Job 13:12

“Your remembrances [are] like unto ashes, etc.] Either of things they put Job in remembrance of, the mementos which they had suggested to him; (see <180407>Job 4:7); or the things which they had brought forth out of their memories, the instances they had given of what had been in the world, the arguments, objections, and reasonings, they had made use of in this controversy; their “memorable sentences” f547, as some render it, were of no more moment and importance than ashes, and easily blown away like them; or whatsoever was memorable in them, or they thought would perpetuate their memory hereafter, as their houses and lands, and towns and cities, called by their names, these memorials should…”

“remembrances--"proverbial maxims," so called because well remembered. like unto ashes--or, "parables of ashes"; the image of lightness and nothingness (Isa 44:20). bodies--rather, "entrenchments"; those of clay, as opposed to those of stone, are easy to be destroyed; so the proverbs, behind which they entrench themselves, will not shelter them when God shall appear to reprove them for their injustice to Job.”

“Your remembrances are like unto ashes - There has been a considerable variety in the interpretation of this verse. The meaning in our common version is certainly not very clear. The Vulgate renders it, Memoria vestra comparabitur cineri. The Septuagint, Ἀποβήσεται δὲ ὑμῶν τὸ γαυρίαμα Ἶσα σποδᾷ Apobēsetai de humōn to gauriama isa spodō - “your boasting shall pass away like ashes.” Dr. Good renders it, “Dust are your stored-up sayings.” Noyes, “Your maxims are words of dust.” The word rendered “remembrances” זכרון zı̂krôn means properly “remembrance, memory,” Joshua 4:7; Ezekiel 12:14; then a “memento,” or “record;” then a “memorable saying, a maxim.” This is probably the…”

“Remembrance - Mouldering and coming to nothing. And the consideration of our mortality should make us afraid of offending God. Your mementos are like unto ashes, contemptible and unprofitable. Job 13:14”

“13:12 Ashes are worthless (cp. Isa 44:20).”

“remembrances: Job 18:17; Exo 17:14; Psa 34:16, Psa 102:12, Psa 109:15; Pro 10:7; Isa 26:14 ashes: Gen 18:27 to bodies: Job 4:19; Gen 2:7; Co2 5:1 Job 13:13”

“12 Your memorable words are proverbs of dust, Your strongholds are become strongholds of clay! 13 Leave me in peace, and I will speak, And let what will come on me. 14 Wherefore should I bear my flesh in my teeth? I take my soul in my hands. 15 Behold, He slayeth me-I wait for Him: I will only prove my way before Him. 16 Even this would by my salvation, That a hypocrite dare not appear before Him. The words by which they exhort and warn him are called זכרנים, not because they recall the experience and teaching of the ancients (Hirz.), but as sayings to which attention and thought should be given, with the tone of זכר־נא, Job 4:7 (Hahn); as ספר זכרון, Mal 3:16, the book of remembrance; and…”