Jó 28:7-22 NVIPT

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 28:1-11

Here Job shows, 1. What a great way the wit of man may go in diving into the depths of nature and seizing the riches of it, what a great deal of knowledge and wealth men may, by their ingenious and industrious searches, make themselves masters of. But does it therefore follow that men may, by their wit, comprehend the reasons why some wicked people prosper and others are punished, why some good people prosper and others are afflicted? No, by no means. The caverns of the earth may be... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 28:14-19

Job, having spoken of the wealth of the world, which men put such a value upon and take so much pains for, here comes to speak of another more valuable jewel, and that is, wisdom and understanding, the knowing and enjoying of God and ourselves. Those that found out all those ways and means to enrich themselves thought themselves very wise; but Job will not own theirs to be wisdom. He supposes them to gain their point, and to bring to light what they sought for (Job 28:11), and yet asks, ?Where... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 28:20-28

The question which Job had asked (Job 28:12) he asks again here; for it is too worthy, too weighty, to be let fall, until we speed in the enquiry. Concerning this we must seek till we find, till we get some satisfactory account of it. By a diligent prosecution of this enquiry he brings it, at length, to this issue, that there is a twofold wisdom, one hidden in God, which is secret and belongs not to us, the other made known by him and revealed to man, which belongs to us and to our children.... read more

John Gill

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

John Gill

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

John Gill

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

John Gill

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

John Gill

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

John Gill

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

John Gill

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

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 28:1-11

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 28:14-19

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 28:20-28

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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