Job 28

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Job 28:1-11

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. The caverns of the earth may be discovered, but not the counsels of Heaven. Go to the miners, thou sluggard in religion, consider their ways, and be wise. Let their courage and diligence in seeking the wealth that perishes, shame us out of slothfulness and faint-heartedness in labouring for the... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Job 28:12-19

12-19 Job here speaks of wisdom and understanding, the knowing and enjoying of God and ourselves. Its worth is infinitely more than all the riches in this world. It is a gift of the Holy Ghost which cannot be bought with money. Let that which is most precious in God's account, be so in ours. Job asks after it as one that truly desired to find it, and despaired of finding it any where but in God; any way but by Divine revelation. read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Job 28:20-28

20-28 There is a two-fold wisdom; one hid in God, which is secret, and belongs not to us; the other made known by him, and revealed to man. One day's events, and one man's affairs, have such reference to, and so hang one upon another, that He only, to whom all is open, and who sees the whole at one view, can rightly judge of every part. But the knowledge of God's revealed will is within our reach, and will do us good. Let man look upon this as his wisdom, To fear the Lord, and to depart from... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Job 28:1-11

Man's Foolish Search for Riches v. 1. Surely there is a vein for the silver, a place prepared by the Creator where it is found, and a place for gold where they fine it, where men refine gold, after the ore has been taken out of the ground. The connection of thought between the statements in this paragraph and that of the previous chapter is this, that true wisdom cannot be dug out of the earth or acquired by the wicked rich like minerals. v. 2. Iron is taken out of the earth, brought out by... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Job 28:12-28

God Alone The Possessor of True Wisdom. Over against man's foolish quest for vain and unstable riches Job places the wisdom of God, unattainable by the outward seeking and searching of men. v. 12. But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding? True wisdom, the understanding of God, the knowledge of the revelation of God, is the highest good of man. v. 13. Man knoweth not the price thereof, no mortal realizes its value for purchase or exchange; neither is it found... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Job 28:1-28

III. Job alone: His closing address to the vanquished friends. Chap. 27—28a. Renewed asseveration of his innocence, accompanied by a reference to his joy inGod, which had not forsaken him even in the midst of his deepest misery Job 27:1-101 Moreover Job continued his parable, and said:2 As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment;and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;3 all the while my breath is in me,and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;—4 my lips shall not speak... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Job 28:1-28

the Pearl of Great Price Job 28:1-28 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 28:1-12 . This paragraph should be read in the r.v. The shaft into the earth, the miner’s exile from the cheerful haunts of human life, his exposure to dangers from foul air, water, and the falling-in of the mine, the binding up of the streams, are vividly portrayed. But the miner perseveres through... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Job 28:1-28

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 argument, he described man's ability to obtain possession of the precious things of the earth. Silver, gold, and iron are mined, and -the description of how man does it is full of beauty. Man opens a shaft. In the midst of his operation he is forgotten by men who pass by. In a path that no bird knows... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Job 28:1

A BRILLIANT CHAPTER‘Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it.… But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?’ etc. Job 28:1; Job 28:12 This chapter falls naturally into three sections, the first two sections being terminated by this question, with a slight variety of statement: ‘Whence then cometh wisdom?’ and the last by the result of the investigation. I. The first of these sections is occupied with the abstruseness and... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Job 28:12

A BRILLIANT CHAPTER‘Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it.… But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?’ etc. Job 28:1; Job 28:12 This chapter falls naturally into three sections, the first two sections being terminated by this question, with a slight variety of statement: ‘Whence then cometh wisdom?’ and the last by the result of the investigation. I. The first of these sections is occupied with the abstruseness and... read more

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Job 28:1-11

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Job 28:12-19

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Job 28:20-28

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Job 28:1-11

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Job 28:12-28

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Job 28:1-28

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Job 28:1-28

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Job 28:1-28

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Job 28:1

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Job 28:12

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