Job 28:14

The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The depth saith - This is a beautiful personification. The object of this verse and the following is, to show that wisdom cannot be found in the...
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...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me. The depth saith, It is not in me - Men may dig into the bowels of the ear...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

But where shall wisdom be found?— Job continues to give further instances of the daring and yet successful attempts of mankind, to provide themselv...
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

The depth ] the primeval abyss supposed to lie under the earth: cp. Genesis 1:2 . 15f Cp. Proverbs 3:14-15 ; Proverbs 8:10-11 ;
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

(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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The depth saith, it [is] not in me ,.... That is, the deep places of the earth, that are dug in it, the mines, and the like, could they speak, they...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

The depth saith, It [is] not in me: and the sea saith, [It is] not with me. Ver. 14. The depth saith, It is not in me ] It is not to be had above...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Man knoweth not the price thereof Its immense, its unspeakable value: nor can it be purchased with all that he hath to give for it. Neither is it...
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 Excellency of Wisdom. B. C. 1520. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The depth, to wit, of the earth, because the sea here follows as a differing place. This is a very common figure, whereby speech is ascribed to dum...
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 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 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

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

The depth, the abyss of waters beneath the earth, saith, It is not in me; and the sea, the great and mighty ocean, saith, It is not with me.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Romans 11:33 ; Romans 11:34
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The depth — This is not to he found in any part of the sea, though a man may dig or dive ever so deep to find it, nor to be learned from any creatu...

¹⁴ The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me.

Related Commentaries of Job 28:14

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the 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 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 28:14