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Job 28:27

in Job 28

then He looked at wisdom and appraised it; He established it and searched it out.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Then did he see it, and declare it; He established it, yea, and searched it out.

KJV

Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out.

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This verse in Job 28

Commentary

11 notes on this verse
When He made a decree for the rain, and a way for the sounding tempests, then did He see it and declare it; He prepared it, yea, and searched it out. By 'rain' the sayings of those that preach are used to be denoted. Whence it is said by Moses; Let my doctrine be waited for as the rain; whose words, that is to say, when they gently persuade are 'rain,' but when they thunder out terrible things touching the Judgment to come, they are 'sounding tempests.'

This site's exposition

But God understands its way

on Job 28:23-27

"But God understands its way, and He knows its place" answers the chapter's question: wisdom belongs to God. "He looks to the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens", a sight no mine or sea could claim.

This site's exposition

then He looked at wisdom and appraised it

Barnes places the moment in creation, when God set laws for the rain and the thunderbolt and so looked at the principles of wisdom. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown read established as setting wisdom to govern the world, as in Proverbs 8:22-31. Wesley takes searched as a figure of speech.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

John Chrysostom

COMMENTARY ON JOB 28:28 · Written before 407.

proposed

Nothing has more value than that art, nothing is more powerful than that wisdom. "The fear of the Lord, that is the beginning of wisdom, and all those who practice it have good understanding." That is the greatest of all goods. Supreme wisdom is to worship God, not to take trouble to make useless notices, and especially to enquire about events. Do not believe that you may find a different wisdom.

The Medieval Church1 voice

A commentator

Thomas Aquinas

Commentary on Job · Written before 1274.

proposed

Because God does not acquire wisdom from creatures themselves as we do, but rather he produces creatures according to his wisdom, he therefore continues, "Then," when he was making creatures, "he saw her," wisdom, in himself, insofar as he produces things in their being through …

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

So it is a speech of God after the manner of men. Searched - Not properly; for so searching implies ignorance, and requires time and industry, all which is repugnant to the Divine perfections; but figuratively, he did, and doth, all things with that absolute and perfect wisdom, so exactly, and perfectly, as if he had bestowed a long time in searching, to find them out.

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Some make Job to speak of wisdom here as a person, and translate it, Then he saw her and showed her, &c., and then it is parallel with that of Solomon concerning the essential wisdom of the Father, the eternal Word, Prov. viii. Before the earth was, then was I by him, John i.
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The Nineteenth Century3 voices

Then did he see it - That is, then did he see wisdom. When in the work of creation he gave laws to the rain and the thunder storm; when he weighed out the winds and measured out the waters, then he saw and understood the principles of true wisdom.

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

"I was the skilful artificer by His side"). prepared--not created, for wisdom is from everlasting (Pr 8:22-31); but "established" her as Governor of the world. searched . . . out--examined her works to see whether she was adequate to the task of governing the world [MAURER].

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A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

Then did he see it, and declare it - When he had finished all his creative operations, and tried and proved his work, חקרה chakarah, investigated and found it to be very good; then he gave the needful revelation to man; for,

The words behind it

6 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • אָ֣זthen

    ʾazH227 →141 times

  • רָ֭אָהּhe saw it

    raahH7200 →1300 times

  • וַֽיְסַפְּרָ֑הּand he recounted it

    vaysaperahH5608 →159 times

  • הֱ֝כִינָ֗הּhe established it

    hekhinahH3559 →217 times

  • וְגַם־and also

    vegam-H1571 →769 times

  • חֲקָרָֽהּ׃he examined it

    chakarahH2713 →27 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

2 in all, six open

The walk

5 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Psalms 19:1

    The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands.

    it leads to

    • Psalms 8:3

      When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place—

    • Romans 1:19–20

      For what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them.

    • Psalms 50:6

      And the heavens proclaim His righteousness, for God Himself is Judge. Selah

    • Psalms 148:3–4

      Praise Him, O sun and moon; praise Him, all you shining stars.

    • Psalms 33:6

      By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all the stars by the breath of His mouth.

Where this verse is studied

About Job

Job Hears of His Misfortunes, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Job Hears of His Misfortunes, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Job: the study guide →Read Job 28 →
This page draws on 11 works. Open the list of works

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Franz Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Book of Job; Gregory the Dialogist, Morals on the Book of Job, Book XIX; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Chrysostom, COMMENTARY ON JOB 28:28; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Job.

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