“ Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding? ”
Whence then cometh wisdom? - This question is now repeated from Job 28:12 , in order to give it greater emphasis. It is designed to fix the attention on the inquiry as one which found no solutio...
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...
Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding? Whence then cometh wisdom? - Nearly the same words as in Job 28:12 (note), where see the note.
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...
Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding? Job 28:12 repeated with great force.
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...
(20) В¶ Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding? (21) Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air. (22) Destruction and death say...
Whence then cometh wisdom? and where [is] the place of understanding ?] The same questions as in Job 28:12 ; repeated to set forth the superior excellency of wisdom, and to carry on the discourse,...
Whence then cometh wisdom? and where [is] the place of understanding? Ver. 20. Whence then cometh wisdom? &c. ] See Trapp on " Job 28:12 " q.d. Nowhere surely is she to be found but with...
Whence then cometh wisdom , &c. By what means, then, shall we get this precious treasure of wisdom, of which we are so desirous? Who can show us where it lies, that we may go and search for it?...
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 Wisdom Hidden from Man; The Wisdom Revealed to Man. B. C. 1520. 20 Whence then com...
Where this precious treasure lies, and whence a man may fetch it.
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 28:1 , Job 28:12-13 ; Job 28:20-28 This chapter falls naturally into three sections, the first two sections being terminated by this question, with a slight variety of statement: "Whence...
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...
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...
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...
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.
1 Corinthians 2:6-15 ; Ecclesiastes 7:23 ; Ecclesiastes 7:24 ; James 1:17 ; James 1:5 ; Job 28:12 ; Proverbs 2:6
Whence, &c. — By a diligent inquiry, we find at length, that there is a twofold wisdom; one hid in God, which belongs not to us, the other revealed to man, which belongs to us and to our childr...