the Week of Proper 24 / Ordinary 29
Click here to learn more!
Read the Bible
King James Version
Job 28:27
Bible Study Resources
Concordances:
- Nave'sDictionaries:
- BridgewayEncyclopedias:
- InternationalParallel Translations
Then he saw wisdom and evaluated it. He set it in place and examined it thoroughly.
Then did he see it, and declare it; he established it, yea, and searched it out.
Then he saw it, and declared it; He established it, yes, and searched it out.
then he looked at wisdom and decided its worth; he set wisdom up and tested it.
then he looked at wisdom and assessed its value; he established it and examined it closely.
Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out.
Then did he see it, and declare it. He established it, yes, and searched it out.
Then He saw wisdom and declared it; He established it and searched it out.
then he saw it and declared it; he established it, and searched it out.
thanne he siy wisdom, and telde out, and made redi, and souyte out.
then He looked at wisdom and appraised it; He established it and searched it out.
he also determined the truth and defined wisdom.
Then did he see it, and declare it; He established it, yea, and searched it out.
Then he saw it, and put it on record; he gave it its fixed form, searching it out completely.
then he saw [wisdom] and declared it, yes, he set it up and searched it out.
Then did he see it, and declare it; he established it, yea, and searched it out;
He looked at wisdom and discussed it. He examined it and saw how much it is worth.
Then did He see it, and declare it; He established it, yea, and searched it out.
Then did he see it, and declare it, he prepared it, yea and searched it out.
Then He saw wisdom and made it known. He made it last, and found out all about it.
then he saw it and declared it; he established it, and searched it out.
Then did he see it, and counted it: he prepared it and also considered it.
Then he saw it, and declared it; he measured it, yea, and searched it out.
It was then he saw wisdom and tested its worth— He gave it his approval.
Then, saw he it, and declared it, He settled it, yea also he searched it out;
Then he saw it, and declared, and prepared, and searched it.
then he saw it and declared it; he established it, and searched it out.
Then dyd he see her, then declared he her, prepared her, and knewe her.
Then he saw it, and declared it: he prepared it and traced it out.
he considered wisdom and evaluated it;he established it and examined it.
Then did he see it, and declare it. He established it, yes, and searched it out.
then he saw it and talked about it; he established it, and moreover, he explored it.
then He saw it, and declared it; He prepared it, and He also searched it out.
Then He hath seen and declareth it, He hath prepared it, and also searched it out,
Then dyd he se her, the declared he her, prepared her and knewe her.
Then He saw it and declared it; He established it and also searched it out.
Then He saw wisdom [fn] and declared it;He prepared it, indeed, He searched it out.
Then He saw it and declared it; He established it and also searched it out.
Then He saw it and recounted it;He established it and also searched it out.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
declare it: or, number it
he prepared it: Psalms 19:1, Proverbs 8:22-29
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Then did he see it, and declare it,.... His own wisdom, when he made and executed his decrees concerning rain, lightning, and thunder; he saw it in himself, and as it appeared in the works of his hands, which he looked on and approved of, and saw that all was very good; and he declared it to others, by his works of nature and providence; for they declare the glory of God, and particularly the glory of his wisdom:
he prepared it, yea, and searched it out; he prepared it in his counsels, according to which he wrought all things in the creation, and still does in Providence; and his searching out denotes his perfect knowledge of it, and the way and course of it, or he takes with it, though it is unsearchable, and past finding out by us. Mr. Broughton understands this of a person, as do some others, even Christ, the Wisdom of God; rendering the words, "then he saw her, and showed her", c. and so the passages in Proverbs 8:27, may be a comment on these words and the foregoing for when the above decrees were formed in the divine mind, then he "saw" his Wisdom, his Logos, his eternal Son; for he was by him, and with him, and in him, lying in his bosom; he looked at him in creation, and made man after his image, the idea he had formed of his human nature, and made all things for his sake; and he viewed him with the utmost delight and pleasure, as being the express image of his person; he declared him to be his only begotten Son, saying, "this day I have begotten thee", Psalms 2:7; be made him known to the angels, as the Targum here expresses it, and what he designed to do by him, and with him; which occasioned the revolt of many of them from him; and he declared him to Adam as soon as there was an opportunity and occasion for it; he prepared him in his eternal purposes to be the Redeemer and Saviour of his people, to be the Head of the church, and the Judge of quick and dead; he searched him out in his infinite wisdom, and found him, singled him out, laid help on him with his holy oil anointed him, and appointed him to be the ransomer of his chosen ones, Job 33:24.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Then did he see it - That is, then did he see wisdom. When in the work of creation he gave laws to the rain and the thunder storm; when he weighed out the winds and measured out the waters, then he saw and understood the principles of true wisdom. There is a remarkable similarity between the expression here and Proverbs 8:27-30, “When he prepared the heavens, I (wisdom) was there; when he set a compass upon the face of the depth; when he established the clouds above; when he strengthened the foundations of the deep; when he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment; when he appointed the foundations of the earth; then I was by him as one brought up with him; I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him.”
And declare it - Margin, “number.” The word (ספר sâphar) means, however, rather to “declare,” or to “narrate;” and the idea is, that even then he made known to intelligent beings the true principles of wisdom, as consisting in the fear of the Lord, and in suitable veneration for the Most High. “In what way” this was made known, Job does not say; but there can be no doubt of the fact to which he adverts, that even in his time the great principles of all real wisdom were made known to created intelligences, as consisting in profound veneration of God, in a willingness to bow under his dispensations, and to confide in him.
He prepared it - Made it a matter of “thought” and “inquiry” to find out what was real wisdom, and communicated it in a proper way to his creatures. The idea is, that it was not the result of chance, nor did it spring up of its own accord, but it was a matter of “intelligent investigation” on the part of God to know what constituted true wisdom. Probably, also, Job here means to refer to the attempts of man to investigate it, and to say that its value was enhanced from the fact that it had even required “the search of God” to find it out. Beautiful eulogiums of Wisdom may be seen in the Apocryphal book Ecclesiasticus, of which the following is a specimen:
Wisdom shall praise herself,
And shall glory in the midst of her people.
In the congregation of the Most High shall she open her mouth,
And triumph before his power.
I came out of the mouth of the Most High,
And covered the earth as a cloud.
I dwell in high places,
And my throne is in a cloudy pillar.
I alone compassed the circuit of heaven,
And walked in the bottom of the deep.
In the waves of the sea, and in all the earth,
And in every people and nation, I got a possession.
He created me from the beginning, before the world,
And I shall never fall. Ecclus. 24
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 28:27. Then did he see it, and declare it — When he had finished all his creative operations, and tried and proved his work, חקרה chakarah, investigated and found it to be very good; then he gave the needful revelation to man; for,
