Ezekiel 1:22; Revelation 21:11; Revelation 22:1; Revelation 4:6
The gold and the crystal - A crystal, in chemistry, is an inorganic body which, by the operation of affinity, has assumed the form of a regular s...
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...
The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold. 3. זהב Zahab, from זהב zahab, to be Lear, br...
But where shall wisdom be found?— Job continues to give further instances of the daring and yet successful attempts of mankind, to provide themselv...
The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold. Crystal, х zªkowkiyt ( H2137 )] -...
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...
Crystal] RV 'glass': known to the ancients, but extremely costly.
The exchange of it. — Or, according to some, the attraction of it. The remainder of this chapter calls for little remark: its unrivalled sublimit...
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...
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...
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...
(13) Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living. (14) В¶ The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, I...
The gold and the crystal cannot equal it ,.... Crystal was found in an island of the Red sea, situated before Arabia, called Neron, and in another,...
The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it [shall not be for] jewels of fine gold. Ver. 17. The gold and the crystal cannot...
It cannot be gotten for gold The choicest gold laid up in treasures, as the word סגר, segor , signifies: neither shall silver be weighed for the...
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...
The Excellency of Wisdom. B. C. 1520. ...
The crystal; or, amber , which in those parts was of very great price; or, the diamond . The Hebrew word is not elsewhere used, and it hath in 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...
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...
But where shall wisdom be found? The speculative difficulties of an inquiring intellect solved by the heart of practical piety Two things are p...
And the crystal cannot equal it. The crystal exact In the first place I remark that religion is superior to the crystal in exactness. That shap...
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,...
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 gold and the crystal, glass, upon which at that time a very high valuation was placed, whether it was natural or artificial, cannot equal it, an...
17 The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewelsf of fine gold.