Job 28:1-28

28:1-28 | Job poetically affirms the nature and value of true biblical wisdom. As precious metals are mined from the earth by daring men, so wisdom may be mined from creation by righteous searchers – but only if their quest centers around a fear of the Lord.

28:1-19 | This shift from imprecations (condemning language) to a discourse on wisdom is abrupt but not surprising, given Job’s shifting emotions. Human ingenuity cannot unearth wisdom or properly value it because all of this takes more than intelligence. It demands humility and spiritual perception.

28:20-24 | God knows the way to wisdom; to seek wisdom apart from Him is futile.

28:25-28 | Creation itself is evidence of the vastness of God’s wisdom (Ps. 104; Prov. 8:22-31).