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THE STONES OF IT ARE THE PLACE - Among the stones of the earth
sapphires are found. “The situation of the sapphire is in alluvial
soil, in the vicinity of rocks, belonging to the secondary floetz trap...
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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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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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Through these operations which carry ruin into the bowels of the earth
men, however, find the richest reward. The stones of the heart of the
earth are the place of sapphires, and of auriferous dust.
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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 STONES OF IT ARE THE PLACE OF SAPPHIRES: AND IT HATH DUST OF
GOLD._
Sapphires are found in alluvial soil near rocks and embedded in
gneiss. The ancients distinguished two kinds:
(1) The real, o...
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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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The soil where plants grow seems so ordinary. But nothing is ordinary
underground. A man needs a torch to see anything. But, with his torch,
the man may find precious things....
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THE STONES OF IT ARE THE PLACE OF SAPPHIRES. — So ingenious is man
that he discovereth a place of which the stones are sapphires and the
very dust gold, and a path that no bird of prey knoweth, and wh...
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מְקֹום ־סַפִּ֥יר אֲבָנֶ֑יהָ וְ
עַפְרֹ֖ת זָהָ֣ב...
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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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The stones of it [are] the place (f) of sapphires: and it hath dust of
gold.
(f) He alludes to the mines and secrets of nature, which are under the
earth, into which neither souls nor beasts can ente...
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_Sapphires. The best are found in Media, in the country of the
Taphyri, (Ptol.) or Raspires. (Herodotus iii. 94.) --- Gold. This
precious metal, like all others, is found in the bowels of the earth,
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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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THE STONES OF IT [ARE] THE PLACE OF SAPPHIRES,.... In some parts of
the earth its stones are a quarry of sapphires, put here for all
precious stones: this is a most excellent precious stone, of a sky...
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The stones of it [are] the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of
gold.
Ver. 6. _The stones of it are the place of sapphires_] Which are
excellent stones, and, therefore, here joined with gold, _Quo...
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_As for the earth, out of it cometh bread_ Out of the surface of the
earth man gets herbs and corn, and other kinds of food for his
sustenance: _and under it is turned up, as it were, fire_ Lime, to
m...
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The stones of it are the place of sapphires, for this precious stone
is found in the earth; AND IT HATH DUST OF GOLD, the nuggets and
grains of gold which settle in pockets of mountain streams become...
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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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DUST OF GOLD:
Or, gold ore...
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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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THE PLACE OF SAPPHIRES, i.e. of precious stones; the sapphire, as one
of the most eminent, being put for all the rest. In some parts of the
earth the sapphires are mixed with stones, and cut out of th...
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Job 28:6 stones H68 source H4725 sapphires H5601 gold H2091 dust H6083
sapphires - Job 28:16;...
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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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_And it hath dust of gold._
HOW TO TURN EVERYTHING TO GOLD
This chapter in Job describes with all a poet’s force and beauty the
miner’s life in its loneliness, its dangers, and its triumphs. In
those...
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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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Exodus 24:10; Isaiah 54:11; Job 28:16; Revelation 21:19;...
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Sapphires — Of precious stones; the sapphire, is one of the most
eminent, being put for all the rest. In some parts of the earth, the
sapphires are mixed with stones, and cut out of them and polished....