“ Iron is taken out of the earth,b and brass is molten out of the stone. ”
Iron - As has been remarked above, iron was early known, yet probably its common use indicates a more advanced state of civilization than that of gold and silver. The Mexicans were ignorant of th...
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...
earths . dust.
Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone. Iron is taken out of the earth - This most useful metal is hidden under the earth, and men have found out the method of separ...
And brass is molten out of the stone— And stone, when it is melted, becometh brass. Houbigant.
Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone. Brass - i:e., copper; because brass is a mixed metal of copper and zinc, of modern invention. Iron is less easily discove...
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...
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...
(2) Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone. (3) He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death. (4) The...
Iron is taken out of the earth ,.... Very easily, and in great plenty, and is more common, being in most countries, is nearer the surface of the earth, and here said to be taken "out of the dust" x;...
Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass [is] molten [out of] the stone. Ver. 2. Iron is taken out of the earth ] That is, out of the irony vein, which is said to be a drossy kind of earth, not s...
Iron is taken out of the earth , &c. They invent means to extract iron and brass out of the earth and stone. He setteth an end to darkness , &c. There is no mine so dismally dark, but there...
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...
Extent of Human Discoveries. B. C. 1520. 1 Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a...
Iron is taken out of the earth; being made of earth, concocted by the heat of the sun into that hardness, and by miners digged out of the earth. Brass; or, copper . Is molten out of the stone,...
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 28:2 . 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...
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...
Man's Foolish Search for Riches
1 Chronicles 22:14 ; Deuteronomy 8:9 ; Genesis 4:22 ; Numbers 31:22