15. There shall the fire <784> devour <398>(8799) thee; the sword <2719> shall cut thee off <3772>(8686), it shall eat thee up <398>(8799) like the cankerworm <3218>: make thyself many <3513>(8690) as the cankerworm <3218>, make thyself many <3513>(8690) as the locusts <697>.
16. Thou hast multiplied <7235>(8689) thy merchants <7402>(8802) above the stars <3556> of heaven <8064>: the cankerworm <3218> spoileth <6584>(8804), and flieth away <5774>(8799).
17. Thy crowned <4502> are as the locusts <697>, and thy captains <2951> as the great grasshoppers <1462>, which camp <2583>(8802) in the hedges <1448> in the cold <7135> day <3117>, but when the sun <8121> ariseth <2224>(8804) they flee away <5074>(8776), and their place <4725> is not known <3045>(8738) where <335> they are.
18. Thy shepherds <7462>(8802) slumber <5123>(8804), O king <4428> of Assyria <804>: thy nobles <117> shall dwell <7931>(8799) in the dust: thy people <5971> is scattered <6335>(8738) upon the mountains <2022>, and no man gathereth <6908>(8764) them.
19. There is no healing <3545> of thy bruise <7667>; thy wound <4347> is grievous <2470>(8737): all that hear <8085>(8802) the bruit <8088> of thee shall clap <8628>(8804) the hands <3709> over thee: for upon whom hath not thy wickedness <7451> passed <5674>(8804) continually <8548>?
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v22. Purity of heart is hard to measure but without it we shall not see God (Matt 5:8). So how do we know that we are at least on the right path to purity. Eze 14:4,5 shows that the opposite of purity is idolatry. How do know what our idols are? Ask your spouse because they know you best. But also look at your diary (time) and your bank statement (money) and your speech (passions). They betray your true self because we spend our time, money and passions on things that motivate the heart. Are these things mostly given to worthless pursuits? And Peter in v22 also tells us that a person whose heart is pure has a positive passion: "love one another earnestly, from a pure heart". So the degree to which we passionately love our brothers and sisters is a measure of the purity of our hearts. "By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have [earnest] love for one another" (John 13:35)
Bruce Bates [Forbes Australia] Comment added in 2021 Reply to Bruce
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1. Peter <4074>, an apostle <652> of Jesus <2424> Christ <5547>, to the strangers <3927> scattered <1290> throughout Pontus <4195>, Galatia <1053>, Cappadocia <2587>, Asia <773>, and <2532> Bithynia <978>,
2. Elect <1588> according <2596> to the foreknowledge <4268> of God <2316> the Father <3962>, through <1722> sanctification <38> of the Spirit <4151>, unto <1519> obedience <5218> and <2532> sprinkling <4473> of the blood <129> of Jesus <2424> Christ <5547>: Grace <5485> unto you <5213>, and <2532> peace <1515>, be multiplied <4129>(5684).
3. Blessed <2128> be the God <2316> and <2532> Father <3962> of our <2257> Lord <2962> Jesus <2424> Christ <5547>, which <3588> according to <2596> his <848> abundant <4183> mercy <1656> hath begotten <313> <0> us <2248> again <313>(5660) unto <1519> a lively <2198>(5723) hope <1680> by <1223> the resurrection <386> of Jesus <2424> Christ <5547> from <1537> the dead <3498>,
4. To <1519> an inheritance <2817> incorruptible <862>, and <2532> undefiled <283>, and <2532> that fadeth not away <263>, reserved <5083>(5772) in <1722> heaven <3772> for <1519> you <5209>,
5. Who <3588> are kept <5432>(5746) by <1722> the power <1411> of God <2316> through <1223> faith <4102> unto <1519> salvation <4991> ready <2092> to be revealed <601>(5683) in <1722> the last <2078> time <2540>.
6. Wherein <1722> <3739> ye greatly rejoice <21>(5736), though now <737> for a season <3641>, if <1487> need <1163>(5752) be <2076>(5748), ye are in heaviness <3076>(5685) through <1722> manifold <4164> temptations <3986>:
7. That <2443> the trial <1383> of your <5216> faith <4102>, being much <4183> more precious <5093> than of gold <5553> that perisheth <622>(5734), though <1223> <1161> it be tried <1381>(5746) with fire <4442>, might be found <2147>(5686) unto <1519> praise <1868> and <2532> honour <5092> and <2532> glory <1391> at <1722> the appearing <602> of Jesus <2424> Christ <5547>:
8. Whom <3739> having <1492> <0> not <3756> seen <1492>(5761)(5625) <1492>(5631), ye love <25>(5719); in <1519> whom <3739>, though now <737> ye see <3708>(5723) him not <3361>, yet <1161> believing <4100>(5723), ye rejoice <21>(5736) with joy <5479> unspeakable <412> and <2532> full of glory <1392>(5772):
9. Receiving <2865>(5734) the end <5056> of your <5216> faith <4102>, even the salvation <4991> of your souls <5590>.
10. Of <4012> which <3739> salvation <4991> the prophets <4396> have enquired <1567>(5656) and <2532> searched diligently <1830>(5656), who <3588> prophesied <4395>(5660) of <4012> the grace <5485> that should come unto <1519> you <5209>:
11. Searching <2045>(5723) what <1519> <5101>, or <2228> what manner <4169> of time <2540> the Spirit <4151> of Christ <5547> which <3588> was in <1722> them <846> did signify <1213>(5707), when it testified beforehand <4303>(5740) the sufferings <3804> of <1519> Christ <5547>, and <2532> the glory <1391> that should follow <3326> <5023>.
12. Unto whom <3739> it was revealed <601>(5681), that <3754> not <3756> unto themselves <1438>, but <1161> unto us <2254> they did minister <1247>(5707) the things <846>, which <3739> are <312> <0> now <3568> reported <312>(5648) unto you <5213> by <1223> them that have preached the gospel <2097>(5671) unto you <5209> with <1722> the Holy <40> Ghost <4151> sent down <649>(5651) from <575> heaven <3772>; which things <3739> the angels <32> desire <1937>(5719) to look <3879>(5658) into <1519>.
13. Wherefore <1352> gird up <328>(5671) the loins <3751> of your <5216> mind <1271>, be sober <3525>(5723), and hope <1679>(5657) to the end <5049> for <1909> the grace <5485> that is to be brought <5342>(5746) unto you <5213> at <1722> the revelation <602> of Jesus <2424> Christ <5547>;
14. As <5613> obedient <5218> children <5043>, not <3361> fashioning yourselves according to <4964>(5730) the former <4386> lusts <1939> in <1722> your <5216> ignorance <52>:
15. But <235> as <2596> he which hath called <2564>(5660) you <5209> is holy <40>, so <2532> be <1096>(5676) ye <846> holy <40> in <1722> all <3956> manner of conversation <391>;
16. Because <1360> it is written <1125>(5769), Be ye <1096>(5634) holy <40>; for <3754> I <1473> am <1510>(5748) holy <40>.
17. And <2532> if <1487> ye call on <1941>(5731) the Father <3962>, who <3588> without respect of persons <678> judgeth <2919>(5723) according to <2596> every man's <1538> work <2041>, pass <390>(5649) the time <5550> of your <5216> sojourning <3940> here in <1722> fear <5401>:
18. Forasmuch as ye know <1492>(5761) that <3754> ye were <3084> <0> not <3756> redeemed <3084>(5681) with corruptible things <5349>, as silver <694> and <2228> gold <5553>, from <1537> your <5216> vain <3152> conversation <391> received by tradition from your fathers <3970>;
19. But <235> with the precious <5093> blood <129> of Christ <5547>, as <5613> of a lamb <286> without blemish <299> and <2532> without spot <784>:
20. Who verily <3303> was foreordained <4267>(5772) before <4253> the foundation <2602> of the world <2889>, but <1161> was manifest <5319>(5685) in <1909> these last <2078> times <5550> for <1223> you <5209>,
21. Who <3588> by <1223> him <846> do believe <4100>(5723) in <1519> God <2316>, that raised <1453> <0> him <846> up <1453>(5660) from <1537> the dead <3498>, and <2532> gave <1325>(5631) him <846> glory <1391>; that <5620> your <5216> faith <4102> and <2532> hope <1680> might be <1511>(5750) in <1519> God <2316>.
22. Seeing ye have purified <48>(5761) your <5216> souls <5590> in <1722> obeying <5218> the truth <225> through <1223> the Spirit <4151> unto <1519> unfeigned <505> love of the brethren <5360>, see that ye love <25>(5657) one another <240> with <1537> a pure <2513> heart <2588> fervently <1619>:
23. Being born again <313>(5746), not <3756> of <1537> corruptible <5349> seed <4701>, but <235> of incorruptible <862>, by <1223> the word <3056> of God <2316>, which liveth <2198>(5723) and <2532> abideth <3306>(5723) for <1519> ever <165>.
24. For <1360> all <3956> flesh <4561> is as <5613> grass <5528>, and <2532> all <3956> the glory <1391> of man <444> as <5613> the flower <438> of grass <5528>. The grass <5528> withereth <3583>(5681), and <2532> the flower <438> thereof <846> falleth away <1601>(5627):
25. But <1161> the word <4487> of the Lord <2962> endureth <3306>(5719) for <1519> ever <165>. And <1161> this <5124> is <2076>(5748) the word <4487> which <3588> by the gospel is preached <2097>(5685) unto <1519> you <5209>.