Job 28:1
Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold which they refine;
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it.
In Context
2Iron is taken out of the dust, and copper is molten out of the stone.
Cross References
Genesis 23:15My lord, hearken to me. A field of four hundred shekels of silver, what is that between me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.
1 Kings 7:48And Solomon made all the vessels that were [in] the house of Jehovah: the golden altar; and the table of gold, whereon was the shewbread;
1 Chronicles 29:2And I have prepared according to all my power for the house of my God gold for [things of] gold, and silver for [things of] silver, and brass for [things of] brass, iron for [things of] iron, and wood for [things of] wood; onyx stones, and [stones] to be set, glistering stones, and of divers colours, and all manner of precious stones, and white marble in abundance.
Proverbs 17:3The fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but Jehovah trieth the hearts.
Isaiah 48:10Behold, I have refined thee, but not as silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
Malachi 3:2But who shall endure the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? For he will be like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' lye.
Matthew Henry on Job 28:1
The 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 in this discourse; but the question is, How does it come in here? Doubtless it was not merely for an amusement, or diversion from the controversy; though, if it had been only so, perhaps it would not have been much amiss. When disputes grow hot, better lose the question than lose our temper. But this is… Read the whole commentary →