Job 11
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Lutheran reading notes
In Job chapter 11, the wisdom literature continues to explore suffering, divine justice, and faithfulness amid trial. Lutheran interpretation often emphasizes humanity’s limitations and the need to rely on God's grace and promises. The chapter highlights the contrast between human striving and the faithfulness of God.
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Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
Job 11:1 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified? {full...: Heb. of lips}
Job 11:2 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed? {lies: or, devices}
Job 11:3 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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For thou hast said, My doctrine {is} pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.
Job 11:4 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;
Job 11:5 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that {they are} double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee {less} than thine iniquity {deserveth}.
Job 11:6 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?
Job 11:7 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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{It is} as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? {as high...: Heb. the heights of heaven}
Job 11:8 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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The measure thereof {is} longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
Job 11:9 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him? {cut...: or, make a change} {hinder...: Heb. turn him away?}
Job 11:10 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider {it}?
Job 11:11 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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For vain man would be wise, though man be born {like} a wild ass's colt. {vain: Heb. empty}
Job 11:12 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;
Job 11:13 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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If iniquity {be} in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.
Job 11:14 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:
Job 11:15 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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Because thou shalt forget {thy} misery, {and} remember {it} as waters {that} pass away:
Job 11:16 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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And {thine} age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning. {be clearer...: Heb. arise above}
Job 11:17 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig {about thee, and} thou shalt take thy rest in safety.
Job 11:18 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make {thee} afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee. {make suit...: Heb. intreat thy face}
Job 11:19 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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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. {they shall...: Heb. flight shall perish from them} {the giving...: or, a puff of breath}
Job 11:20 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.