He bindeth the floods from overflowing, stopping the dripping or the seams of water which threaten to fill up the pits and galleries of the mines; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light, by such strenuous mining operations men succeed in bringing up the precious metals and stones hidden in the bosom of the earth. They spare themselves no trouble to gain the vain treasures of this world.
Verse Job 28:11. _HE BINDETH THE FLOODS_] Prevents the risings of springs from drowning the mines; and conducts rivers and streams from their wonted course, in order to _bring forth to light what was...
HE BINDETH THE FLOODS FROM OVERFLOWING - Margin, Weeping The Hebrew also is “from weeping” מבכי _mı̂b__e__kı̂y_; referring to the water which trickles down the shaft of the mine. The idea is, that eve...
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...
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...
Some further touches regarding the irresistible force and the skilful ingenuity with which man conducts his operations, with the result at last of bringing that which is hidden forth to light....
_he bindeth the floods from overflowing_ Rather, HE BINDETH UP THE STREAMS THAT THEY DRIP NOT, lit. _that they weep not._The reference is to the use of lime or clay to prevent water percolating into t...
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...
_HE BINDETH THE FLOODS FROM OVERFLOWING; AND THE THING THAT IS HID BRINGETH HE FORTH TO LIGHT._ Floods. 'He restrains the streams from weeping' (margin); a poetical expression for the trickling subte...
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...
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...
But the man is not gentle when he enters this special place. He is like a thief. He breaks the rocks. He takes away everything that is precious. He destroys everything so that he may become rich. V12...
מִ֭ בְּכִי נְהָרֹ֣ות חִבֵּ֑שׁ וְ֝ תַעֲלֻמָ֗הּ...
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...
_Searched, by diving; (Calmet) or, Hebrew, "he bindeth the rivers from flowing;" diverting their course by dams, &c. This is another proof of the power of man. (Calmet) --- Labor omnia vincit. (Horace...
(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...
HE BINDETH THE FLOODS FROM OVERFLOWING,.... As the miner finds ways and means of cutting through rocks, and draining and carrying off the waters in his mine; so he makes use of other methods of restra...
He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and [the thing that is] hid bringeth he forth to light. Ver. 11. _He bindeth the floods from overflowing_] Heb. From weeping; that is (by an elegant metaphor),...
_He putteth forth his hand upon the rock_, &c. He digs through the hardest rocks by his obstinate labour; and undermines mountains, that he may find the treasures hid in their bowels. _He cutteth out...
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...
FROM OVERFLOWING: _ Heb._ from weeping...
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....
He restraineth THE FLOODS, and as it were bindeth them to their good behaviour, that they may not overflow the mine; and those metals which did lie hid in the secret parts of the earth, he discovers t...
Job 28:11 dams H2280 (H8765) streams H5104 trickling H1065 hidden H8587 forth H3318 (H8686) light H216
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...
_The thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light._ THE RELIGIOUS USES AND LIMITATIONS OF SCIENCE I. The religious uses of science. “The thing that is hid man bringeth forth to light.” Some think th...
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 28:11 Job’s description of human industry (vv. Job 28:1) is summed up well in the second line of this verse: THE THING THAT IS HIDDEN HE BRINGS OUT TO LIGHT....
_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 Corinthians 4:5; Isaiah 37:25; Isaiah 44:27; Isaiah 45:2; Isaiah 45