Man's wisdom is a distinct thing from the Divine Wisdom. It is that right conduct which accompanies reverence for a holy God.
The description of Wisdom in this chapter closely connects the book of Job in this respect with the other Wisdom literature of the OT., viz. Proverbs and Ecclesiastes. The personification is, however, less distinct in Job. Wisdom here is only God's attribute. Proverbs 8:22 should be carefully compared with this c.
Verse Job 28:28. _UNTO MAN HE SAID_] לאדם _laadam, unto man_, he said: This probably refers to the revelation of his will which God gave to Adam after his fall. He had before sought for _wisdom_ in a...
AND UNTO MAN HE SAID - At what time, or how, Job does not say. Prof. Lee supposes that this refers to the instruction which God gave in Paradise to our first parents; but it may rather be supposed to...
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...
THE FEAR. the reverence. THE LORD*. One of the 134 alterations of the _Sopherim_ (App-32), by which the name "Jehovah" in the primitive text, was changed to Adonai. THAT IS WISDOM. This was. libel on...
Wisdom can nowhere be found either by man or by any creature (Job 28:21), only by the Creator. _God_knoweth the place of it and is in possession of it, for He is the maker and upholder of the universe...
_and unto man he said_ This ordinance in regard to man is also considered contemporary with creation; then God saw and searched out Wisdom, and at the same time, as suitable to man's place, He ordaine...
GOD UNDERSTANDETH THE WAY THEREOF— Job having observed, that the generations of men who had lived in former ages had said, concerning wisdom, _we have heard the fame thereof with our ears,_ adds, that...
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...
_AND UNTO MAN HE SAID, BEHOLD, THE FEAR OF THE LORD, THAT IS WISDOM; AND TO DEPART FROM EVIL IS UNDERSTANDING._ Rather, But unto man, etc., my wisdom is that whereby all things are governed: thy wisdo...
28:28 Lord, (f-11) _ Adonai_ ....
This is a very important verse. It explains how we can be wise. Like Job, (Job 1:1) we must: • respect God, and • refuse to do evil things. See also Proverbs 1:7 and Proverbs 3:5-6. This was also...
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...
AND UNTO MAN HE SAID. — No one can for a moment suppose that this is an historical statement, or is to be treated as being one; but it is nevertheless profoundly and universally true. It is the wisdom...
וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר ׀ לָֽ † אָדָ֗ם הֵ֤ן יִרְאַ֣ת...
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...
And unto man he said, Behold, the (o) fear of the Lord, that [is] wisdom; and to depart from evil [is] understanding. (o) He declares that man has as much of this heavenly wisdom as he shows by feari...
_Understanding. This is the duty of man, and a thing of the utmost importance. This teaches us to adore God's judgments (Calmet) in silence. (Haydock) --- It is the most important instruction of the w...
REFLECTIONS PRECIOUS LORD JESUS! art thou not the wisdom of GOD, and the power of GOD, for salvation to everyone that believed? And hath not every child of thine, who hath found thee, discovered that...
(20) В¶ Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding? (21) Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air. (22) Destruction and death say,...
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...
AND UNTO MAN HE SAID,.... What follows; unto Adam, so some render it, as Mr. Broughton; taking what is after delivered to be said to the first man; either by suggesting it to his mind and conscience,...
And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that [is] wisdom; and to depart from evil [is] understanding. Ver. 28. _But unto man he said, &c._] _q.d._ Let him not curiously pry into God's sec...
_And_ Or, rather, _but, unto man_ For this is added by way of opposition, to show that man's wisdom doth not lie in a curious inquiry into, or an exact knowledge of God's secret counsels, and the ways...
And unto man He said, singling him out for this revelation, as the highest creature of His almighty power, BEHOLD, THE FEAR OF THE LORD, THAT IS WISDOM, to know Him and to reverence Him as the one tru...
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...
"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...
20-28 There is a two-fold wisdom; one hid in God, which is secret, and belongs not to us; the other made known by him, and revealed to man. One day's events, and one man's affairs, have such referenc...
AND; or rather, _but_; for this is added by way of opposition, to show that man's wisdom doth not lie in a curious inquiry into, or in an exact knowledge of, the secret paths of God's counsel and prov...
Job 28:28 man H120 said H559 (H8799) fear H3374 Lord H136 wisdom H2451 depart H5493 (H8800) evil...
FEAR (_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 19:9). _...
Job 28:12 , JOB 28:28 Man's interests and activities find their highest inspiration in culture and religion. The relations which these sides of human action may bear to each other can never be of slig...
Job 28:1 , JOB 28:12; JOB 28:20 This chapter falls naturally into three sections, the first two sections being terminated by this question, with a slight variety of statement: "Whence then cometh wisd...
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...
_Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom._ THE WISDOM OF BEING RELIGIOUS “To fear the Lord” and to “depart from evil” are phrases which the Scripture useth in a very great latitude to express t...
_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 28:23 Only GOD UNDERSTANDS and KNOWS wisdom and how it is acquired (v. Job 28:23). God gives wisdom, and it is defined in re
_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 Peter 3:11; 2 Timothy 2:19; Deuteronomy 29:29; Deuteronomy 4:6;...
Man — Unto Adam in the day in which he was created. And in him, to all his posterity. Said — God spake it, at first to the mind of man, in which he wrote this with his own finger, and afterwards by th...