Silver. Hebrew, "Surely there is a vein, or mine, for silver." (Haydock) --- The sagacity of man has discovered all these things. Wonderful also is the instinct of animals, ver. 7. Yet wisdom comes from God alone; and those act rashly, who pretend to dive into his counsels in punishing his creatures and ruling the world. (Calmet)
CHAPTER XXVIII _Job, in showing the vanity of human pursuits in reference to_ _genuine wisdom, mentions mining for and refining gold and_ _silver_, 1; _iron and other minerals_, 2; _the difficult...
SURELY THERE IS A VEIN FOR SILVER - Margin, “mine” Coverdale renders this, “There are places where silver is molten.” Prof. Lee renders it, “There is an outlet for the silver,” and supposes it means t...
CHAPTER 28 _ 1. The treasures of the earth (Job 28:1)_ 2. The better treasures (Job 28:7) 3. God knoweth the way and the true wisdom (Job 28:23)...
JOB 28. Here again we come to a critical question. It is difficult to fit this chapter into the argument, whether Job 27:7 is given to Job or to Zophar. It is a widely accepted conclusion of scholars...
SURELY. This is the continuation of Zophar's last address. Not Job's words. Compare Job 35:16; Job 38:2. They are opposed to his own words, and confirm those of his friends. Compare his second address...
_surely there is_ Rather, FOR there is. The connexion, however, with the preceding is difficult to perceive (see at the end of the chapter). _there is a vein_ lit. an _issue_or _source_. The emphasis...
_JOB OBSERVES, THAT MAN, THOUGH HE CAN FIND OUT THE HIDDEN VEINS OF SILVER, GOLD, IRON, AND BRASS, YET CANNOT FIND OUT WISDOM: GOD HATH TAUGHT HIM THAT WISDOM CONSISTS IN THE FEAR OF THE LORD._ _Bef...
C. SOURCE OF TRUE WISDOM (Job 28:1-28) 1. Man finds hidden treasures of the earth, as in mining. (Job 28:1-11) TEXT 28:1-11 1 SURELY THERE IS A MINE FOR SILVER, And a place for gold which they ref...
_SURELY THERE IS A VEIN FOR THE SILVER, AND A PLACE FOR GOLD WHERE THEY FINE IT._ In Job 27:1 Job had tacitly admitted that the statement of the friends was often true, that God vindicated His justice...
28:1 Surely (e-1) Or 'For.'...
THE MYSTERY OF DIVINE WISDOM In this famous chapter Job declares that Wisdom—that is, the principle of the divine government of the world—is a mystery not to be solved by man. Man's wisdom lies in fea...
SURELY] RM 'For.' Perhaps the question in Job 28:12 and Job 28:20, 'Where shall Wisdom be found?', 'Whence then cometh Wisdom?' may be understood at the beginning of this verse. It has even been sugge...
JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD Job _KEITH SIMONS_ Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible. This commentary has been through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 28 JOB’S POEM ABOUT WISDOM...
All metals were precious when Job lived. Men seemed to make metals from ordinary rocks. But the process needed great skill. The workmen had to search for the right rocks. Then they would burn the rock...
XXVIII. (1) SURELY THERE IS A VEIN FOR THE SILVER. — In this chapter Job draws out a magnificent contrast between human skill and ingenuity and Divine wisdom. The difficulty to the ordinary reader is...
כִּ֤י יֵ֣שׁ לַ † כֶּ֣סֶף מֹוצָ֑א וּ֝...
XXIII. CHORAL INTERLUDE Job 28:1 THE controversy at length closed, the poet breaks into a chant of the quest of Wisdom. It can hardly be supposed to have been uttered or sung by Job. But if we may g...
THE PEARL OF GREAT PRICE Job 28:1 A search for this pearl of great price has occupied men in every age. Job compares it with the search of the miner for the hidden treasures of the earth, Job 28:1. T...
In a fine passage Job now discussed the question of wisdom. What was supremely lacking in his friends' dealing with him was wisdom to understand. As an introduction to the main statement of his argume...
Surely there is a vein for the silver, (a) and a place for gold [where] they fine [it]. (a) His purpose is to declare that man may attain in this world to various secrets of nature, but man is never...
CONTENTS Job's discourse is still prosecuted through this Chapter. The man of Uz makes many striking observations in the display of the divine glory. Job 28:1 (1) В¶ Surely there is a vein for the...
_A BRILLIANT CHAPTER_ ‘Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it.… But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?’ etc. Job 28:1; Job...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4 THROUGH 31. As to the friends of Job, they do not call for any extended remarks. They urge the doctrine that God's earthly government is a full measure and...
SURELY THERE IS A VEIN FOR THE SILVER,.... Silver is mentioned first, not because the most valuable, for gold is preferable to it, as brass is to iron, and yet iron is mentioned first in Job 28:2; but...
Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold [where] they fine [it]. Ver. 1. _Surely there is a vein for the silver_] For there is a vein, &c., so Tremellius readeth it. But here is no...
_Surely_, &c. Job, having confuted his three friends on their own principles, in the last two and some of the preceding Chapter s, here falls into a kind of soliloquy on the difficulty of obtaining tr...
MAN'S FOOLISH SEARCH FOR RICHES...
Surely there is a vein for the silver, a place prepared by the Creator where it is found, AND A PLACE FOR GOLD WHERE THEY FINE IT, where men refine gold, after the ore has been taken out of the ground...
EARTH'S MEASURED TREASURES (vv.1-6) Job has spoken of the folly of wicked men. Now he shows that which stands in beautiful contrast to Chapter 27. The language here is magnificent, as Job considers...
A VEIN: Or, a mine...
“In this chapter Job affirmed people's inability to ascertain God's wisdom fully, in contrast with the triad of antagonists who claimed they knew what God was doing in Job's life” _(Bible Knowledge Co...
1-11 Job maintained that the dispensations of Providence were regulated by the highest wisdom. To confirm this, he showed of what a great deal of knowledge and wealth men may make themselves masters....
JOB CHAPTER 28 The power and wisdom of God in his works of nature, JOB 28:1. A knowledge and wisdom answering this is not found in man, nor to be bought or acquired, JOB 28:12. Death and destruction m...
Job 28:1 Surely H3426 mine H4161 silver H3701 place H4725 gold H2091 refined H2212 (H8799) vein - or, mine the silver -...
Job 28:1 , JOB 28:12; JOB 28:20 This chapter falls naturally into three sections, the first two sections being terminated by this question, with a slight variety of statement: "Whence then cometh wisd...
CONTENTS: Job's answer continued. The value of divine wisdom. CHARACTERS: God, Job, friends. CONCLUSION: To be truly religious is to be truly wise. If we know God, His wisdom will appear in the prac...
Job 28:2. _Brass is molten,_ melted out of ores of zinc, lapis calaminaris, light perforated ores, found on Mendip hills in Somerset, Derbyshire, and other places. Job 28:4. _The flood breaketh out fr...
_A place for gold where they fine it._ REFINING THE GOLD “There is a place for the gold where they fine it.” This line from the Book of Job--so strong in its monosyllables--describes a spiritual as w...
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 28:1 Job describes the difficulties of mining precious metals. ⇐ ⇔...
_JOB’S DESCANT ON TRUE WISDOM_ The place occupied by this chapter one peculiar to itself. Its connection with the preceding or succeeding portions of the book by no means obvious. Appears scarcely to...
EXPOSITION JOB 28:1 The connection of this chapter with the preceding is somewhat obscure. Probably we are to regard Job as led to see, even while he is justifying God's ways with sinners (Job 27:8),...
Now, Job said, turning now to a different vein of thought, he said, "Now, there are places where gold is discovered and silver is discovered, and iron and brass, men dig the shafts, they follow the ve...
1 Chronicles 29:2; 1 Kings 10:21; 1 Kings 7:48; 1 Peter 1:7; G
Surely — Job having in the last chapter discoursed of God's various providences toward wicked men, and shewed that God doth sometimes, for a season, give them prosperity, but afterwards calls them to...