“ But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding? ”
But where shall wisdom be found? - That is, the full understanding of the plans of God - for this is the point of inquiry. The object of Job is to show that it is not to be found in the most prof...
But where shall wisdom be found? (h) and where [is] the place of understanding? (h) Though God's power and wisdom may be understood in earthly things, yet his heavenly wisdom cannot be attained to.
Job 28. Here again we come to a critical question. It is difficult to fit this chapter into the argument, whether Job 27:7-23 is given to Job or to Zophar. It is a widely accepted conclusion of s...
But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding? But where shall wisdom be found? - It is most evident that the terms wisdom and understanding are used here in a widely dif...
But where shall wisdom be found?— Job continues to give further instances of the daring and yet successful attempts of mankind, to provide themselves with every necessary and conveniency of life; s...
But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding? But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding? Can man discover the Divine Wisdom by whi...
The Mystery of Divine Wisdom In 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...
But where shall wisdom be found? — With magnificent effect comes in this question, after the gigantic achievements of man just recounted; notwithstanding his industry, science, and skill, he is alt...
XXIII. CHORAL INTERLUDE Job 28:1-28 THE 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...
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, J...
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 argum...
(12) But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding? This is a sweet verse, and a question involving in it everything important. What wisdom can it be supposed Job means? N...
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 ;...
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...
But where shall wisdom be found? and where [is] the place of understanding? Ver. 12. But where shall wisdom be found? ] Here is now the other part of the antithesis, and the second part of the cha...
But where shall wisdom be found? I confess that man hath one kind of wisdom, and that in a great degree, namely, to discover the works of nature, and to perform the operations of art; but as for th...
EARTH'S MEASURED TREASURES (vv.1-6) Job has spoken of the folly of wicked men. Now he shows that which stands in beautiful contrast to Chapter 27. The language here is magnificent, as Job consid...
The Excellency of Wisdom. B. C. 1520. 14 The depth saith, It is not in me: and the s...
Wisdom, Heb. that wisdom ; for here is an article which seems to be emphatical. The sense is, I confess that man hath one kind of wisdom in a great measure, to wit, to discover the works of nature...
JOB’S DESCANT ON TRUE WISDOM The place occupied by this chapter one peculiar to itself. Its connection with the preceding or succeeding portions of the book by no means obvious. Appears scarcely...
Job 28:12 Every man has, down in the depths of his own being, a wisdom much greater than the wisdom of the life which he is living, or of the thoughts which he is already thinking. I. There is a...
Job 28:2 . Brass is molten, melted out of ores of zinc, lapis calaminaris, light perforated ores, found on Mendip hills in Somerset, Derbyshire, and other places. Job 28:4 . The flood breaketh...
The thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light. The religious uses and limitations of science I. The religious uses of science. “The thing that is hid man bringeth forth to light.” Some think...
EXPOSITION Job 28:1-18 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 sinner...
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.
1 Corinthians 1:19 ; 1 Corinthians 1:20 ; 1 Kings 3:9 ; Colossians 2:3 ; Ecclesiastes 7:23-25 ; James 1:17 ; James 1:5 ; Job 28:20 ; Job 28:28 ; Proverbs 2:4-6 ; Proverbs 3:19 ; Psalms 51...
That wisdom — Man hath one kind of wisdom, to discover the works of nature, and to perform the operations of art; but as for that sublime wisdom which consists in the knowledge of God and ourselves...