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the fear = the reverence.
the LORD*. One of the 134 alterations of the Sopherim (App-32), by which the name "Jehovah" in the primitive text, was changed to Adonai.
that is wisdom. This was a libel on Job, for Job had this "fear" or reverence; yet he was suffering. That was the very point in question, and leads up to the answer. This was Zophar's philosophy. The fear of the LORD is not true wisdom; it is only "the beginning of wisdom" (Psa_111:10. Pro_1:7; Pro_9:10). True wisdom is to take the place of the sinner before God, and Job takes this place (Job_42:5, Job_42:6). This is "the end of the LORD" (Jam_5:11), and it is "the end" of this book. This wisdom "justifies God" (Psa_51:3, Psa_51:4, Psa_51:6. Mat_11:19. Luk_7:35). True wisdom is "given", and we have to be "made" to know it (Pro_30:24. 2Ti_3:15. 2Ti_38:36). Compare Job_33:27, Job_33:28; Job_34:31; Job_35:11; Job_39:17. Zophar's was human wisdom founded on human merit. To depart from evil is what every prudent man would do from good policy.