Job 28:1
Surely there is for silver a source, And a place for the gold they refine;
Young's Literal 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 from the dust is taken, And [from] the firm stone brass.
Cross References
Genesis 23:15'My lord, hear me: the land — four hundred shekels of silver; between me and thee, what [is] it? — thy dead bury.'
1 Kings 7:48And Solomon maketh all the vessels that [are] in the house of Jehovah: the altar of gold, and the table — on which [is] the bread of the Presence — of gold,
1 Chronicles 29:2and with all my power I have prepared for the house of my God, the gold for [things of] gold, and the silver for [those of] silver, and the brass for [those of] brass, the iron for [those of] iron, and the wood for [those of] wood, shoham stones, and settings, and stones of painting and of diverse colours, and all [kinds of] precious stone, and stones of white marble, in abundance.
Proverbs 17:3A refining pot [is] for silver, and a furnace for gold, And the trier of hearts [is] Jehovah.
Isaiah 48:10Lo, I have refined thee, and not with silver, I have chosen thee in a furnace of affliction.
Malachi 3:2And who is bearing the day of his coming? And who is standing in his appearing? For he [is] as fire of a refiner, And as soap of a fuller.
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 →