Passage Research
Job 28 — Sermon Preparation
A poem asks where wisdom can be found — miners can excavate gold and silver, but wisdom's price exceeds all precious things; only God knows its place. Below is a research summary for Job 28, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 28
- verses
- 207 / 139
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 6
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
Job 28 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| מָקוֹם | mâqôwm | H4725 | 5 | standing, spot |
| חׇכְמָה | chokmâh | H2451 | 4 | wisdom |
| בִּינָה | bîynâh | H998 | 3 | understanding |
| סָלָה | çâlâh | H5541 | 2 | hang, weigh |
| כֶּתֶם | kethem | H3800 | 2 | carved, ore |
| אֶבֶן | ʼeben | H68 | 3 | stone |
| סַפִּיר | çappîyr | H5601 | 2 | gem, scratching |
How preachers through history handled this text
6 public-domain excerpts on Job 28, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Job maintained that the dispensations of Providence were regulated by the highest wisdom. To confirm this, he showed of what a great deal of knowledge and wealth men may make themselves masters. The caverns of the earth may be discovered, but not the counsels of Heaven. Go to the miners, thou sluggard in religion, consider their ways, and be wise. Let their courage and diligence in seeking the wealth that perishes, shame us out of slothfulness and faint-heartedness in labouring for the true riches. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Job 28:1–11 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Ophir— Job 28:16
- Ethiopia— Job 28:19
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