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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...
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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...
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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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_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...
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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...
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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....
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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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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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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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Animals do not live in such places. But men have learned the skills to
go there....
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נָ֭תִיב לֹֽא ־יְדָ֣עֹו עָ֑יִט וְ לֹ֥א
שְׁ֝זָפ
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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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_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...
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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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[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...
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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...
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_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...
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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:...
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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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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...
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Job 28:7 path H5410 bird H5861 knows H3045 (H8804) falcons H344 eye
H5869 seen H7805 (H8804)
a path -...
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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 28:7 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....
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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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Job 11:6; Job 28:21; Job 38:19; Job 38:24; Romans 11:33...
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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....