Job 28:28

fear

( See Scofield) - (Psalms 19:9).

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And unto man he said - At what time, or how, Job does not say. Prof. Lee supposes that this refers to the instruction which God gave in Paradise...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

And unto man he said, Behold, the (o) fear of the Lord, that [is] wisdom; and to depart from evil [is] understanding. (o) He declares that man has a...
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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the fear . the reverence. the LORD* . One of the 134 alterations of the Sopherim (App-32), by which the name "Jehovah" in the primitive text, wa...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding. Unto man he said - לאדם laadam, unt...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

God understandeth the way thereof— Job having observed, that the generations of men who had lived in former ages had said, concerning wisdom, we h...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding. Rather, But unto man, etc., my w...
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 mys...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Man's wisdom is a distinct thing from the Divine Wisdom. It is that right conduct which accompanies reverence for a holy God. The description of Wis...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And unto man he said. — No one can for a moment suppose that this is an historical statement, or is to be treated as being one; but it is neverthel...
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 su...
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 t...
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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(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 th...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

REFLECTIONS PRECIOUS LORD JESUS! art thou not the wisdom of GOD, and the power of GOD, for salvation to everyone that believed? And hath not every c...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And unto man he said ,.... What follows; unto Adam, so some render it, as Mr. Broughton; taking what is after delivered to be said to the first man;...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that [is] wisdom; and to depart from evil [is] understanding. Ver. 28. But unto man he said, &...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And Or, rather, but, unto man For this is added by way of opposition, to show that man's wisdom doth not lie in a curious inquiry into, or an exa...
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 2...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Wisdom Hidden from Man; The Wisdom Revealed to Man. B. C. 1520....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

And; or rather, but ; for this is added by way of opposition, to show that man's wisdom doth not lie in a curious inquiry into, or in an exact kno...
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...
Sermon Bible Commentary

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 ques...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Job 28:12 , Job 28:28 Man's interests and activities find their highest inspiration in culture and religion. The relations which these sides o...
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, a...
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 p...
The Biblical Illustrator

Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. The wisdom of being religious “To fear the Lord” and to “depart from evil” are phrases which the...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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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 Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And unto man He said, singling him out for this revelation, as the highest creature of His almighty power, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wis...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 3:11 ; 2 Timothy 2:19 ; Deuteronomy 29:29 ; Deuteronomy 4:6 ; Ecclesiastes 12:13 ; Isaiah 1:16 ; James 3:13-17 ; Proverbs 1:7 ; Prov...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Man — Unto Adam in the day in which he was created. And in him, to all his posterity. Said — God spake it, at first to the mind of man, in which he...

²⁸ And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.

Related Commentaries of Job 28:28

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Job 28:28