Job 28

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 28:6

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 colour, with golden specks, and was one of the stones in the breast plate of the high priest; and by which are represented the pavement under the feet of the God of Israel, the throne of Christ, his bowels and affections for his people, the comeliness of them, and the glory of his church in the... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 28:7

There is a path which no fowl knoweth ,.... A path made by miners to the gold, silver, brass, and iron ores; to the places where gems and precious stones lie; the way to which was never seen, and could never have been discovered by the most sharp-sighted fowl, as "the eagle" F4 עיט "ad id alludit aquiae Graecum vocabulum" αετος , Bochart. Hierozoic par. 1. l. 1. c. 9. col. 59. Broughton renders it "a kite". ; which some think is particularly intended; and the Greek word for an... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 28:8

The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it. Or "upon it" F5 עליו "super eam", Schultens. ; such creatures that are exceeding fierce and cruel, hungry and voracious, eager after their prey, range here and there in pursuit of it, search every hole and corner, and rove in dens and caves of the earth; yet these never traversed such ways and paths the miners make to get out the wealth and riches of the earth. Wicked men are sometimes compared to lions, for... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 28:9

He putteth forth his hand upon the rock ,.... The discourse is carried on concerning the miner, and digger in the earth for metals and precious stones; who meeting with a rock or flint, and a ridge of them, is not discouraged, but goes to work therewith, and with his hammer in his hand lays upon the rock or flint, and beats it to pieces, and with proper instruments cuts through it; and using fire and vinegar, as Pliny F7 Nat. Hist. l. 33. c. 4. "----Montem rumpit aceto", Juvenal. Sat.... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 28:10

He cutteth out rivers among the rocks ,.... By cleaving rocks asunder in order to find out things of value in the cliffs of them; or by cutting his way through them, the miner opens a course for rivers and floods of water, to drain off from his mines, and so can go on with his works more comfortably, and with success; though sometimes they sink through high rocks, till they go so far below their basis, that they can go no further for water, in some places forty or fifty fathom deep F9 ... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 28:11

He bindeth the floods from overflowing ,.... As the miner finds ways and means of cutting through rocks, and draining and carrying off the waters in his mine; so he makes use of other methods of restraining and keeping back the waters from coming into and overflowing his works, and even "from weeping" F13 מבכי "a fletu", Montanus, Bolducius, Junius & Tremellius, Michaelis, Schultens; so Broughton; "a stillatione", Vatablus, Mercerus, Drusius. , as in the original text; he binds... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 28:12

But where shall wisdom be found ?.... Though there is a vein for silver, a track where that lies, and is to be come at, and a place where gold is found, and where it may be refined, and parts of the earth, out of which brass and iron, and bread corn, may be produced, and even from whence may be fetched brilliant gems and precious stones; which, though attended with many difficulties, in cutting through rocks, draining rivers, and restraining the waters, yet are got over through the art and... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 28:13

Man knoweth not the price thereof ,.... The worth and value of it, what price to set upon it, or offer and give for it; nor does he know where to find an equivalent to it, or what is a valuable consideration for it: as for the wisdom of God in his dealings with men, if a man was to give all the substance of his house to know the secret reasons of them, it would utterly be condemned; yea, if he had all the riches in the world in his possession, and would offer them on that consideration, he... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 28:14

The depth saith, it is not in me ,.... That is, the deep places of the earth, that are dug in it, the mines, and the like, could they speak, they would say there are no metal, nor minerals, no rich treasures of gold and silver ore, of pearls and precious stones, in the bowels of it, that are of the value of wisdom, or to be compared to it: and the sea saith, it is not with me ; had that a voice to speak, it would freely declare, that there is nothing in its vast compass, at the... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 28:15

It cannot be gotten for gold ,.... Having in general said that there is nothing in the whole compass of the terraqueous globe, nothing that is upon the surface of the earth, or in the bowels of it, or in the vast ocean, that is an equivalent price for wisdom, Job descends to particulars, and instances first in gold, that being the most valuable of metals; the word here used for it signifies "shut up" F23 סגור συγκλεισμον , Sept. "conclusum", Tigurine version; "clausum", Bolducius. ... read more

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