Wisdom is precious. Wisdom is perfect. And wisdom is valuable. In other words, wisdom is much better than anything else. Job was emphasising the importance of wisdom.
v19 In the distant country called Ethiopia, there is a precious stone called topaz.
But topaz is not as good as wisdom.
Even the richest person cannot buy wisdom.
Verse Job 28:16. _THE GOLD OF OPHIR_] Gold is _five_ times mentioned in this and verses Job 28:17 and Job 28:19, and _four_ of the times in different words. I shall consider them all at once. 1. סגו...
THE GOLD OF OPHIR - Uniformly spoken of as the most precious gold; see the notes at Job 22:24. WITH THE PRECIOUS ONYX - The onyx is a semi-pellucid gem, with variously colored veins or zones. It is a...
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...
As the preceding verses (1 14) expressed the idea that there was no "place" of Wisdom where men could find it and from which they could bring it forth, these verses express the idea that it can be acq...
_it cannot be valued_ lit. _weighed for gold of Ophir._Wisdom is conceived as put in the balance as other articles are that are sold, the price given for it being gold of Ophir. The meaning is, it can...
BUT WHERE SHALL WISDOM BE FOUND?— Job continues to give further instances of the daring and yet successful attempts of mankind, to provide themselves with every necessary and conveniency of life; such...
2. But where wisdom is, man cannot discover; only God knows. (Job 28:12-28) TEXT 28:12-28 12 BUT WHERE SHALL WISDOM BE FOUND? And where is the place of understanding? 13 Man knoweth not the price...
_IT CANNOT BE VALUED WITH THE GOLD OF OPHIR, WITH THE PRECIOUS ONYX, OR THE SAPPHIRE._ Gold of Ophir - the most precious (note, Job 22:24; Psalms 45:9). ONYX - (Genesis 2:12). More valued formerly t...
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...
לֹֽא ־תְ֭סֻלֶּה בְּ כֶ֣תֶם אֹופִ֑יר בְּ שֹׁ֖ה
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...
Dyed, &c. Hebrew cethem ophir, (Haydock) "the shut up" (gold, though the Vulgate, Septuagint, &c., very in the interpretation) "of Ophir." This country was famous for its gold. (Calmet) --- Its situat...
(13) Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living. (14) В¶ The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me. (15) It cannot be gotten for gold...
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...
IT CANNOT BE VALUED WITH THE GOLD OF OPHIR,.... Which is often spoken of in Scripture as choice gold, if not the best; Job 22:24; the sense is, that the gold of Ophir is not of the value of wisdom, o...
It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire. Ver. 16. _It cannot be valued_] Heb. Thrown on the ground, as wares were wont to be, and are yet, when they are se...
_It cannot be gotten for gold_ The choicest gold laid up in treasures, as the word סגר, _segor_, signifies: _neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof_ Namely, in the balance; for in those...
It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the finest gold known to the ancients, WITH THE PRECIOUS ONYX OR THE SAPPHIRE, both of which were valued very highly in the Orient....
God Alone The Possessor of True Wisdom. Over against man's foolish quest for vain and unstable riches Job places the wisdom of God, unattainable by the outward seeking and searching of men....
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...
12-19 Job here speaks of wisdom and understanding, the knowing and enjoying of God and ourselves. Its worth is infinitely more than all the riches in this world. It is a gift of the Holy Ghost which c...
THE GOLD OF OPHIR was the best sort of gold. SEE POOLE ON "1 KINGS 9:28", SEE POOLE ON "JOB 22:24". _Onyx_, or _sardonyx_. SEE POOLE ON "EXODUS 28:20"....
Job 28:16 valued H5541 (H8792) gold H3800 Ophir H211 precious H3368 onyx H7718 sapphire H5601 the gold -...
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...
_But where shall wisdom be found?_ THE SPECULATIVE DIFFICULTIES OF AN INQUIRING INTELLECT SOLVED BY THE HEART OF PRACTICAL PIETY Two things are prominently developed in this chapter--Man’s power and...
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 28:12 BUT WHERE SHALL WISDOM BE FOUND? (Compare v. Job 28:20.) With all the negative statements in these verses, the answer is that true wisdom is unknown to m
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 28:15 These verses contain many references to GOLD and precious stones. All are expensive and difficult to obtain, yet none compare with the value of wisdom....
_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 29:4; Exodus 28:20; Ezekiel 28:13; Isaiah 13:12; Ps