“ God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof. ”
God understandeth the way thereof - These are doubtless the words of Job. The meaning is, that the reason of the divine dispensations could be known only to God himself. He had given no clew by w...
God understandeth the (n) way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof. (n) He makes God the only author of this wisdom, and the giver of it.
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...
winds. Hebrew. ruach. App-9.
God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof. God understandeth the way thereof - It can only be taught by a revelation from himself. Instead of הבין hebin, understandeth, six...
God understandeth the way thereof— Job having observed, that the generations of men who had lived in former ages had said, concerning wisdom, we have heard the fame thereof with our ears, adds, t...
God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof. God hath, and is Himself wisdom. So He alone "understandeth the way thereof, and knoweth the place thereof."
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...
God understandeth the way thereof. — God is the author of wisdom, and His fear is the beginning thereof; so with His infinite knowledge of the universe He cannot but be cognisant of the place and w...
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...
God understandeth the way thereof ,.... And he only; not the way that men can come at the knowledge of wisdom, which at present appears to be past finding out; but rather the way which wisdom itself...
God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof. Ver. 23. God understandeth the way thereof ] The only wise God, who alone knows her price, knows her retreat. Haec sunt infern...
God understandeth the way thereof God alone knows and can make known the nature and properties, the rules and measures, the plans and designs, the operations and effects, of this wisdom which we in...
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...
God, i.e. God alone; as appears by the denial of it to all other things. The way thereof; either the way how it is to be obtained; or rather, the methods or courses which it takes in the manageme...
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 1:30 ; Acts 15:18 ; Jude 1:25 ; Luke 10:21 ; Luke 10:22 ; Matthew 11:27 ; Proverbs 2:6 ; Proverbs 8:14 ; Psalms 147:5 ; Psalms 19:7 ; Romans 11:33
God — God alone. The way — The methods which he takes in the management of all affairs, together with its grounds and ends in them. The place — Where it dwells, which is only in his own mind.