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28:1 “Surely <03588> there is <03426> a mine <04161> for silver <03701>, and a place <04725> where gold <02091> is refined <02212>. 28:2 Iron <01270> is taken <03947> from the ground <06083>, and rock <068> is poured out <06694> as copper <05154>. 28:3 Man puts <07760> an end <07093> to the darkness <02822>; he searches <02713> the farthest <03605> recesses <08503> for the ore <068> in the deepest darkness <06757>. darkness <0652>. 28:4 Far from where people live he sinks <06555> a shaft <05158>, in places travelers <01481> have long forgotten <07911>, far from <04480> other people <0582> he dangles <01809> and sways <05128>. 28:5 The earth <0776>, from <04480> which food <03899> comes <03318>, is overturned <02015> below <08478> as though <03644> by fire <0784>; 28:6 a place <04725> whose stones <068> are sapphires <05601> and which contains dust <06083> of gold <02091>; 28:7 a hidden path <05410> no <03808> bird of prey <05861> knows <03045>– no <03808> falcon’s <0344> eye <05869> has spotted <07805> it. 28:8 Proud <07830> beasts <01121> have not <03808> set foot on <01869> it, and no <03808> lion <07826> has passed <05710> along <05921> it. 28:9 On the flinty <02496> rock man has set <07971> to work with his hand <03027>; he has overturned <02015> mountains <02022> at their bases <08328>.

• Job 28:1-11 --

  III. Job's Search for Wisdom (28:1-28)

  No Known Road to Wisdom

• MINES, MINING

  [smith] A highly-poetical description given by the author of the book of Job of the operations of mining as known in his day is the only record of the kind which we inherit from the ancient Hebrews. (Job 28:1-11) In the Wady Magharah...
  

• Readings, Select

  [nave] READINGS, SELECT. Judah's Defense Gen. 44:18-34 Joseph Revealing His Identity Gen. 45:1-15 The Deliverance of the Israelites from Pharaoh Ex. 14:5-30 Song of Moses When Pharaoh and His Army Were Overthrown Ex. 15:1-1...
  

• Job

  [nave] JOB 1. A man who dwelt in Uz, Job 1:1. Righteousness of, Job 1:1, 5, 8; 2:3; Ezek. 14:14, 20. Riches of, Job 1:3. Trial of, by affliction of Satan, Job 1:13-19; 2:7-10. Fortitude of, Job 1:20-22; 2:10; Jas. 5:11. Visite...
  

• JOB, BOOK OF

  [isbe] JOB, BOOK OF - || I. INTRODUCTORY 1. Place in the Canon 2. Rank and Readers II. THE LITERARY FRAMEWORK 1. Setting of Time, Place and Scene 2. Characters and Personality 3. Form and Style III. THE COURSE OF THE STORY A) To Jo...
  

• MINE; MINING

  [isbe] MINE; MINING - min, min'-ing: In Job 28:1-11 we have the only Biblical reference to mines. The writer very likely derived his information either from personal observation or from a description by an eyewitness, of the mining...
  

• EUNICE

  [isbe] EUNICE - u-ni'-se, u'-nis (Eunike, is the correct reading, and not Euneike, which is read by the Textus Receptus of the New Testament of Stephen, three syllables: Eu-ni-ke, literally, "conquering well"; 2 Tim 1:5): The mothe...
  

• Philosophy

  [nave] PHILOSOPHY The nature of things, Eccl. 1-7. A philosophical inquiry on wisdom, Job. 28. Philosophical inductions and deductions relating to God and his providence, Job 5:8-20; 9; 10:2-21; 12:6-24; 33:12-30; 37. Reveals th...
  

• ETHICS, III

  [isbe] ETHICS, III - III. Principles and Characteristics of Biblical Ethics. The sketch of the history of ethics just offered, brief as it necessarily is, may serve to indicate the ideas which have shaped modern thought and helped ...
  

• Science

  [nave] SCIENCE Observations of, and deductions from, facts, Job 26:7-14; 28; Eccl. 1:13-17. So-called, false, 1 Tim. 6:20. The key of knowledge, Luke 11:52; Rom. 2:20. See: Geology; Astronomy; Philosophy.
  

• Mine

  [ebd] The process of mining is described in Job 28:1-11. Moses speaks of the mineral wealth of Palestine (Deut. 8:9). Job 28:4 is rightly thus rendered in the Revised Version, "He breaketh open a shaft away from where men sojourn;...
  

• BARUCH, BOOK OF

  [isbe] BARUCH, BOOK OF - One of the Apocryphal or Deutero-canonical books, standing between Jeremiah and Lamentations in the Septuagint, but in the Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 A.D.) after these two books. I. Name. See un...
  

• Vulture

  [ebd] (1.) Heb. da'ah (Lev. 11:14). In the parallel passage (Deut. 14:13) the Hebrew word used is ra'ah, rendered "glede;" LXX., "gups;" Vulg., "milvus." A species of ravenous bird, distinguished for its rapid flight. "When used w...
  [isbe] VULTURE - vul'-tur (da'ah; Septuagint gups, and iktinos; Latin Vulturidae): Any member of a family of large birds that subsist wholly or in part on carrion. The largest vulture of Palestine was the Lammer-geier. This bird wa...
  [smith] The rendering in the Authorized Version of the Hebrew daah, dayyah , and also in (Job 28:7) of ayyah . There seems no doubt that the Authorized Versions translation is incorrect, and that the original words refer to some of t...
  [nave] VULTURE A carnivorous bird, Lev. 11:14; Deut. 14:13; Job 28:7; Isa. 34:15.
  

• KITE

  [ebd] an unclean and keen-sighted bird of prey (Lev. 11:14; Deut. 14:13). The Hebrew word used, 'ayet, is rendered "vulture" in Job 28:7 in Authorized Version, "falcon" in Revised Version. It is probably the red kite (Milvus regal...
  [isbe] KITE - kit ('ayyah; iktinos; Latin Milvus ictinus or regalis): A medium-sized member of the hawk tribe (see HAWK). This bird is 27 inches long, of bright reddish-brown color, has sharply pointed wings and deeply forked tail....
  [smith] (Heb. ayyah), a rapacious and keen-sighted bird of prey belonging to the hawk family. The Hebrew word thus rendered occurs in three passages -- (Leviticus 11:14; 14:13; Job 28:7) In the two former it is translated "kite" in t...
  

• Lion

  [isbe] LION - li'-un: (1) Occurring most often in the Old Testament is 'aryeh, plural 'ardyoth. Another form, 'ari, plural 'arayim, is found less often. 1. Names: Compare 'ari'el, "Ariel" (Ezr 8:16; Isa 29:1,2,7); char'el, "upper a...
  [nave] LION King of beasts, Mic. 5:8. Fierceness of, Job 4:10; 28:8; Psa. 7:2; Prov. 22:13; Jer. 2:15; 49:19; 50:44; Hos. 13:8. The roaring of, Psa. 22:13; Prov. 20:2. Strength of, Prov. 30:30; Isa. 38:13; Joel 1:6. Instincts o...
  

• Land, Land Masses

  [nave] LAND, LAND MASSES Gen. 1:9, 10; Job 26:7, 10; 28:8-11; 38:4-18; Psa. 95:5; 104:5-9; 136:6; Prov. 8:29; 30:4. See: Geology.
  

• Arts and Crafts

  [nave] ARTS AND CRAFTS. Primitive Invention of musical instruments and instruments of iron and copper, Gen. 4:21, 22. Carpentry, Gen. 6:14-16; Ex. 31:2-9. Of the perfumer, Ex. 30:25, 35; armorer, 1 Sam. 8:12; baker, Gen. 40:1; ...
  

• Geology

  [nave] GEOLOGY. Gen. 1:9, 10; 1 Sam. 2:8; 2 Sam. 22:16; Job 12:8, 9; Job 28:9-11; Psa. 18:15; Psa. 24:1, 2; Psa. 104:5-13; Psa. 136:6; Prov. 30:4; Jer. 31:37; Hab. 3:9; 2 Pet. 3:5-7 See: Creation; Earth; Meteorology; Astronomy. S...
  

• Civil Engineering

  [nave] CIVIL ENGINEERING, Josh. 18:9; Job 28:9-11.
  

• Bronze

  [nave] BRONZE or more probably Copper. Smelted, Ezek. 22:20; Job 28:2. A mineral of Canaan, Deut. 8:9; Josh. 22:8; of Syria, 2 Sam. 8:8. Tyrians traded in, Ezek. 27:13. Abundance of, for the temple, 1 Kin. 7:47; 1 Chr. 22:14. A...
  

• Molding

  [nave] MOLDING. Job 28:2; Ezek. 24:11. Of images, Ex. 32:4, 8; 34:17; Lev. 19:4; Deut. 9:12; pillars, 1 Kin. 7:15; bowl, 1 Kin. 7:23; done in the plain of Jordan, 1 Kin. 7:46; 2 Chr. 4:17; mirrors, Job 37:18.
  

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