George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Job 28:8
Merchants, who go the shortest road. (Haydock) --- Hebrew, "of lions," which find their deans without asking for the path. (Calmet)
Merchants, who go the shortest road. (Haydock) --- Hebrew, "of lions," which find their deans without asking for the path. (Calmet)
THE LION’S WHELPS - The lion that ventures into the most dangerous places in pursuit of prey, has not dared to go where man has gone in pursuit of precious stones and gold. On the words used here to d...
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...
LION'S WHELPS. sons of pride: i.e. ravenous beasts. nor. and... not....
Description of mining operations. _he setteth_ To prevent ambiguity it is better to translate, MAN setteth, or, MEN SET. The phrase "setteth an end to darkness" hardly refers to the light shed by the...
Neither have the proud wild beasts, which fearlessly penetrate into the darkest places, ever trodden that path. _the lion's whelps_ Rather, THE PROUD BEASTS, lit. _sons of pride_, ch. Job 41:34. _pa...
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...
_THE LION'S WHELPS HAVE NOT TRODDEN IT, NOR THE FIERCE LION PASSED BY IT._ Lion's whelps - literally, the sons of pride х_ BªNEEY_ (H1121) _ SHAACHATS_ (H7830)] - i:e., the fiercest beasts. LION'S WH...
28:8 beasts (i-3) Lit. 'The sons of pride;' and so ch. 41.34....
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...
Animals do not live in such places. But men have learned the skills to go there....
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...
לֹֽא ־הִדְרִיכֻ֥הוּ בְנֵי ־שָׁ֑חַץ לֹֽא ־עָדָ֖ה...
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...
(2) Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone. (3) He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death. (4) The...
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...
THE LION'S WHELPS HAVE NOT TRODDEN IT, NOR THE FIERCE LION PASSED BY IT. Or "upon it" e; such creatures that are exceeding fierce and cruel, hungry and voracious, eager after their prey, range here an...
The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it. Ver. 8. The lion's whelps have not trodden it] Heb. The children of pride, _see _ Job 41:34 that is, saith Vatablus, _belluae...
_There is a path which no fowl knoweth_ Namely, in the bowels of the earth. Man by his industry goeth in mines under the earth, in paths where neither bird nor beast has ever entered. _Which the vultu...
the lion's whelps have not trodden it, the proud beasts of prey, NOR THE FIERCE LION PASSED BY IT. None of them knew the places where all these riches were hidden....
MAN'S FOOLISH SEARCH FOR RICHES...
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...
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....
THE LION'S WHELPS, Heb. _the sons of pride_; a fit name for lions, which are lofty and stately creatures, despising both men and all other beasts that oppose them. THE FIERCE LION; which rangeth all p...
Job 28:8 proud H1121 lions H7830 trodden H1869 (H8689) lion H7826 passed H5710 (H8804)...
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...
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 28:7 Neither the birds of the sky (FALCON’S EYE) nor the animals of the earth (LION) have any knowledge of activities like mining. They are uniquely human endeavors....
_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...
Job 10:16; Job 4:10; Job 41:34; Judges 20:43; Psalms 25:5;...
Lion — Which rangeth all places for prey. The birds and beasts have often led men to such places as otherwise they should never have found out; but they could not lead them to these mines, the finding...