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Job 28
Job 28 — Overview
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Job 28 — OverviewJob 28 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThe strain of this chapter is very unlike the rest of this book. Job
forgets his sores, and all his sorrows, and talks like a philosopher or
a virtuoso. Here is a great deal both of natural and moral philosophy…Job 28 — OverviewJob 28 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThe design of this chapter is either to show the folly of such who are very diligent in their search and pursuit after earthly things, and neglect an inquiry after that which is infinitely more valuable, true wisdom; or…Job 28:1-13Job 28:1-13 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleHere Job shows, 1. What a great way the wit of man may go in diving
into the depths of nature and seizing the riches of it, what a great
deal of knowledge and wealth men may, by their ingenious and
industrious…Job 28:1Job 28:1 · The Pulpit CommentarySurely there is a vein for the silver; literally, an issue for silver? i.e. a place or places whence it is drawn forth from the earth. The silver-mines of Spain were very early worked by the Phoenicians, and produced…Job 28:1-28Job 28:1-28 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITIONJob 28:1-28Job 28:1-28 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe connection of this chapter with the preceding is somewhat obscure. Probably we are to regard Job as led to see, even while he is justifying God's ways with sinners (Job 27:8-23), how many and how great are the…