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Job 28:22 Cross-References
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“Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.”
Job 28:22 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 28:22
Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears—In Job's poetic quest for wisdom, even the cosmic forces of Abaddon (אֲבַדּוֹן, destruction/the place of ruin) and Mawet (מָוֶת, death) are personified as witnesses to wisdom's elusiveness. These terms represent the furthest reaches of existence—the realm beyond human life. Yet even they confess only hearing wisdom's shema (שֵׁמַע, report/fame), not possessing it.The Hebrew shema (the same word in "Hear, O Israel") emphasizes that even the grave has merely heard whispers of wisdom's existence. This literary device amplifie...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 28:22
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“and Abaddon{Abaddon means Destroyer.} has no covering.”
“who became as dung for the earth.”
“'It isn't in me.' The sea says”