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Job 28:1 open_in_new
Surely. This is the continuation of Zophar's last address. Not Job's words. Compare Job 35:16; Job 38:2. They are opposed to his own words, and confirm those of his friends. Compare his second address, Job 20:1-29.
is. doth exist.
vein. outlet: i.e. mine, or shaft.
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Job 28:2 open_in_new
earths. dust.
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Job 28:3 open_in_new
he. man: i.e. the miner.
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Job 28:4 open_in_new
men. mortal men.
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Job 28:8 open_in_new
lion's whelps. sons of pride: i.e. ravenous beasts. nor. and... not.
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Job 28:9 open_in_new
rock. flint.
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Job 28:22 open_in_new
Destruction. Hebrew. Abaddon.
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Job 28:23 open_in_new
winds. Hebrew. ruach. App-9.
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Job 28:28 open_in_new
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, was changed to Adonai.
that is wisdom. This was. libel on Job, for Job had this "fear" or reverence; yet he was suffering. That was the very point in question, and leads up to the answer. This was Zophar's philosophy. The fear of the LORD is not true wisdom; it is only "the beginning of wisdom" (Psalms 111:10; Proverbs 1:7; Proverbs 9:10). True wisdom is to take the place of the sinner before God, and Job takes this place (Job 42:5; Job 42:6). This is "the end of the LORD" (James 5:11), and it is "the end" of this book. This wisdom "justifies God" (Psalms 51:3; Psalms 51:4; Psalms 51:6; Matthew 11:19; Luke 7:35). True wisdom is "given", and we have to be "made" to know it (Proverbs 30:24; 2 Timothy 3:15. 2Ti 38:36). Compare Job 33:27; Job 33:28; Job 34:31; Job 35:11; Job 39:17. Zophar's was human wisdom founded on human merit. To depart from evil is what every prudent man would do from good policy.