Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Job 28:7
A path — In the bowels of the earth. Vulture's eye — Whose eye is very quick, and strong, and searcheth all places for its prey.
A path — In the bowels of the earth. Vulture's eye — Whose eye is very quick, and strong, and searcheth all places for its prey.
Verse Job 28:7. THERE IS _A PATH WHICH NO FOWL KNOWETH_] The instinct of birds is most surprising. They traverse vast forests, c., in search of food, at a great distance from the place which they hav...
THERE IS A PATH WHICH NO FOWL KNOWETH - That is, a path in searching for gold and precious stones. The miner treads a way which is unseen by the bird of keenest vision. He penetrates into the deep dar...
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...
_there is a path_ Rather, THAT PATH NO EAGLE KNOWETH, lit. _a path which no eagle_&c., the words taking up what is said in Job 28:6, the way to the place of sapphires. The sharp-sighted birds of prey...
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...
THERE IS A PATH WHICH NO FOWL KNOWETH— _As for his path, the eagle knoweth it not: the eye of the vulture hath not pierced it._ Heath....
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...
_THERE IS A PATH WHICH NO FOWL KNOWETH, AND WHICH THE VULTURE'S EYE HATH NOT SEEN:_ Fowl, х_ `AAYIT_ (H5861)] - rather, rarenous bird, or eagle, which is the most sharp-sighted of birds (Isaiah 46:11...
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...
Animals do not live in such places. But men have learned the skills to go there....
נָ֭תִיב לֹֽא ־יְדָ֣עֹו עָ֑יִט וְ לֹ֥א שְׁ֝זָפ
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...
_Path of these metals, (Menochius) or a path in general. (Haydock) --- They fly, as beasts roam about, without keeping the high road; yet never miss their way, or fail to return to their own place, th...
(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...
[THERE IS] A PATH WHICH NO FOWL KNOWETH,.... A path made by miners to the gold, silver, brass, and iron ores; to the places where gems and precious stones lie; the way to which was never seen, and cou...
Job 28:7 [There is] a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen: Ver. 7. _There is a path which no fowl knoweth_] That is, say some, those places where this gold lieth are...
_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...
There is a path which no fowl knoweth, no eagle knows the path to the hidden treasures, AND WHICH THE VULTURE'S EYE, as sharp as it is, HATH NOT SEEN, not even he has gazed upon them:...
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....
A PATH, to wit, in the dark depths and bowels of the earth. _The vulture_; whose eye is very quick and strong, and which searcheth all places for its prey, but cannot reach to these places, which yet...
Job 28:7 path H5410 bird H5861 knows H3045 (H8804) falcons H344 eye H5869 seen H7805 (H8804) a path -...
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 11:6; Job 28:21; Job 38:19; Job 38:24; Romans 11:33...