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Verse Job 28:3. _HE SETTETH AN END TO DARKNESS_] As it is likely Job
still refers to mining, the words above may be understood as pointing
out the persevering industry of man in penetrating into the...
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HE SETTETH AN END TO DARKNESS - That is, man does. The reference here
is undoubtedly to the operations of mining, and the idea is, that man
delves into the darkest regions; he goes even to the outer l...
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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)...
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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...
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HE. man: i.e. the miner....
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HE SETTETH AN END TO DARKNESS— _He hath set,_ or, _an end is set to
darkness, and an extremity to all,_ or, to the universe. _He_ (meaning
man, that audacious creature) _searcheth out the stones of da...
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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...
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_HE SETTETH AN END TO DARKNESS, AND SEARCHETH OUT ALL PERFECTION: THE
STONES OF DARKNESS, AND THE SHADOW OF DEATH._
'Man makes an end of darkness' by exploring the darkest depths (with
torches).
ALL...
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28:3 [Man] (f-1) i.e. the miner....
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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...
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Render, 'Man setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out to the
furthest bound the stones,' etc., a reference to mining operations....
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In fact, the rocks that men needed to make metals were special rocks.
To find these rocks, a man would have to go underground. The man would
squeeze his body through cracks in the ground. He would ent...
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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...
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HE SETTETH AN END TO DARKNESS. — May be read thus, _Man setteth an
end to darkness, and searcheth out to the furthest bound the stones of
darkness and the shadow of death._...
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קֵ֤ץ ׀ שָׂ֤ם לַ † חֹ֗שֶׁךְ וּֽ לְ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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He setteth an end to darkness, (b) and searcheth out all perfection:
the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.
(b) There is nothing but it is compassed within certain limits, and
has an end, b...
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He (God) hath, &c. (Haydock) --- Darkness, before which these
inventions could not be made; (Menochius) or, man has been able to
measure the hours of day and night by the shadow of the sun, and by
oth...
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(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...
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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...
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HE SETTETH AN END TO DARKNESS,.... Some understand this and what
follows of God, who, by making the luminaries, has fixed the periods
and revolutions of light and darkness, of day and night; or who ha...
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He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the
stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.
Ver. 3. _He setteth an end to darkness_] _i.e._ He (viz. the miner)
brings light down...
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_Iron is taken out of the earth_, &c. They invent means to extract
iron and brass out of the earth and stone. _He setteth an end to
darkness_, &c. There is no mine so dismally dark, but there is some...
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He setteth an end to darkness, men have found ways of lighting up even
the dark shafts of the mines beneath the earth, AND SEARCHETH OUT ALL
PERFECTION: THE STONES OF DARKNESS AND THE SHADOW OF DEATH,...
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MAN'S FOOLISH SEARCH FOR RICHES...
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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...
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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....
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HE; either,
1. Man, the miner; or,
2. God, of whose works of nature he here speaks; or,
3. God as the chief author and director, and man as God's instrument
in the work. AN END; or, _a bound_, how f...
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Job 28:3 puts H7760 (H8804) end H7093 darkness H2822 searches H2713
(H8802) recess H8503 ore H68 darkness...
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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...
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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...
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 28:1 Job describes the difficulties of mining
precious metals.
⇐ ⇔...
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_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...
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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),...
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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...
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Ecclesiastes 1:13; Habakkuk 2:13; Job 10:21; Job 10:22; Job 12:22;...
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Perfection — Whatever is deeply wrought in the deepest caverns.
Stones of darkness — The precious stones which lie hid in the dark
bowels of the earth, where no living thing can dwell....