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Job 12:1–14:22 In the longest response of the dialogues with his three friends, Job shows his growing frustration with their claims of wisdom (even though he agrees with them about God’s supreme power; 12:1–13:2) and with the conclusions they have drawn (13:3–19). Then, once again, he addresses his lamentation directly to God (13:20–14:22).
Job 12:2–3 Job reveals his frustration through sarcasm. Responding perhaps to Zophar’s wish that God would tell Job “the secrets of wisdom” (11:5–6), Job says, “wisdom will die with you.” In other words, Job’s friends seem to think that they alone are wise.
Job 12:4–6 Job argues that his friends’ understanding of wisdom seems to ignore both the suffering of the righteous and the security of the wicked. Furthermore, while true wisdom would make a person want to comfort those who are suffering, his friends have shown contempt instead (see note on 6:14).
Job 12:6 Job’s reference to the tents of robbers may have been in response to one or more of his friends’ earlier assertions (see 5:24; 8:22; 11:14).
Job 12:7–9 Job suggests that his friends inquire of the animals and plants of creation, because they know that it is the Lord who governs all of life.
Job 12:13–25 In these verses, Job asserts that God’s providential governing of the world is much more extensive than his friends realize.
Job 12:18 He looses the bonds of kings, that is, kings lose their thrones. The bond is the royal sash or belt.
Job 12:21–24 He pours contempt on princes and makes them wander in a trackless waste. God governs the powerful as well as the weak. Loosens the belt is a way of describing the disarming of a soldier.
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