Job 28

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 28:20

Whence then cometh wisdom? - Nearly the same words as in Job 28:12 ; (note), where see the note. read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 28:22

Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof - ומות אבדון Abaddon vamaveth , the destroyer, and his offspring death. This is the very name that is given to the devil in Greek letters Αβαδδων , Revelation 9:11 , and is rendered by the Greek word Απολλυων , Apollyon , a word exactly of the same meaning. No wonder death and the devil are brought in here as saying they had heard the fame of wisdom, seeing Job 28:28 ; defines it to be the fear of the Lord, and a... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 28:23

God understandeth the way thereof - It can only be taught by a revelation from himself. Instead of הבין hebin , understandeth, six MSS. have הכין hechin , disposed or established. This reading is also supported by the Septuagint; Ὁ Θεος ευ συνεστησεν αυτης ὁδον , "God hath well established her way:" falsely rendered bene cognovit, hath well known, in the Latin version of the Septuagint in the London Polyglot; but bene constituit, hath well established, in the Complutensian,... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 28:24

For he looketh to the ends of the earth - His knowledge is unlimited, and his power infinite. read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 28:25

To make the weight for the winds - God has given an atmosphere to the earth, which, possessing a certain degree of gravity perfectly suited to the necessities of all animals, plants, vegetables, and fluids, is the cause in his hand of preserving animal and vegetative life through the creation; for by it the blood circulates in the veins of animals, and the juices in the tubes of vegetables. Without this pressure of the atmosphere, there could be no respiration; and the elasticity of the... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 28:26

When he made a decree for the rain - When he determined how that should be generated, viz., By the heat of the sun evaporation is produced: the particles of vapor being lighter than the air on the surface, ascend into the atmosphere, till they come to a region where the air is of their own density; there they are formed into thin clouds, and become suspended. When, by the sudden passages of lightning, or by winds strongly agitating these clouds, the particles are driven together and... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 28:27

Then did he see it, and declare it - When he had finished all his creative operations, and tried and proved his work, חקרה chakarah , investigated and found it to be very good; then he gave the needful revelation to man; for, read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 28:28

Unto man he said - לאדם laadam , unto man, he said: This probably refers to the revelation of his will which God gave to Adam after his fall. He had before sought for wisdom in a forbidden way. When he and Eve saw that the tree was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, they took and did eat, Genesis 3:6 . Thus they lost all the wisdom that they had, by not setting the fear of the Lord before their eyes; and became foolish, wicked, and miserable. Hear, then,... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Job 28:1

Surely there is a vein for the silver ; literally, an issue for silver? i.e. a place or places whence it is drawn forth from the earth. The silver-mines of Spain were very early worked by the Phoenicians, and produced the metal in great abundance. But Asia itself was probably the source whence silver was obtained in primitive times. And a place for gold where they fine it; or, fuse it . Gold is very widely spread over the earth's surface, and in ancient times was especially abundant in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 28:1-28

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 27:8-23 ), how many and how great are the difficulties in the way of forming a single consistent theory of the Divine action, which shall be applicable to all cases. Hence he comes to the conclusion that God is incomprehensible by man and inscrutable; and that it is only given to man to know him sufficiently for his... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 28:20

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 28:22

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 28:23

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 28:24

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 28:25

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 28:26

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 28:27

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 28:28

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 28:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 28:1-28

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