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Destruction and Death say, `We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.`
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Wisdom is Beyond Creation
Commentators explain that Job personifies "Destruction and Death" to make a powerful point. After searching the depths of the earth and the heights of the sky, the search for wisdom extends to the mysterious realm of the dead. Even there, true wisdom is not found—only a distant rumor of it has reached them. This emphasizes that divine wisdom is beyond the reach of any part of creation.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Destruction—This is a personification which is exceedingly sublime. Job had spoken of the wonderful discoveries made by science, but none of…
19th Century
Anglican
Destruction and death say. —That destruction and death should have heard the fame of wisdom is natural, as it consists in departing from t…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Destruction and death say Meaning the dead that are in the pit of destruction, the grave; not their dead bodies ther…
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There is a twofold wisdom: one hidden in God, which is secret and does not belong to us; the other made known by him and revealed to man. One day's…
13th Century
Catholic
Since the author had shown that all precious things found in physical bodies are contained in specific places—which, though unknown to men, are sti…