Job 28:1
For truly there is a source for the silver, and a place for the gold which men refine.
Leeser Tanakh
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 the stone is melted into copper.
Cross References
Genesis 23:15My lord, hearken unto me: a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver, what is that between me and thee? only bury thy dead.
1 Kings 7:48And Solomon made all the vessels that pertained unto the house of the Lord: The altar of gold, and the table whereupon the show-bread was, of gold,
1 Chronicles 29:2But with all my might have I made ready for the house of my God, the gold for the things of gold, and the silver for the things of silver, and the copper for the things of copper, the iron for the things of iron, and the wood for the things of wood, onyx stones, and stones to be set, bright stones, and stones of divers colors, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance.
Proverbs 17:3The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but the Lord probeth the hearts.
Isaiah 48:10Behold, I have refined thee, though not into silver: I have approved thee in the crucible of affliction.
Malachi 3:2But who can sustain the day of his coming? and who can stand when he appeareth? for he is like the fire of the melter, and like the lye of the washers:
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 →