11 Surely he recognizes deceivers; and when he sees evil, does he not take note?
11 For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it?
11 For he knows worthless men; when he sees iniquity, will he not consider it?
11 He sees through vain pretensions, spots evil a long way off - no one pulls the wool over his eyes!
11 For He knows deceitful men; He sees wickedness also. Will He not then consider it?
11 For he knows those who are false, and he takes note of all their sins.
18 Woe to those who draw sin along with cords of deceit, and wickedness as with cart ropes,
18 Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:
18 Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, who draw sin as with cart ropes,
18 Doom to you who use lies to sell evil, who haul sin to market by the truckload,
18 Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of vanity, And sin as if with a cart rope;
18 What sorrow for those who drag their sins behind them with ropes made of lies, who drag wickedness behind them like a cart!
(Read Isaiah 5:8-23)
Here is a woe to those who set their hearts on the wealth of the world. Not that it is sinful for those who have a house and a field to purchase another; but the fault is, that they never know when they have enough. Covetousness is idolatry; and while many envy the prosperous, wretched man, the Lord denounces awful woes upon him. How applicable to many among us! God has many ways to empty the most populous cities. Those who set their hearts upon the world, will justly be disappointed. Here is woe to those who dote upon the pleasures and the delights of sense. The use of music is lawful; but when it draws away the heart from God, then it becomes a sin to us. God's judgments have seized them, but they will not disturb themselves in their pleasures. The judgments are declared. Let a man be ever so high, death will bring him low; ever so mean, death will bring him lower. The fruit of these judgments shall be, that God will be glorified as a God of power. Also, as a God that is holy; he shall be owned and declared to be so, in the righteous punishment of proud men. Those are in a woful condition who set up sin, and who exert themselves to gratify their base lusts. They are daring in sin, and walk after their own lusts; it is in scorn that they call God the Holy One of Israel. They confound and overthrow distinctions between good and evil. They prefer their own reasonings to Divine revelations; their own devices to the counsels and commands of God. They deem it prudent and politic to continue profitable sins, and to neglect self-denying duties. Also, how light soever men make of drunkenness, it is a sin which lays open to the wrath and curse of God. Their judges perverted justice. Every sin needs some other to conceal it.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 11:11
Commentary on Job 11:7-12
(Read Job 11:7-12)
Zophar speaks well concerning God and his greatness and glory, concerning man and his vanity and folly. See here what man is; and let him be humbled. God sees this concerning vain man, that he would be wise, would be thought so, though he is born like a wild ass's colt, so unteachable and untameable. Man is a vain creature; empty, so the word is. Yet he is a proud creature, and self-conceited. He would be wise, would be thought so, though he will not submit to the laws of wisdom. He would be wise, he reaches after forbidden wisdom, and, like his first parents, aiming to be wise above what is written, loses the tree of life for the tree of knowledge. Is such a creature as this fit to contend with God?