Job 28:1-4
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 28:1 Job describes the difficulties of mining precious metals. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 28:1 Job describes the difficulties of mining precious metals. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
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. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 28:10 CHANNELS may refer to either rivers in general or the Nile specifically. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 28:11 Job’s description of human industry (vv. Job 28:1) is summed up well in the second line of this verse: THE THING THAT IS HIDDEN HE BRINGS OUT TO LIGHT. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
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 mankind. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
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. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 28:21 The place of wisdom is hidden FROM THE EYES OF ALL LIVING creatures on the earth, including humans and THE BIRDS OF THE AIR. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 28:22 The reference to ABADDON AND DEATH here is likely related to Job’s earlier description of them as a realm that is hidden from human observation (Job 26:5). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
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 relation to him: THE FEAR OF THE LORD, THAT IS WISDOM (v. Job 28:28; see Proverbs 1:7; Proverbs 9:10), and TO TURN AWAY FROM EVIL IS UNDERSTANDING (see... [ Continue Reading ]