Job 28:23

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Job 28:23

winds. Hebrew. ruach. App-9 . read more

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Job 28:23

THE GREAT SECRET OF TRUE WISDOM REVEALED"God understandeth the way thereof,And he knoweth the place thereof.For he looketh to the ends of the earth,And seeth under the whole heaven;To make a weight for the wind:Yea, he meteth out the waters by measure.When he made a decree for the rain,And a way for the lightning of the thunder;Then did he see it, and declare it;He established it, yea, and searched it out.And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom.And to depart from... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Job 28:23-28

Job 28:23-28. God understandeth the way thereof— Job having observed, that the generations of men who had lived in former ages had said, concerning wisdom, we have heard the fame thereof with our ears, adds, that tradition had delivered to them some further particulars respecting this important subject; as, that God alone (Job 28:23.) understands the way thereof, and knoweth the place thereof; for his knowledge reacheth to all things and places, Job 28:24. For he looketh to the ends of the... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Job 28:23

23. God hath, and is Himself, wisdom. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Job 28:1-28

1. Job’s discourse on God’s wisdom ch. 28Because the speech in this chapter is more soliloquy than dialogue, some scholars have concluded that someone other than Job spoke it: Zophar, Bildad, or God. One writer argued for it’s being a speech by none of the characters, but a composition by the storyteller in which he expressed his own point of view. [Note: Andersen, pp. 222-29.] The subject matter, however, is in harmony with what Job had said previously (cf. Job 9:10-11; Job 12:13; Job 17:10;... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Job 28:1-40

E. Job’s Concluding Soliloquies chs. 28-31Job’s three friends had nothing more to say, but Job did. He continued to talk about God’s wisdom (ch. 28) and to defend his own innocence (chs. 29-31). read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Job 28:1-28

The Mystery of Divine WisdomIn 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 fearing God, and in departing from evil. But this conclusion is quite at variance with the position taken by Job in the chapters before and after it. ’It might no doubt be supposed that Job has reached a calmer mood; and abandoning the attempt to discover a speculative solution of the difficulties... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Job 28:23

(23) God understandeth the way thereof.—God is the author of wisdom, and His fear is the beginning thereof; so with His infinite knowledge of the universe He cannot but be cognisant of the place and way thereof. It is to be observed that while the foundation of wisdom is said to be coeval with that of the world, the very existence of wisdom in relation to man implied the existence of evil, because except by departing from evil there could for man be no wisdom, though evil itself may undoubtedly... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Job 28:1-28

Job 28:1 'In the centre of the world-whirlwind,' says Carlyle in the first part of Past and Present (chap. 11.), 'verily now as in the oldest days, dwells and speaks a God. The great soul of the world is just. O brother, can it be needful now, at this late epoch of experience, after eighteen centuries of Christian preaching for one thing, to remind thee of such a fact.' Sans-culottism will burn much; but what is incombustible it will not burn. Fear not Sans-culottism; recognize it for what it... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Job 28:1-28

XXIII.CHORAL INTERLUDEJob 28:1-28THE 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 go so far as to imagine a chorus after the manner of the Greek dramas, this ode would fitly come as a choral descant reflecting on the vain attempts made alike by Job and by his friends to penetrate the secrets of Divine providence. How poor and unsatisfying is all that has been said. To fathom the... read more

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