Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Job 28:3
He setteth an end to darkness. — May be read thus, Man setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out to the furthest bound the stones of darkness and the shadow of death.
He setteth an end to darkness. — May be read thus, Man setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out to the furthest bound the stones of darkness and the shadow of death.
Verse Job 28:3. _HE SETTETH AN END TO DARKNESS_] As it is likely Job still refers to mining, the words above may be understood as pointing out the persevering industry of man in penetrating into the...
HE SETTETH AN END TO DARKNESS - That is, man does. The reference here is undoubtedly to the operations of mining, and the idea is, that man delves into the darkest regions; he goes even to the outer l...
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...
HE. man: i.e. the miner....
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...
HE SETTETH AN END TO DARKNESS— _He hath set,_ or, _an end is set to darkness, and an extremity to all,_ or, to the universe. _He_ (meaning man, that audacious creature) _searcheth out the stones of da...
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...
_HE SETTETH AN END TO DARKNESS, AND SEARCHETH OUT ALL PERFECTION: THE STONES OF DARKNESS, AND THE SHADOW OF DEATH._ 'Man makes an end of darkness' by exploring the darkest depths (with torches). ALL...
28:3 [Man] (f-1) i.e. the miner....
Render, 'Man setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out to the furthest bound the stones,' etc., a reference to mining operations....
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...
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...
קֵ֤ץ ׀ שָׂ֤ם לַ † חֹ֗שֶׁךְ וּֽ לְ...
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...
He setteth an end to darkness, (b) and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death. (b) There is nothing but it is compassed within certain limits, and has an end, b...
He (God) hath, &c. (Haydock) --- Darkness, before which these inventions could not be made; (Menochius) or, man has been able to measure the hours of day and night by the shadow of the sun, and by oth...
(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...
HE SETTETH AN END TO DARKNESS,.... Some understand this and what follows of God, who, by making the luminaries, has fixed the periods and revolutions of light and darkness, of day and night; or who ha...
He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death. Ver. 3. _He setteth an end to darkness_] _i.e._ He (viz. the miner) brings light down...
_Iron is taken out of the earth_, &c. They invent means to extract iron and brass out of the earth and stone. _He setteth an end to darkness_, &c. There is no mine so dismally dark, but there is some...
He setteth an end to darkness, men have found ways of lighting up even the dark shafts of the mines beneath the earth, AND SEARCHETH OUT ALL PERFECTION: THE STONES OF DARKNESS AND THE SHADOW OF DEATH,...
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....
HE; either, 1. Man, the miner; or, 2. God, of whose works of nature he here speaks; or, 3. God as the chief author and director, and man as God's instrument in the work. AN END; or, _a bound_, how f...
Job 28:3 puts H7760 (H8804) end H7093 darkness H2822 searches H2713 (H8802) recess H8503 ore H68 darkness...
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...
Ecclesiastes 1:13; Habakkuk 2:13; Job 10:21; Job 10:22; Job 12:22;...
Perfection — Whatever is deeply wrought in the deepest caverns. Stones of darkness — The precious stones which lie hid in the dark bowels of the earth, where no living thing can dwell....