Bible Commentaries
Job 11

Introduction

Overview

Job 11:1, Zophar reproves Job for justifying himself; v.5, God’s wisdom is unsearchable; v.13, The assured blessing of repentance.

Verse 1

Zophar: Job 2:11, Job 20:1

Reciprocal: Job 42:7 - Eliphaz

Verse 2

the multitude: Job 16:3, Job 18:2, Psalms 140:11, Proverbs 10:19, Acts 17:18, James 1:19

full of talk: Heb. of lips

Reciprocal: Job 8:2 - How long Job 12:2 - ye are the people Job 13:7 - General Job 15:2 - a wise man Job 16:2 - heard Job 16:4 - up words Job 24:25 - who will make Job 34:37 - multiplieth

Verse 3

thy lies: or, thy devices, Job 13:4, Job 15:2, Job 15:3, Job 24:25

mockest: Job 12:4, Job 13:9, Job 17:2, Job 34:7, Psalms 35:16, Jeremiah 15:17, Jude 1:18

make thee: Psalms 83:16, 2 Thessalonians 3:14, Titus 2:8

Reciprocal: Job 6:28 - if I lie Job 8:2 - How long Job 13:5 - General Job 16:2 - heard Job 19:3 - ye reproached Job 19:4 - I have erred Job 34:8 - General Job 34:37 - multiplieth Jeremiah 9:5 - deceive

Verse 4

For thou: Job 6:10, Job 10:7, 1 Peter 3:15

I am clean: Job 6:29, Job 6:30, Job 7:20, Job 9:2, Job 9:3, Job 14:4, Job 34:5, Job 34:6, Job 35:2

Reciprocal: Exodus 38:21 - tabernacle of testimony Job 9:14 - shall I Job 33:9 - clean

Verse 5

Job 23:3-7, Job 31:35, Job 33:6-18, Job 38:1, Job 38:2, Job 40:1-5, Job 40:8, Job 42:7

Reciprocal: Job 9:14 - shall I Job 13:3 - Surely

Verse 6

show thee: Job 15:8, Job 15:11, Job 28:28, Deuteronomy 29:29, Psalms 25:14, Daniel 2:28, Daniel 2:47, Matthew 13:35, Romans 16:25, Romans 16:26, 1 Corinthians 2:9-11, Ephesians 3:5

God exacteth: Ezra 9:13, Psalms 103:10, Psalms 106:43-46, Lamentations 3:22

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 11:34 - Howbeit Job 12:2 - ye are the people Job 12:22 - discovereth Job 23:2 - heavier Job 28:7 - a path Job 33:23 - to Job 34:23 - he will Job 42:7 - ye have Ecclesiastes 1:15 - crooked Isaiah 19:12 - let them Lamentations 3:39 - a man

Verse 7

Canst: Job 5:9, Job 26:14, Job 37:23, Psalms 77:19, Psalms 145:3, Ecclesiastes 3:11, Isaiah 40:28, Matthew 11:27, Romans 11:33, 1 Corinthians 2:10, 1 Corinthians 2:16, Ephesians 3:8

Reciprocal: Genesis 17:1 - Almighty Genesis 32:29 - Wherefore Exodus 3:14 - I AM hath Exodus 33:23 - thou shalt Deuteronomy 29:29 - secret Ruth 1:20 - the Almighty Job 36:26 - we Job 37:5 - great Job 37:20 - surely Psalms 8:9 - General Psalms 36:6 - judgments Psalms 86:10 - For Psalms 139:6 - knowledge Proverbs 25:2 - the glory Proverbs 30:3 - nor Ecclesiastes 7:24 - General Ecclesiastes 8:17 - that a man Isaiah 19:12 - let them Isaiah 40:12 - measured Jeremiah 31:37 - If 1 Corinthians 13:9 - General Ephesians 3:18 - able

Verse 8

It is as high as heaven: Heb. the heights of heaven, Job 22:12, Job 35:5, 2 Chronicles 6:18, Psalms 103:11, Psalms 148:13, Proverbs 25:2, Proverbs 25:3, Isaiah 55:9

deeper: Job 26:6, Psalms 139:6-8, Amos 9:2, Ephesians 3:18, Ephesians 3:19

Reciprocal: Job 37:20 - surely Psalms 16:10 - my Ecclesiastes 7:24 - General 1 Corinthians 13:9 - General

Verse 9

longer: Job 28:24, Job 28:25, Psalms 65:5-8, Psalms 139:9, Psalms 139:10

Reciprocal: Job 38:5 - laid

Verse 10

If he cut off: or, If he make a change, Job 5:18, Job 9:4, Job 9:12, Job 9:13, Job 12:14, Job 34:29, Isaiah 41:27, Daniel 4:35

shut up: Job 38:8, Deuteronomy 32:30, Psalms 31:8, Revelation 3:7

hinder him: Heb. turn him away

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 9:2 - Who can stand 2 Chronicles 7:13 - If I shut up heaven Job 23:13 - who can Psalms 88:5 - cut Psalms 95:4 - In Ecclesiastes 7:13 - who

Verse 11

he knoweth: Psalms 94:11, Jeremiah 17:9, Jeremiah 17:10, John 2:24, John 2:25, Hebrews 4:13, Revelation 2:23

he seeth: Job 22:13, Job 22:14, Psalms 10:11, Psalms 10:14, Psalms 35:22, Ecclesiastes 5:8, Hosea 7:2, Habakkuk 1:13, Hebrews 4:13

Reciprocal: Psalms 33:15 - considereth Ezekiel 31:10 - and his 1 Corinthians 3:20 - that 1 Corinthians 4:6 - that ye James 2:20 - O vain

Verse 12

For vain: Heb. For empty, Psalms 62:9, Psalms 62:10, Psalms 73:22, Psalms 92:6, Ecclesiastes 3:18, Romans 1:22, James 2:20

would: Job 5:13, Job 12:2, Job 12:3, Job 28:28, Proverbs 30:2-4, Romans 12:16, 1 Corinthians 3:18-20, James 3:13-17

man be: Job 15:14, Psalms 51:5, Ephesians 2:3

a wild: Job 6:5, Job 39:5-8, Jeremiah 2:24

Reciprocal: Genesis 16:12 - be a Job 30:7 - brayed Psalms 94:11 - General Ecclesiastes 7:16 - neither Isaiah 5:21 - wise Jeremiah 8:8 - We Ezekiel 31:10 - and his 1 Corinthians 3:20 - that 1 Corinthians 4:6 - that ye 1 Corinthians 15:35 - How

Verse 13

prepare: Job 5:8, Job 8:5, Job 8:6, Job 22:21, Job 22:22, 1 Samuel 7:3, 2 Chronicles 12:14, 2 Chronicles 19:3, Psalms 78:8, Luke 12:47

stretch: Psalms 68:31, Psalms 88:9, Psalms 143:6

Reciprocal: Exodus 9:29 - spread 1 Kings 8:22 - General 2 Chronicles 6:12 - spread forth 2 Chronicles 30:19 - prepareth Ezra 7:10 - prepared Job 15:11 - the consolations Job 22:23 - return Job 36:11 - spend Psalms 44:20 - stretched Psalms 126:6 - that goeth Proverbs 3:25 - Be Isaiah 1:16 - Wash Lamentations 3:40 - search

Verse 14

iniquity: Job 4:7, Job 22:5, Isaiah 1:15

put it far: Job 22:23, Job 34:32, Ezekiel 18:30, Ezekiel 18:31, James 4:8

let not: Psalms 101:2, Zechariah 5:3, Zechariah 5:4

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 1:14 - put away 1 Samuel 7:3 - prepare Job 15:34 - the tabernacles Job 16:17 - Not for Job 18:18 - He shall be driven Job 19:3 - ye reproached Psalms 7:3 - if there Proverbs 4:15 - General Proverbs 4:24 - Put Isaiah 1:16 - Wash

Verse 15

lift up: Job 10:15, Job 22:26, Genesis 4:5, Genesis 4:6, Psalms 119:6, Psalms 119:7, 2 Corinthians 1:12, 1 Timothy 2:8, 1 John 2:28, 1 John 3:19-22

thou shalt be: Psalms 27:1, Psalms 46:1, Psalms 112:6-8, Proverbs 14:26, Proverbs 28:1

Reciprocal: Genesis 4:8 - Cain rose Psalms 107:41 - setteth

Verse 16

Because: Genesis 41:51, Proverbs 31:7, Ecclesiastes 5:20, Isaiah 54:4, Isaiah 65:16, John 16:21, Revelation 7:14-17

as waters: Job 6:15, Genesis 9:11, Isaiah 12:1, Isaiah 12:2, Isaiah 54:9

Verse 17

age: Job 42:11-17, Psalms 37:6, Psalms 92:14, Psalms 112:4, Proverbs 4:18, Isaiah 58:8-10, Micah 7:8, Micah 7:9, Zechariah 14:6, Zechariah 14:7, Malachi 4:2, Luke 2:26-32

be clearer than: Heb. arise above, etc

thou shalt: 1 Chronicles 29:10, Hosea 6:3

Reciprocal: Song of Solomon 6:10 - looketh Isaiah 58:10 - then

Verse 18

because: Job 6:11, Job 7:6, Job 22:27-29, Psalms 43:5, Proverbs 14:32, Romans 5:3-5, Colossians 1:27

thou shalt take: Leviticus 26:5, Leviticus 26:6, Psalms 3:5, Psalms 4:8, Proverbs 3:24-26

Verse 19

many: Job 42:8, Job 42:9, Genesis 26:26-31, Psalms 45:12, Proverbs 19:6, Isaiah 60:14, Revelation 3:9

make suit unto thee: Heb. intreat thy face

Reciprocal: Leviticus 26:5 - dwell Leviticus 26:6 - ye shall Psalms 3:5 - I laid Psalms 4:8 - I will Psalms 119:58 - favour

Verse 20

the eyes: Job 31:16, Leviticus 26:16, Deuteronomy 28:65, Psalms 69:3, Lamentations 4:17

they shall not escape: Heb. flight shall perish from them, Amos 2:14, Amos 5:19, Amos 5:20, Amos 9:1-3, Hebrews 2:3

their hope: Job 8:13, Job 8:14, Job 18:14, Job 27:8, Proverbs 10:24, Proverbs 20:20, Luke 16:23-26

the giving up of the ghost: or, a puff of breath

Reciprocal: Exodus 14:25 - Let us flee Deuteronomy 28:32 - fail Joshua 8:20 - and they had Job 10:18 - given up Job 14:10 - man Proverbs 10:28 - but Proverbs 11:7 - General Proverbs 12:7 - wicked Jeremiah 25:35 - the shepherds