RV 'He (the miner) breaketh open a shaft away from where men sojourn; They (miners) are forgotten of the foot that passeth by (overhead); They hang afar from men, they swing to and fro (i.e. by ropes).' The word rendered 'shaft' should be' channel.' Ancient mines were often not vertical shafts, but sloping tunnels. A slight change would give 'He breaketh open a shaft away from light.'
Verse Job 28:4. _THE FLOOD BREAKETH OUT FROM THE INHABITANT_] This passage is very difficult. Some think it refers to _mining_; others to _navigation_. If it refer to the former, it may be intended t...
THE FLOOD BREAKETH OUT FROM THE INHABITANT - It would be difficult to tell what idea our translators affixed to this sentence, though it seems to be a literal version of the Hebrew. There has been a g...
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...
MEN. mortal men....
This verse reads as a whole, They break a shaft away from man's abode; They are forgotten of the foot; Far away from men they hang, and swing. The first clause, lit. _away from the dweller_or _inh...
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...
THE FLOOD BREAKETH OUT— The author here gives us another instance of the daring spirit and ingenuity of mankind; how they cross the broad rivers and arms of the sea for commerce, where there is no pat...
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...
_THE FLOOD BREAKETH OUT FROM THE INHABITANT; EVEN THE WATERS FORGOTTEN OF THE FOOT: THEY ARE DRIED UP, THEY ARE GONE AWAY FROM MEN._ Three hardships in mining: (1) 'A stream (flood) breaks out at the...
28:4 inhabitants (g-8) Or 'the sojourner.' men (h-21) _ Enosh_ ....
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...
In fact, the rocks that men needed to make metals were special rocks. To find these rocks, a man would have to go underground. The man would squeeze his body through cracks in the ground. He would ent...
_(_4_)_ THE FLOOD BREAKETH OUT... is very uncertain. We may render, _Man breaketh open a shaft where none sojourneth; they are forgotten where none passeth by: i.e.,_ the labourers in these deserted p...
פָּ֤רַץ נַ֨חַל ׀ מֵֽ עִם ־גָּ֗ר הַֽ נִּשְׁכָּ
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...
The flood breaketh out from the (c) inhabitant; [even the waters] (d) forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men. (c) Meaning, him that dwells by it....
At. Nations are separated by waters from each other. (Calmet) --- Some, like the Chinese, keep all strangers at a distance. (Haydock) --- But the industry of man breaketh through all barriers. Hebrew,...
(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...
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...
THE FLOOD BREAKETH OUT FROM THE INHABITANT,.... Or, "so that there is no inhabitant" z; of the mine, as the miner may be said to be, who lives there continually; and, when a flood of water arises, whi...
The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; [even the waters] forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men. Ver. 4. _The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant_] Broughton re...
_The flood breaketh out_ While men are digging and searching in the mines, a flood of waters breaks in suddenly and violently upon them, and disturbs them in their work; _from the inhabitant_ Hebrew,...
The flood, the place of cutting through, BREAKETH OUT FROM THE INHABITANT, that is, man opens or cuts through a shaft, away from those sojourning above, straight down into the earth; EVEN THE WATERS F...
MAN'S FOOLISH SEARCH FOR RICHES...
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...
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....
This verse speaks either, 1. Of another great and remarkable work of God, whereby in some places either new rivers break forth, or old rivers break in upon the inhabitants, and drive them away; and i...
Job 28:4 breaks H6555 (H8804) shaft H5158 people H1481 (H8802) forgotten H7911 (H8737) feet H7272 away...
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...
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 28:1 Job describes the difficulties of mining precious metals. ⇐ ⇔...
_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...
Exodus 12:49; Exodus 20:18; Exodus 3:22; Job 19:15; Psalms 116:6;...
Breaketh out — While men are searching, water breaks in upon them. Inhabitants — Out of that part of the earth which the miners inhabit. Forgotten — Untrodden by the foot of man. Dried up — They are d...