Job 28:19 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold. ”

• Job 28:19 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  The topaz - The topaz is a precious stone, whose colors are yellow, green, blue, and red. Its natural place is in various primitive rocks, such as the topaz-rock, gneiss, and clay-slate. It is fo...

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• Job 28:19 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• Job 28:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold. The topaz of Ethiopia - The country called Cush, which we call Ethiopia, is supposed to be that which extends from...

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• Job 28:19 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  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...

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• Job 28:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold. Ethiopia - Cush in the Hebrew. Either Ethiopia or the south of Arabia near the Tigris.

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• Job 28:19 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• Job 28:19 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  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...

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• Job 28:19 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  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...

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• Job 28:19 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  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...

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

  (13) Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living. (14) В¶ The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me. (15) It cannot be gotten for gol...

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• Job 28:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it ,.... Not Ethiopia Abyssinia, or that which lies beyond Egypt in Africa; for, as Ludolphus x says, there are no gems found there, or very rarely; but Cush, a...

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• Job 28:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold. Ver. 19. The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it ] Of the Topaz, see Plin. lib. 86, cap. 8. It seemeth to have...

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• Job 28:19 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  No mention shall be made of coral or of pearls They are of no value, if compared with wisdom, nor fit to be mentioned as a price wherewith to purchase it. For the price , &c. Hebrew, משׁךְ, m...

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• Job 28:19 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• Job 28:19 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Excellency of Wisdom. B. C. 1520.       14 The depth saith, It is not in me: and the s...

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• Job 28:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  The topaz; of which see Exodus 28:17 , Exodus 39:10 . Of Ethiopia, or, of Arabia ; for Cush signifies both Ethiopia and Arabia; and the topaz was found in the Red Sea, which lay between bo...

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• Job 28:19 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  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...

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• Job 28:19 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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...

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• Job 28:19 - The Biblical Illustrator

  But where shall wisdom be found? The speculative difficulties of an inquiring intellect solved by the heart of practical piety Two things are prominently developed in this chapter--Man’s power...

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• Job 28:19 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  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...

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• Job 28:19 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  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.

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• Job 28:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Exodus 28:17 ; Exodus 39:10 ; Ezekiel 28:13 ; Revelation 21:20

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