Job 6:13, 12:13, Pro 3:21, 8:14, 18:1 | JFB | STEP | 13. Is not my help in me? —The interrogation is better omitted. "There is no help in me!" For "wisdom," "deliverance" is a better rendering. "And deliverance is driven quite from me."

Job 6:13

13. Is not my help in me?—The interrogation is better omitted. "There is no help in me!" For "wisdom," "deliverance" is a better rendering. "And deliverance is driven quite from me."

Job 12:13

13. In contrast to, "with the ancient is wisdom" (Job 12:12), Job quotes a saying of the ancients which suits his argument, "with Him (God) is (the true) wisdom" (Pr 8:14); and by that "wisdom and strength" "He breaketh down," &c., as an absolute Sovereign, not allowing man to penetrate His mysteries; man's part is to bow to His unchangeable decrees (Job 1:21). The Mohammedan saying is, "if God will, and how God will."

Proverbs 3:21

21. sound wisdom—(compare Pr 2:7).

let . . . eyes—that is, these words of instruction.

Proverbs 8:14

14. It also gives the elements of good character in counsel.

sound wisdom— (Pr 2:7).

I . . . strength—or, "As for me, understanding is strength to me," the source of power (Ec 9:16); good judgment gives more efficiency to actions;

Proverbs 18:1

1. Through desire . . . seeketh—that is, seeks selfish gratification.

intermeddleth . . . wisdom—or, "rushes on" (Pr 17:14) against all wisdom, or what is valuable (Pr 2:7).