Christ's Disciples: The Book of Job, Chapters 11-16

Job Chapter 11

(Job 11:1 [KJV])

Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,

Probably some place in Arabia, such as Al Naamah, Saudi Arabia today

(Job 11:2 [KJV])

Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?

Yes, but not by Zophar, apparently
Justification to the unbeliever is by works; therefore, so apparently Job talking too much disqualifies him from Heaven

(Job 11:3 [KJV])

Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?

Zophar now, as a friend, accuses Job of lying!
Who does he think Job lied about? Most likely, himself, his two friends Bildad, Eliphaz and God?

(Job 11:4 [KJV])

For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.

So is there anything wrong with Job saying this?
The unbeliever believes that no one can say they are guaranteed to go to HEaven, nor claim to know that they are.

(Job 11:5-6 [KJV])

But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee; And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is!

That would be a good thing, but Zophar himself would not even notice it in his blindness, nor would it be relevant to the situation, nor to Job.

(Job 11:7 [KJV])

Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?

God searches us out, but if we attempt truly to find Him, He will be found
So.......why yes! We can find God if we search!

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(Deut 4:29 [KJV])

But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.

(1 Chronicles 28:9 [KJV])

And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.

(2 Chronicles 15:2 [KJV])

And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.

(Hebrews 11:6 [KJV])

But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

(Amos 5:8 [KJV])

Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name:

(Psalm 24:5-6 [KJV])

He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.

This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.

(Ezra 8:22 [KJV])

For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.

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(Job 11:8 [KJV])

It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?

God's wisdom is that high and deep, however we must never fall into Zophar's lie of not being able to know it.
But, on the other hand, our knowledge compared to God's is pathetic

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(Romans 11:33 [KJV])

O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!

(Job 5:9 [KJV])

Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:

(Job 9:10 [KJV])

Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number.

(Job 37:5 [KJV])

God thundereth marvellously with his voice; great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.

(Psalm 145:3 [KJV])

Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.

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(Job 11:9 [KJV])

The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

From our perspective, there is therefore no place we ourselves can go to avoid it.

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(Psalm 139:8 [KJV])

If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.

(Amos 9:2-3 [KJV])

Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down: And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them:

(Hebrews 4:13 [KJV])

Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

(Jeremiah 23:24 [KJV])

Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.

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(Job 11:10 [KJV])

If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?

No one alone or in concert with all others can ever stop God from anything
He can take life, isolate in prison or form armies at His whim.

(Job 11:11 [KJV])

For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it?

God does not allow vanity in men-it is sin
God does not allow wickedness in men-it is sin
He more than consider it-He punishes it

(Job 11:12 [KJV])

For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt.

Here he is wrong. Vain men are fools, they are perhaps smart, but never wise in their vanity
They COULD be wises if they accepted Christ, but then the vanity would cease from within them.

(Job 11:13-15 [KJV])

If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him; If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles. For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:

Again, Job's friends, Zophar this time, thinks that salvation (without spot, blameless) is achieved through good works.
Fear of God is healthy, and necessary

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(1 Corinthians 15:58 [KJV])

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

(Job 28:28 [KJV])

And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.

(Psalms 111:10 [KJV])

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.

(Proverbs 1:7 [KJV])

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

(Proverbs 9:10 [KJV])

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.

(Proverbs 15:33 [KJV])

The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour is humility.

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(Job 11:16 [KJV])

Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:

Job will not forget his misery because he has pathetic friends and a wife who mocks, plus the fact that saved people suffer and do not just forget their misery because they are saved!
Zophar is utterly clueless about salvation

(Job 11:17 [KJV])

And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.

Age:

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AGE, n. [L. aetas,or aevum. But these are undoubtedly contracted words.]

1. The whole duration of a being, whether animal, vegetable, or other kind; as, the usual age of man is seventy years; the age of a horse may be twenty or thirty years; the age of a tree may be four hundred years.

2. That part of the duration of a being, which is between its beginning and any given time; as, what is the present age of a man, or of the earth?

Jesus began to be about thirty years of age. Luke 3.

3. The latter part of life, or long continued duration; oldness.

The eyes of Israel were dim for age. Gen 48.

4. A certain period of human life, marked by a difference of state; as, life is divided into four stages or ages, infancy, youth, manhood, and old age; the age of youth; the age of manhood.

5. The period when a person is enabled by law to do certain acts for himself, or when he ceases to be controlled by parents or guardians; as, in our country, both males and females are of age in twenty-one years old.

6. Mature years; ripeness of strength or discretion.

He is of age, as him. John 9.

7. The time of life for conceiving children, or perhaps the usual time of such an event.

Sarah was delivered of a son when she was past age.

Heb 11.

8. A particular period of time, as distinguished from others; as, the golden age, the age of iron, the age of heroes or of chivalry.

9. The people who live at a particular period; hence, a generation and a succession of generations; as, ages yet unborn.

The mystery hid from ages. Col 1.

10. A century; the period of one hundred years.

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Perhaps Zophar thinks that Job will understand what is happening to himself if he ceases "to be wicked"?

(Job 11:18 [KJV])

And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.

Searching, traveling and exploring in safety and security is from God

(Job 11:19 [KJV])

Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee.

His wisdom will be such that people will come to him seeking answers

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(1Kgs 4:34 [KJV])

And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom.

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(Job 11:20 [KJV])

But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.

Blindness, entrapped, dying.
Some truth, but inaptly applied to Job

Job Chapter 12

(Job 12:1-2 [KJV])

And Job answered and said, No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.

Today we say, "You da man!"
This has to be mocking, since their "wisdom" has been shown to be absolute ignorance!
Good thing it will die with them

(Job 12:3 [KJV])

But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?

Kinda like saying, "DUH! You think you're so stinking smart?"

(Job 12:4 [KJV])

I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.

He tells them that they are not friends, but unreliable persecutors

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(Proverbs 25:19 [KJV])

Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.

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(Job 12:5 [KJV])

He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.

When sinners are at ease, they sit in darkness, plotting

(John 3:20 [KJV])

For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.

(Job 12:6 [KJV])

The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.

The wicked prosper in this life, unabated

(Jeremiah 12:1 [KJV])

Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?

(Psalm 73:12,17 [KJV])

Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.....Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.

(Job 12:7-8 [KJV])

But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee: Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.

There is a lot to learn by studying science

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(Daniel 1:4 [KJV])

Children in whom was no blemish, but well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in the king's palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans.

(1 Kings 4:33 [KJV])

And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.

(1Kgs 4:34 [KJV])

And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom.

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(Job 12:9 [KJV])

Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this?

The atheist "knoweth not" (but not really)
No one does not know that everything was created
Even though the fool says in his heart "there is no God", he knows that there is-he just repeats there is not to convince himself

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(Psalm 14:1 [KJV])

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.

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(Job 12:10 [KJV])

In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.

We are all in God's hand
We will not all remain there

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(John 1:1-4 [KJV])

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

(John 10:28-29 [KJV])

And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.

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(Job 12:11 [KJV])

Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?

God made both for a reason.
He does not want to hear what they say

(Job 12:12-13 [KJV])

With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding. With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding.

Experience breeds wisdom and understanding
Two ways to get wisdom: Personal experience (worldly wisdom) or the Word (Godly wisdom)

(Job 12:14 [KJV])

Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.

No one can do anything against God's will unless He permits it.

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(Revelation 3:7 [KJV])

And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;

(Isaiah 13:19-22 [KJV])

And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there. And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.

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(Job 12:15 [KJV])

Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.

God is in charge of droughts, famines and floods

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(Deuteronomy 8:15 [KJV])

Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;

(Haggai 1:11 [KJV])

And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labour of the hands.

(Genesis 41:30-31 [KJV])

And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land; And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following; for it shall be very grievous.

(2 Samuel 21:1 [KJV])

Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David enquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.

(Psalm 105:16 [KJV])

Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.

(Isaiah 14:30 [KJV])

And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety: and I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall slay thy remnant.

(Jeremiah 11:22 [KJV])

Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will punish them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by famine:

(Jeremiah 14:12 [KJV])

When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.

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(Job 12:16 [KJV])

With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.

God is sovereign over all
He is the source of strength and wisdom

(Job 12:17 [KJV])

He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.

This is called "bringing their wisdom to naught"

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(2Sam 15:31 [KJV])

And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.

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(Job 12:18 [KJV])

He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.

No man can be enslaved or imprisoned without God knowing about it.
He supplies all weapons for the girdle and allows them to work or not work

(Job 12:19 [KJV])

He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.

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(Psalm 72:11 [KJV])

Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him.

(Psalm 22:27 [KJV])

All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.

(Psalm 22:28 [KJV])

For the kingdom is the LORD'S: and he is the governor among the nations.

(Psalm 47:3 [KJV])

He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet.

(Psalm57:9 [KJV])

I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing unto thee among the nations.

(Psalm 66:7 [KJV])

He ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes behold the nations: let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah.

(Psalm 67:2 [KJV])

That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations.

(Psalm 67:4 [KJV])

O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah.

(Isaiah 40:17 [KJV])

All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.

(Acts 17:26 [KJV])

And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;

(Zephaniah 3:6 [KJV])

I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made their streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant.

(Genesis 17:4 [KJV])

As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations. Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee. And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.

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(Job 12:20 [KJV])

He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.

God allows us to speak or not
Memory loss, lack of wisdom and understanding, "senility"
More on God's Sovereignty

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(Ps 12:3 [KJV])

The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:

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(Job 12:21 [KJV])

He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.

When God is done with you as a leader, you are reviled in the eyes of man
God removes power, security, protection, personal and military strength

(Job 12:22 [KJV])

He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.

God's revelation
God's exposure of dark things on earth (spiritual, physical)
God's resurrection-entrance into Heaven's light from death

(Job 12:23 [KJV])

He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again.

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(Psalm 72:11 [KJV])

Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him.

(Psalm 22:27 [KJV])

All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.

(Psalm 22:28 [KJV])

For the kingdom is the LORD'S: and he is the governor among the nations.

(Psalm 47:3 [KJV])

He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet.

(Psalm57:9 [KJV])

I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing unto thee among the nations.

(Psalm 66:7 [KJV])

He ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes behold the nations: let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah.

(Psalm 67:2 [KJV])

That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations.

(Psalm 67:4 [KJV])

O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah.

(Isaiah 40:17 [KJV])

All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.

(Acts 17:26 [KJV])

And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;

(Zephaniah 3:6 [KJV])

I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made their streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant.

(Genesis 17:4 [KJV])

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(Job 12:24 [KJV])

He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.

Nebuchadnezzar is a great example of this
The purpose is to humble the man reveal Himself and His Glory

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(Daniel 4:33 [KJV])

The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles' feathers, and his nails like birds' claws.

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(Job 12:25 [KJV])

They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.

Spiritual eyes taken away leave nothing but aimless reeling in the darkness
"he maketh them" is again God's sovereignty
Without sight, feeling your way is always rough and risky, and says nothing of where you walk, such as into a trap

Job Chapter 13

TO HIS "FRIENDS"

(Job 13:1-3 [KJV])

Lo, mine eye hath seen all this, mine ear hath heard and understood it. What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you. Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.

Actually Job knows a lot more than they do
Actually Job is superior to them-they are the inferior ones
He repeats what he said earlier:

(Job 12:3 [KJV])

But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?

(Job 13:4 [KJV])

But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.

The Three Stooges are called out on the carpet
"I would talk to God, but not to YOU!"
A falsifying make of lies. Not much worse than that!

FORGER, n.

1. One that makes or forms.

2. One who counterfeits; a falsifier.

A bad doctor is worse than no doctor at all. They can kill faster than the disease/injury!

(Mark 5:26 [KJV])

And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse,

(Job 13:5 [KJV])

O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.

Translation: "The wisest thing you guys can do is shut up!"

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(Proverbs 17:28 [KJV])

Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.

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(Job 13:6 [KJV])

Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.

After shutting your mouth, open your ears

(Job 13:7-9 [KJV])

Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him? Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God? Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him?

You can speak for God in truth, but not in wickedness and lies
When you speak in wickedness and lies, you speak for yourself, not for God
God is looking for a clean heart and mouth, and seeks those who love Him
Trying to mock God is the utmost foolishness

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(1 Chronicles 28:9 [KJV])

(Psalm 14:2-3 [KJV])

The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

(Galatians 6:7 [KJV])

Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

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(Job 13:10 [KJV])

He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons.

(Job 13:11 [KJV])

Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you?

He tells them that they have no fear of God, even though they profess to speak for Him

(Job 13:12 [KJV])

Your remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.

You are temporal, so let your words be few count
Ashes can be blown by the wind and clay molded
Contrast that with God Who is eternal

(Ecclesiastes 5:2 [KJV])

Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.

(Job 13:13 [KJV])

Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will.

Shut up, and go away!
Listen to me!
Que sera, sera

TO GOD

(Job 13:14 [KJV])

Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand?

Biting pain to oneself
Being at death's door and ready to die, his friends could still not find fault in Job

(Job 13:15 [KJV])

Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.

No matter what God does to me, I will obey
No matter what God does to me, I will trust
No matter what God does to me, I will follow Him

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Proverbs 14:32 (KJV)

The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.

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(Job 13:16 [KJV])

He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him.

Hypocrisy has no place in the Kingdom of God

HYP'OCRITE, n.

1. One who feigns to be what he is not; one who has the form of godliness without the power, or who assumes an appearance of piety and virtue, when he is destitute of true religion.

And the hypocrite's hope shall perish. Job 8.

2. A dissembler; one who assumes a false appearance.

Fair hypocrite, you seek to cheat in vain.

HYPOC'RISY, n. [L. hypocrisis; Gr. simulation; to feign; to separate, discern or judge.]

1. Simulation; a feigning to be what one is not; or dissimulation, a concealment of one's real character or motives. More generally, hypocrisy is simulation, or the assuming of a false appearance of virtue or religion; a deceitful show of a good character, in morals or religion; a counterfeiting of religion.

Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. Luke 12.

2. Simulation; deceitful appearance; false pretence.

Hypocrisy is the necessary burden of villainy.

HYPOCRIT'IC/ HYPOCRIT'ICAL, a. Simulating; counterfeiting a religions character; assuming a false and deceitful appearance; applied to persons.

1. Dissembling; concealing one's real character or motives.

2. Proceeding from hypocrisy, or marking hypocrisy; as a hypocritical face or look.

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(2 Timothy 3:5 [KJV])

Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

(Job 15:34 [KJV])

For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.

(Job 36:13 [KJV])

But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.

(Isaiah 33:14 [KJV])

The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?

(Matthew 6:2 [KJV])

Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

(Matthew 6:5 [KJV])

And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

(Matthew 6:16 [KJV])

Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

(Matthew 15:7 [KJV])

Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,

(Matthew 16:3 [KJV])

And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?

(Matthew 22:18 [KJV])

But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites?

(Matthew 23:13 [KJV])

But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.

(Matthew 23:14 [KJV])

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.

(Matthew 23:15 [KJV])

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.

(Matthew 23:23 [KJV])

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

(Matthew 23:25 [KJV])

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.

(Matthew 23:27 [KJV])

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.

(Matthew 23:29 [KJV])

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,

(Matt 24:51 [KJV])

And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

(Mark 7:6 [KJV])

He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

(Luke 11:44 [KJV])

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites

! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware of them.

(Luke 12:56 [KJV])

Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time?

(James 1:8 [KJV])

A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.

Fake religiosity, godliness
Useless; to be punished; destined for God's wrath
Boastful, ever visible, showy, public, in the limelight
Prophesied by God to be present always on earth
Selective in their worldly wisdom, discernment
Love to tempt God
Go to great lengths and want to make others be hypocrites also
Self-destructive
Often generous with money in giving, but abusive
ALL about outward appearance
Very internally wicked

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(Job 13:17-18 [KJV])

Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears. Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified.

Listen and hear, look and see
Job knows he is saved

(Job 13:19 [KJV])

Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.

The implied answer to "who is he that will plead with me?", is "no one will, on earth"
"I will shut up when I die and not until"

(Job 13:20 [KJV])

Only do not two things unto me: then will I not hide myself from thee.

This may be hard for his friends to do; a tall order, a special request

(Job 13:21 [KJV])

Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.

Job has a healthy fear of God, fear meaning just that......F-E-A-R.

(Job 13:22 [KJV])

Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me.

Job wants to relate and converse with the Living God over this his situation

(Job 13:23 [KJV])

How many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin.

Job wants God to search his heart, for number and type of sins

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(Psalm 139:23 [KJV])

Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:

(Job 31:6 [KJV])

Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity.

(Psalm 26:2 [KJV])

Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.

REINS, n. plu. [L. ren, renes.]

1. The kidneys; the lower part of the back.

2. In Scripture, the inward parts; the heart, or seat of the affections and passions. Psa 73.

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(Job 13:24 [KJV])

Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy? Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble? For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.

Job has taken his affliction personally, and forgets what he just said about being justified.
He perceives himself to be very vulnerable now, and an easy target for God to destroy

(Job 13:27 [KJV])

Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.

He feels like he is jailed, judged and numbered like a prisoner

(Job 13:28 [KJV])

And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.

Job feels like garbage, a rotting corpse, an old, moldy, moth-eaten rag

Suffering like Job's makes us think

To look upward
To enquire about our own sin
To ask God, "What is the reason for all of this?"

Job Chapter 14

(Job 14:1 [KJV])

Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

How is a man born of a woman? That woman's MARRIAGE to a MAN
Life is short, brief, and hard
Once this life is over, there is no more life on earth until the Resurrection, and also not the same, ever again
This is in opposition to reincarnation

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(Genesis 6:3 [KJV])

And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.

(James 4:14 [KJV])

Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

(Ecclesiastes 4:2 [KJV])

Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.

(Ecclesiastes 4:3 [KJV])

Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

(1 Peter 1:24 [KJV])

For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:

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(Job 14:3 [KJV])

And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?

In our flesh we are blind and our judgment impaired
Man does not naturally see as God sees, and can't.

(Job 14:4 [KJV])

Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.

No one can make man righteous before God but the God-Man, Jesus Christ

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(Proverbs 20:9 [KJV])

Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?

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(Job 14:5 [KJV])

Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;

God determines our time on earth to the second
Man is incapable of defeating God's will
He is capable of disobeying God, within his own free will.

(Job 14:6 [KJV])

Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.

Job wants God to leave mankind alone to finish his time on earth by himself

(Job 14:7-9 [KJV])

For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.

Plants are not the same kind of life as animals, and were not created in the same manner.
Plants do not experience the same kind of death as animals either.
Plants were eaten before the Fall, so they are not included in the curse of death after the Fall, which is why there was no death before the Fall.

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(Genesis 1:11-12 [KJV])

And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

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(Job 14:10-12 [KJV])

But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he? As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up: So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.

Leaving earth is quite the permanent thing for all.
Local floods are always temporary; cut off the supply and it dries up

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(John 5:28-29 [KJV])

Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.

(1 Thessalonians 4:16 [KJV])

For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

(Revelation 20:4-6 [KJV])

And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.

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(Job 14:13 [KJV])

O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!

"I would like to be shelved for right now, thank you very much".

(Job 14:14 [KJV])

If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.

In the human realm, man dies and disappears from earth
We die and get glorified bodies or are raptured

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(Romans 8:17-18 [KJV])

And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

(1 Corinthians 15:52-54 [KJV])

In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.

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(Job 14:15 [KJV])

Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.

We are the work of His Hands
When God calls us on that day, we will answer

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(Psalm 119:73 [KJV])

JOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.

(Psalm 139:16 [KJV])

Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.

(Isaiah 6:8 [KJV])

Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.

(John 5:28 [KJV])

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(Job 14:16 [KJV])

For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?

Since every detail of our lives is known to God and was before it was known to us, it would be foolishness to think that our sin is not seen

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(Matthew 10:30 [KJV])

But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

(Luke 12:7 [KJV])

But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.

(Psalm 11:4 [KJV])

The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD'S throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.

(Psalm 34:15 [KJV])

The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.

(Psalm 77:4 [KJV])

Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

(Psalm 139:16 [KJV])

Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.

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(Job 14:17 [KJV])

My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.

God is hiding Job's sins, sealing them from His divine judgment

(Job 14:18-19 [KJV])

And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place.

The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.

God is utterly sovereign over the destructive forces of nature
This includes pillars of mountains, floods, etc.
When man is old, his life's enjoyment wanes over time

(Job 14:20-22 [KJV])

Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away. His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them. But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.

God always wins; death is certain and final!
God using time changes man's looks to old men
God using time changes his body to be old and in pain also

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(Romans 8:20-22 [KJV])

For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.

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Job Chapter 15

(Job 15:1 [KJV])

Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,

Eliphaz the Temanite

(Genesis 36:11 [KJV])

And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz.

(Genesis 36:15 [KJV])

These were dukes of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn son of Esau; duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke Kenaz,

(Ezekiel 25:13 [KJV])

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also stretch out mine hand upon Edom, and will cut off man and beast from it; and I will make it desolate from Teman; and they of Dedan shall fall by the sword.

(Amos 1:12 [KJV])

But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.

(Obadiah 1:9 [KJV])

And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter.

(Habakkuk 3:3 [KJV])

God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise.

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

God came from Teman,.... Or, "may God come from Teman" {t}; since it is part of the prayer of Habakkuk: or, as "from Teman" {u}; as he of old came from thence, a city in the land of Edom, Jer 49:7 it was five miles from Petra, in Idumea, where was Mount Seir, from whence the Lord arose, and shone forth from Mount Paran, at the giving of the law, De 33:2 to which the allusion is here. So the Targum,

"at the giving of the law to his people, God was revealed from the south;'' for so Teman signifies.

Eliphaz is an Edomite, of Esau

(Job 15:2-3 [KJV])

Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind? Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?

Eliphaz considers himself a "wise man", even after all that he has said until now!
He also considers what Job has said to be "the east wind"
Eliphaz considers himself "reasonable"
He also considers what Job has said to be "unprofitable talk"
He considers Job's talking to be something with which he can "do no good"
He is a typical know-it-all ignoramus

(Job 15:4 [KJV])

Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.

Another false accusation cast upon Job is that he has lost his fear of God and stopped praying.
This sounds more like what Eliphaz is doing rather than Job.

(Job 15:5-6 [KJV])

For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty. Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.

Job has apparently ruffled Eliphaz's feathers in some way, as the false accusations just keep rolling out
He is showing himself to be very irresponsible, taking no blame and foisting blame on his "friend" Job, who is actually doing the suffering and not Eliphaz
This makes him to be cold, callous, calculated

(Job 15:7-9 [KJV])

Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills? Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself? What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us?

Eliphaz steps up the false accusations by playing God (ch. 38-40)
Has Eliphaz heard the secret of God? Has Job made this claim? Where did he get these accusations from anyways?
Who told them Job was holding onto his own wisdom? He has imparted it in his rebukes!

What does Job know and understand that they do not? Apparently a whole lot!
Eliphaz shows that he STILL thinks that all of this is happening to Job because of his sins, his speech, his pride, his actions. He is extremely stubborn

(Job 15:10 [KJV])

With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.

One of the world's biggest and best arguments at times is that the older and greyer a man is, the more wise he is.
The opposite can be true. Some people can live a long time

(Job 15:11 [KJV])

Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?

He now accuses Job of not respecting God's bestowed blessings and grace, mercy.
"We have you pegged, Job. We know all of your secrets."

(Job 15:12 [KJV])

Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,

Now he thinks Job has left him as a friend
Job would have every reason to anyways, but he has not unfriended them; but rather just corrected them and they do not like it.

(Job 15:13 [KJV])

That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth?

He also thinks Job has left God, not just them.
He thinks this because Job has rebuked them, so his "nasty words" mean he has left God.

(Job 15:14 [KJV])

What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

Eliphaz only sees in the physical realm, using no spiritual eyes to see God's salvation.
This is the primary problem Eliphaz has, from which stems all of his other problems.
He does not get John 3

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(John 3:1-10 [KJV])

There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him. Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born? Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit. Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be? Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?

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(Job 15:15-16 [KJV])

Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight. How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?

Mixing half-truths with his false accusations?
Half-Truth: God does not trust His saints in the flesh, but when they walk in the Spirit, He trusts them.
Truth: The Heavens ARE NOT CLEAN in His sight
Truth: God thinks the natural, unsaved and unregenerate man in the flesh is abominable and filthy
Truth: Man does drink iniquity like water
Lie: it applies to Job, but apparently not to Eliphaz

(Job 15:17 [KJV])

I will shew thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare;

Eliphaz's life experiences about to be revealed

(Job 15:18 [KJV])

Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:

People with earthly wisdom often proclaim it loudly for all to hear and like to pass it on and down
The wisdom of these "wise men" is useless to Job

(Job 15:19 [KJV])

Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.

The earth was not given just to man, and the title deed is now with Jesus Christ, not man
It was given to the enemy by Adam and Eve's Fall, which Jesus acknowledges here:

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(Matthew 4:8-10 [KJV])

Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me. Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

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(Job 15:20 [KJV])

The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.

An implication that Job is suffering due to his wickedness
This is true of all men.
The number of one's years is hidden to all mankind, not just the oppressor.

(Job 15:21 [KJV])

A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

In other words, this wicked person Job should live in fear of a sudden assault.

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(Proverbs 3:25 [KJV])

Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.

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(Job 15:22 [KJV])

He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.

A person walking at night, afraid to be attacked is what Eliphaz thinks of Job

(Job 15:23 [KJV])

He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

He thinks Job is like a homeless, hungry pauper

(Job 15:24 [KJV])

Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

He thinks Job will be fearful and about to be attacked more because Job is wicked.

(Job 15:25 [KJV])

For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.

Now he accuses Job of arrogance against God, taunting God, relying on his own strength against God

(Job 15:26 [KJV])

He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:

The middle part of the shield

(Job 15:27 [KJV])

Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks.

Implies that Job lived in fatness and luxury, forsaking God.

(Job 15:28-29 [KJV])

And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps. He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.

According to Eliphaz, poverty has come to Job because of his sin(s)

(Job 15:30 [KJV])

He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.

Eliphaz now consigns Job to hell!

(Job 15:31 [KJV])

Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.

He implies that Job trusted not in God, but in his riches.

(Job 15:32 [KJV])

It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.

Very soon, he predicts, Job will turn into an old, dead branch

(Job 15:33 [KJV])

He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.

Job will become and outcast, needing to be pruned, cast off.

(Job 15:34 [KJV])

For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.

Now he calls Job a hypocrite
A half truth- (#1)Those things do and will happen to a hypocrite/(#2)Job is not one.

(Job 15:35 [KJV])

They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.

He assigns wickedness and evil and vain, lying deeds to Job

Job Chapter 16

(Job 16:1-2 [KJV])

Then Job answered and said, I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all.

Job has had enough and lets them have it with both barrels
Translation: "When are you ever gonna stop and where did you get the audacity to talk like this in the first place?"

(Job 16:3 [KJV])

Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?

Translation: "Is there no end to your stupidity?"
Translation: "Where did you get such audacity and unmitigated gall?"

(Job 16:4 [KJV])

I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.

Job tells them they have the easiest job in the world-to criticize, and be armchair, Monday morning quarterbacks
That said, he offers to "let's switch places!"

(Job 16:5 [KJV])

But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage your grief.

He encourages them to encourage him as he would them
Encouragement gives strength, drains the grief away
Our words should be like a mollifying ointment when others are in distress.

(Proverbs 18:21 [KJV])

Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

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(James 3:5-8 [KJV])

Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell. For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

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(Job 16:6 [KJV])

Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased?

Even though Job is speaking and not them at this moment, the damage is done and he feels their pain-infliction
Even if he puts up with them, he realizes there is no benefit to listening to their nonsense.

(Job 16:7 [KJV])

But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.

Job says that either God or his "friends" have tired him out with these deserted, former friends

(Job 16:8 [KJV])

And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.

Job probably got old, wrinkled, his skinny face withdrawn and his hair gray from this entire experience by now.

(Job 16:9-10 [KJV])

He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me. They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.

Amazing how close to the prophecies of Jesus this is. And no one else uses this phraseology.
Tearing in Scripture often refers to lions tearing flesh
His adversaries are the enemy and his "friends"

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TEARETH

(Deuteronomy 33:20 [KJV])

And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head.

(Micah 5:8 [KJV])

And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.

(Mark 9:18 [KJV])

And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out; and they could not.

(1 Peter 5:8 [KJV])

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

(Psalm 22:13 [KJV])

They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.

GNASHETH

(Psalm 37:12 [KJV])

The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.

(Mark 9:18 [KJV])

And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out; and they could not.

SMITING THE CHEEK

(Isaiah 50:6 [KJV])

I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.

GATHERING TOGETHER AS A MOB

(Psalm 22:12 [KJV])

Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.

(Psalm 140:3 [KJV])

They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.

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(Job 16:11 [KJV])

God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.

Job is calling out his "friends"
He feels he was arrested by them

(Job 16:12 [KJV])

I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.

This is something an attack dog would do, grab the neck and shake.
Another striking similarity to the Messiah

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(Psalm 22:16 [KJV])

For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.

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(Job 16:13 [KJV])

His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.

Reins=kidneys, emotions, passions, affections, heart, being, substance
Gall=liver secretions
His insides are literally being torn apart from grief and his "friends' advice"
He has had his emotions torn in half and spilled out

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REINS, n. plu. [L. ren, renes.]

1. The kidneys; the lower part of the back.

2. In Scripture, the inward parts; the heart, or seat of the affections and passions. Psa 73.

GALL, n. [Gr. probably from its color.]

1. In the animal economy, the bile, a bitter, a yellowish green fluid, secreted in the glandular substance of the liver. It is glutinous or imperfectly fluid, like oil.

2. Any thing extremely bitter.

3. Rancor; malignity.

4. Anger; bitterness of mind.

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(Job 16:14 [KJV])

He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.

The siege of an encompassing army is what this feels like
Repetitive raiding (breach upon breach)
Utter aggression (a running giant)

(Job 16:15 [KJV])

I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.

The horn represents strength, power, glory, honor, dignity
Sackcloth is for mourning

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HORN, n. [L. cornu]

10. A hard substance growing on the heads of certain animals, and particularly on cloven-footed quadrupeds; usually projecting to some length and terminating in a point. Horns are generally bent or curving, and those of some animals are spiral. They serve for weapons of offense and defense. The substance of horns is gelatinous, and in Papin's digester it may be converted into jelly.

Horn is an animal substance, chiefly membranous, consisting of coagulated albumen, with a little gelatin and phosphate of lime.

The horns of deer possess exactly the properties of bone,and are composed of the same constituents, only the proportion of cartilage is greater.

2. A wind instrument of music, made of horn; a trumpet. Such were used by the Israelites.

3. In modern times, a wind instrument made of metal.

4. An extremity of the moon, when it is waxing or waning, and forming a crescent.

5. The feeler or antenna of an insect.

6. The feeler of a snail, which may be withdrawn; hence, to pull or draw in the horns, is to repress one's ardor, or to restrain pride.

7. A drinking cup; horns being used anciently for cups.

8. A winding stream.

9. Horns, in the plural, is used to characterize a cuckold.

He wears the horns.

10. In Scripture, horn is a symbol of strength or power.

The horn of Moab is cut off. Jer 48.

Horn is also an emblem of glory, honor, dignity.

My horn is exalted in the Lord. 1 Sam 2.

In Daniel, horn represents a kingdom or state.

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(Job 16:16 [KJV])

My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;

Again, the shadow of death is mentioned.

(Job 16:17 [KJV])

Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.

Job once again declares his innocence before God.

(Job 16:18 [KJV])

O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.

Even if he dies, he wants his misery remembered
His voice is to be silent, but his blood a witness/testimony to his suffering.

(Job 16:19 [KJV])

Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high.

His name is written in the Lamb's Book of Life and he knows it.

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THE LAMB'S BOOK OF LIFE

(Exodus 32:32 [KJV])

Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin--; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.

(Psalm 69:28 [KJV])

Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.

(Luke 10:20 [KJV])

Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.

(Philippians 4:3 [KJV])

And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellowlabourers, whose names are in the book of life.

(Revelation 3:5 [KJV])

He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.

(Revelation 13:8 [KJV])

And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

(Revelation 20:12 [KJV])

And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.

(Revelation 20:15 [KJV])

And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

(Revelation 21:27 [KJV])

And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.

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(Job 16:20 [KJV])

My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.

God listens and is the God of comfort.

(Job 16:21 [KJV])

O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!

He wants his friends to pray for him

(Job 16:22 [KJV])

When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return.

This life is short
Death in this life is a certain end
Death is certainly final; there is no return (speaking earthly)

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

The Book of Job, Chapters 11-16

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