Job 28:3

Ecclesiastes 1:13; Habakkuk 2:13; Job 10:21; Job 10:22; Job 12:22; Job 38:16; Job 38:17; Luke 16:8; Matthew 6:33; Proverbs 2:4

Related Commentaries of Job 28:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He setteth an end to darkness - That is, man does. The reference here is undoubtedly to the operations of mining, and the idea is, that man delve...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

He setteth an end to darkness, (b) and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death. (b) There is nothing but it is...
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

he . man: i.e. the miner.
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death. He setteth an end to darkness - As...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

He setteth an end to darkness— He hath set, or, an end is set to darkness, and an extremity to all, or, to the universe. He (meaning man, tha...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death. 'Man makes an end of darknes...
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

Render, 'Man setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out to the furthest bound the stones,' etc., a reference to mining operations.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

He setteth an end to darkness. — May be read thus, Man setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out to the furthest bound the stones of darkness...
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

(2) Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone. (3) He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the st...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

He setteth an end to darkness ,.... Some understand this and what follows of God, who, by making the luminaries, has fixed the periods and revolutio...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death. Ver. 3. He setteth an end to dar...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Iron is taken out of the earth , &c. They invent means to extract iron and brass out of the earth and stone. He setteth an end to darkness , &a...
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

Extent of Human Discoveries. B. C. 1520. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

He; either, 1. Man, the miner; or, 2. God, of whose works of nature he here speaks; or, 3. God as the chief author and director, and man as G...
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...
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 Complete Pulpit Commentary

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,...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Man's Foolish Search for Riches
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

He setteth an end to darkness, men have found ways of lighting up even the dark shafts of the mines beneath the earth, and searcheth out all perfect...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Perfection — Whatever is deeply wrought in the deepest caverns. Stones of darkness — The precious stones which lie hid in the dark bowels of the ea...

³ He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.

Related Commentaries of Job 28:3

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

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

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Job 28:3