Search The Scriptures —Study 1 3— Job 28 and 29. The search for wisdom: Job's final speech

Study 13 From the Book of Job is: Job 28 and 29. The search for wisdom: Job's final

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1. Chapter 28. What is here expressed concerning (a) human skill, and (b) human inability? What are (a) the source, and (b) the essence of true wisdom? Cf. 1:1; 2:3; Ps. 34:11-14.
2. Chapter 29. What may we learn from Job's description of his manner of life before tragedy overwhelmed him? What most stands out in his memory? What then grave enrichment and direction to his daily living?

Notes

1. Chapter 28 reads like an independent insertion—a poem in praise of wisdom. The 'wisdom' meant is not simply mental ability, but understanding of the right way to act in the face of life's mystery. Supremely, as known only to God, it means the master plan behind the created order. The New Testament declares that this wisdom is found and expressed in Christ. Cf. 1 Cor.1:30; Col. 2:23.
2. Job's speech in chapter 29-31 is best understood as a concluding monologue, summing up the whole situation.

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