For vain man - Margin, “empty.” נבוב (nâbûb)—according to Gesenius, from the root נבב (nâbab)—to bore th…

For vain man would be wise, etc., is extremely difficult, because it is hard to distinguish subject and predicate. Literally, it r…

Would be wise—

He pretends to wisdom; he wishes to be thought wise; he likes to wear a wise man's title: Vain man would be wise,…

For vain man would be wise
Or "hollow" ^F18 , empty man; empty of all that is good, though full of all unr…

Zophar speaks well concerning God and his greatness and glory, and concerning man and his vanity and folly. See here what man is; and let him be hu…

After Zophar has shown that there is something hidden in divine wisdom that is incomprehensible to people, he proceeds to clarify something he had …