Job 28:1
“Surely there is a mine for silver and a place where gold is refined.
Majority Standard Bible
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 from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore.
Cross References
Genesis 23:15“Listen to me, my lord. The land is worth four hundred shekels of silver, but what is that between you and me? Bury your dead.”
1 Kings 7:48Solomon also made all the furnishings for the house of the LORD: the golden altar; the golden table on which was placed the Bread of the Presence;
1 Chronicles 29:2Now with all my ability I have made provision for the house of my God—gold for the gold articles, silver for the silver, bronze for the bronze, iron for the iron, and wood for the wood, as well as onyx for the settings, turquoise, stones of various colors, all kinds of precious stones, and slabs of marble—all in abundance.
Proverbs 17:3A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but the LORD is the tester of hearts.
Isaiah 48:10See, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
Malachi 3:2But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He will be like a refiner’s fire, like a launderer’s soap.
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 →