Tuesday, 27 January 2026

Job 28 (summary): Job's interlude

In chapter 28 Job presents a poetic interlude to the heated debate about suffering when he praises man's abilities to mine gold, silver, copper, iron and precious stones whilst on the other hand being totally unable to find true priceless wisdom. God, says Job, is the only source of true wisdom. "God understands the way to it and he alone knows where it dwells". For Job concludes that "the fear of the Lord - that is wisdom, and to shun evil is understanding".

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