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Then Zophar, the Naamathite, answered, See also: Job 2:11 Job 20:1“Shouldn’t the multitude of words be answered? Should a man full of talk be justified? See also: Job 18:2 James 1:19 Proverbs 10:19Should your boastings make men hold their peace? When you mock, will no man make you ashamed? See also: Job 17:2 Psalms 35:16 2 Thessalonians 3:14For you say, ‘My doctrine is pure. I am clean in your eyes.’ See also: Job 10:7 Job 6:10 Job 9:2-3But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against you, See also: Job 38:1-2 Job 23:3-7 Job 42:7that he would show you the secrets of wisdom! For true wisdom has two sides. Know therefore that God exacts of you less than your iniquity deserves. See also: Ezra 9:13 Lamentations 3:22 Daniel 2:28“Can you fathom the mystery of God? Or can you probe the limits of the Almighty? See also: Romans 11:33 Psalms 145:3 Ecclesiastes 3:11They are high as heaven. What can you do? They are deeper than Sheol. What can you know? See also: Job 22:12 Psalms 139:6-8 Isaiah 55:9Its measure is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea. See also: Psalms 139:9-10 Job 28:24-25 Psalms 65:5-8If he passes by, or confines, or convenes a court, then who can oppose him? See also: Job 9:12-13 Job 12:14 Revelation 3:7For he knows false men. He sees iniquity also, even though he doesn’t consider it. See also: Psalms 10:14 Hebrews 4:13 Revelation 2:23An empty-headed man becomes wise when a man is born as a wild donkey’s colt. See also: Job 39:5-8 James 2:20 Jeremiah 2:24“If you set your heart aright, stretch out your hands toward him. See also: Psalms 143:6 Psalms 88:9 1 Samuel 7:3If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away. Don’t let unrighteousness dwell in your tents. See also: Job 22:23 James 4:8 Job 4:7Surely then you will lift up your face without spot. Yes, you will be steadfast, and will not fear, See also: Job 22:26 1 John 2:28 1 John 3:19-22for you will forget your misery. You will remember it like waters that have passed away. See also: Isaiah 65:16 Ecclesiastes 5:20 Isaiah 54:9Life will be clearer than the noonday. Though there is darkness, it will be as the morning. See also: Isaiah 58:8-10 Psalms 37:6 Proverbs 4:18You will be secure, because there is hope. Yes, you will search, and will take your rest in safety. See also: Proverbs 3:24-26 Psalms 3:5 Psalms 43:5Also you will lie down, and no one will make you afraid. Yes, many will court your favor. See also: Isaiah 60:14 Leviticus 26:6 Isaiah 45:14But the eyes of the wicked will fail. They will have no way to flee. Their hope will be the giving up of the spirit.” See also: Deuteronomy 28:65 Job 17:5 Job 31:16

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Notes · Haydock (1859, public domain)15 notes

Notes in English 19th-century Catholic commentary by Fr. George Leo Haydock, shown as published.

These notes keep the polemics of their time: some speak harshly of the Jewish people or of other Christians. The Church teaches otherwise today. The Jewish people may not be blamed for the death of Christ (Nostra Aetate 4; Catechism 597–598), and Christians of other communities are our brothers and sisters in the Lord (Unitatis Redintegratio 3). Christian unity

Job 11:1

Ver. 1. Naamathite. Sept. "the Minean," in Arabia Felix, or rather of the Meonim, not far from the Themanites. Judg. x. 11. Sophar was probably a descendant of Sepho, styled by Sept.

Sophar, (Gen. xxxvi. 11. and 1 Par. i. 36.) brother of Thaman, and grandson of Eliphaz, the son of Esau. C. --- He speaks with greater insolence than the two others, (Pineda) and inveighs against Job, insisting that he can be punished thus only for his crimes. C.

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Job 11:2

Ver. 2. Much. The speeches of Job seemed tedious to him, because he was not of his opinion.

M. --- He might have applied to himself and his friends the fault of talking too much, as they all spoke many things to no purpose, whereas Job went straight to the point. W.

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Job 11:3

Ver. 3. Men. Heb. "shall thy lies make men keep silence?" Sept. "Blessed be the short-lived son of a woman. Speak not much, for there is no one to give sentence against thee." H. --- Mocked, by not acquiescing to their solid arguments, (M.) and speaking with much animation. Pineda.

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Job 11:4

Ver. 4. Sight. Job had just said the reverse. C. ix. 2. S. Chrys.

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Job 11:6

Ver. 6. Law. Heb. Thushiya, (H.) "the essence" of any thing. Hence it is explained, "law, strength, comfort," &c. We might translate, "and that the reality of thy crimes deserved double punishment," &c. The obligations of the natural, and also of the written law of Moses, with which Job was (C.) perhaps (H.) acquainted, (C. xxii. 22.) are very numerous and difficult. The ways of Providence are not easily understood, though some are obvious enough. He rewards and punishes. C. --- Sept. "for it is double of what has come against thee, and then thou wouldst know that thy sins are justly requited." Prot. "that they are double to that which is: Know, therefore, that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth. " 1 Esd. ix. 13. H.

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Job 11:7

Ver. 7. Perfectly? If not, it is rash to find fault. M.

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Job 11:11

Ver. 11. It? to inflict punishment. Sept. "he will not overlook." H.

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Job 11:12

Ver. 12. Is. Heb. "is he heart? or wise, (C.) he who is born like a," &c. Shall he assert his independence, or pretend to be wise? H. --- The Hebrews place wisdom in the heart, as we do courage. C. xii. 3. Prov. ii. 2. &c. C.

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Job 11:13

Ver. 13. But. Heb. "If thou direct thy heart, &c. Thou mayst lift up thy face," (v.

15. H.) without fear. 2 K. ii. 22. C.

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Job 11:14

Ver. 14. Iniquity. Of this Job was not conscious, and therefore could not confess it. W.

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Job 11:15

Ver. 15. Without. Sept. "as clean water, thou shalt pass away corruption, and shalt not fear."

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Job 11:17

Ver. 17. Brightness. Sept. "But thy prayer, like the day-star and life, shall arise to thee from the south, or as at noon-day." Heb. "Thy age (H.) shall appear clearer than the noon-day, and darkness like the morning." Prosperity shall succeed, (C.) when thou shalt think all lost. M.

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Job 11:18

Ver. 18. Secure, dying full of hope. Chal. Heb. "thou shalt dig," (for water, which was there a great treasure. Gen. xxi. 25. and xxvi. 15.) or to fasten down thy tent, (C.) "and rest secure." H.

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Job 11:19

This 19th-century note uses polemical language; read it in the light of the note at the top of this panel.

Ver. 19. Face. Luther translates "shall flatter thee." The Dutch version, which is taken from Luther's, has mistaken a letter, and rendered "shall flee before thee," which shews the danger of translating without recurring to the originals.

Amama.

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Job 11:20

Ver. 20. Soul, because hope deferred causeth pain to the soul. Prov. xiii. 12. M.

--- Heb. "their hope shall be the sorrow, or the breathing out of the soul." C. ---

Prot. "the giving up of the ghost." Margin, "a puff of breath." C. xviii. 14. H.

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License: Notes by Fr. George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), from the Douay-Rheims Bible with Haydock's commentary (first ed. Thomas Haydock, Manchester/Dublin, 1811–1814; New York: Edward Dunigan & Brother, 1859); New Testament notes compiled with Fr. Benedict Rayment. Public domain. Digital text: "The Haydock Bible", Internet Archive (archive.org/details/TheHaydockBible), uploaded 2011 under the Public Domain Mark. · Credits and licenses

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