Job 28:20

Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?

Job 28:12 repeated with great force.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Whence then cometh wisdom? - This question is now repeated from Job 28:12 , in order to give it greater emphasis. It is designed to fix the atte...
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

Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding? Whence then cometh wisdom? - Nearly the same words as in Job 28:12 (note), wh...
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...
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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Whence then cometh wisdom? and where [is] the place of understanding ?] The same questions as in Job 28:12 ; repeated to set forth the superior exc...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Whence then cometh wisdom? and where [is] the place of understanding? Ver. 20. Whence then cometh wisdom? &c. ] See Trapp on " Job 28:12 "...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Whence then cometh wisdom , &c. By what means, then, shall we get this precious treasure of wisdom, of which we are so desirous? Who can show us...
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

Where this precious treasure lies, and whence a man may fetch it.
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...
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

Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living. Mystery and dogma It is the dogmatism of science that stands in the way of the much-needed reconc...
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

Whence, then, cometh wisdom, and where is the place of understanding? The same question is propounded again in order to drive home the truth about to...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 2:6-15 ; Ecclesiastes 7:23 ; Ecclesiastes 7:24 ; James 1:17 ; James 1:5 ; Job 28:12 ; Proverbs 2:6
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Whence, &c. — By a diligent inquiry, we find at length, that there is a twofold wisdom; one hid in God, which belongs not to us, the other reve...

²⁰ Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?

Related Commentaries of Job 28:20

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

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

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

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