Job 28:18

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Job 28:1-28

What Is Wisdom? Job 28:0 When Job says "Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it" ( Job 28:1 ), many persons cannot see the connection between this part of the speech and the verses with which the twenty-seventh chapter concludes. The speaker seems to break away entirely from the main current of his discourse and to begin a totally different subject. He does so, however in appearance only and not in reality. The patriarch has been talking about the rich... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Job 28:13-19

(13) Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living. (14) ¶ The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me. (15) It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof. (16) It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire. (17) The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold. (18) No mention shall be made of coral, or of... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Job 28:18

Things. Hebrew Ramoth and Gabish (Haydock) are terms much controverted. The first may denote the unicorns, (Deuteronomy xxxiii. 17.) and the latter the thunderbolt, or ceraunia, which were in high request. (Pliny, [Natural History?] xxxvii. 9. Ezechiel (xiii. 11., and xxvii. 16.) mentions the former as carried by merchants to Tyre. These stones, which fell from the sky, were used by the Parthian magi, &c., for secret purposes. They have given rise to many fabulous accounts. Those which... 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

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

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Job 28:1-28

Job 28. Here again we come to a critical question. It is difficult to fit this chapter into the argument, whether Job 27:7-Isaiah : is given to Job or to Zophar. It is a widely accepted conclusion of scholars that the chapter is an independent poem on Wisdom (a very fine one) which has somehow found its way into the text of the Book of Job. In its present form it opens with the word “ For,” marking a connexion with something that has gone before; so that the beginning appears to be lost.... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Job 28:18

No mention shall be made; they are of no value, nor worthy to be named the same day with this, nor fit to be mentioned as a price or recompence wherewith to purchase this. The price; or, the attraction, or acquisition; or rather, the extraction, or drawing forth. For Job useth the word of art which was proper in the taking of pearls, as the following word, rendered by our translators rubies, is understood by divers, both Hebrew and Christian interpreters, and amongst others by the late... read more

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