Job 28:28

"And to man He said": Here is the only way that man can know God's wisdom, God must speak (Hebrews 1:1-2), and reveal the answer. "Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom": To stand in awe of God is the only path to true wisdom (Proverbs 9:10; Psalms 111:10). "Reverent submission to the gracious will of God is the only place in the universe where one gains hope of ultimate victory over sin and evil" (Strauss p. 279).

"All man's scientific investigations, technological advances, and intellectual achievements-remarkable as they are, whether in Job's day or the present, fail miserably to provide 'a full explanation of God's government or to disclose all that we would wish to know about God'. Instead, real wisdom consists in establishing one's life in submissive veneration before God, in revering God in an attitude of confidence that He does all things right (although that rightness may not always be apparent to man). True wisdom also consists in. rejection of evil, in. regulating of one's conduct in paths of piety, and in actions and attitudes that accord with God's standards of holiness and godliness. Fearing God and turning from evil may be summarized as adoration of God and obedience to God. Thus the truly wise man is the one whose life is centered on God, not self, and is regulated by God. Man in right relationship with God, worshiping Him, serving Him, obeying Him-that is wisdom and understanding!" (Zuck p. 126).

This chapter answers the claim presented by Job's friends that Job needed to repent. Chapter 28 argues that Job had been fearing God all along and hating evil.