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Verse Job 28:20. _WHENCE THEN COMETH WISDOM?_] Nearly the same words
as in Job 28:12, where see the note....
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WHENCE THEN COMETH WISDOM? - This question is now repeated from Job
28:12, in order to give it greater emphasis. It is designed to fix the
attention on the inquiry as one which found no solution in th...
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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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The preceding verses indicated that Wisdom cannot be acquired by man
though he should bid for it the most precious things that he
possesses, in other words that it is unattainable; these verses state...
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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...
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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...
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_WHENCE THEN COMETH WISDOM? AND WHERE IS THE PLACE OF UNDERSTANDING?_
Job 28:12 repeated with great force....
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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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וְֽ֭ הַ חָכְמָה מֵ אַ֣יִן תָּבֹ֑וא וְ
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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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(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,...
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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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WHENCE THEN COMETH WISDOM? AND WHERE [IS] THE PLACE OF UNDERSTANDING?]
The same questions as in Job 28:12; repeated to set forth the superior
excellency of wisdom, and to carry on the discourse, and l...
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Whence then cometh wisdom? and where [is] the place of understanding?
Ver. 20. _Whence then cometh wisdom? &c._] _See Trapp on "_ Job 28:12
_"_ _q.d._ Nowhere surely is she to be found but with God,...
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_Whence then cometh wisdom_, &c. By what means, then, shall we get
this precious treasure of wisdom, of which we are so desirous? Who can
show us where it lies, that we may go and search for it? By a...
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Whence, then, cometh wisdom, and where is the place of understanding?
The same question is propounded again in order to drive home the truth
about to be stated....
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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....
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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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This is almost. repeat of verse 12. How does one gain or find such
wisdom then?...
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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...
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Where this precious treasure lies, and whence a man may fetch it....
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Job 28:20 where H370 wisdom H2451 come H935 (H8799) place H4725
understanding H998...
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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...
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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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_Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living._
MYSTERY AND DOGMA
It is the dogmatism of science that stands in the way of the
much-needed reconciliation, even more than the dogmatism of theology.
No...
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_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...
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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
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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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1 Corinthians 2:6; Ecclesiastes 7:23; Ecclesiastes 7:24; James 1:17;...
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Whence, &c. — By a diligent inquiry, we find at length, that there
is a twofold wisdom; one hid in God, which belongs not to us, the
other revealed to man, which belongs to us and to our children....