The Meaning of Job 28:22 Explained

Job 28:22

KJV: Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.

YLT: Destruction and death have said: 'With our ears we have heard its fame.'

Darby: Destruction and death say, We have heard its report with our ears.

ASV: Destruction and Death say, We have heard a rumor thereof with our ears.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Job 28:22?

MEANING: What does Job 28:22 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Job 28:22 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Job 28:22?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Destruction  and death  say,  We have heard  the fame  thereof with our ears. 

What does Job 28:22 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 28:1-28 - The Pearl Of Great Price
A search for this pearl of great price has occupied men in every age. Job compares it with the search of the miner for the hidden treasures of the earth, Job 28:1-12. This paragraph should be read in the r.v. The shaft into the earth, the miner's exile from the cheerful haunts of human life, his exposure to dangers from foul air, water, and the falling-in of the mine, the binding up of the streams, are vividly portrayed. But the miner perseveres through all till he obtains his golden spoil. Would that we were as persistent in our quest for the knowledge of God! Paul was a great miner; he went down into caverns of pain and sorrow, that he might bring to light the treasures of God's wisdom and love.
Only God knows God, Job 28:23. In the depths of His nature, dark with excess of light but hidden from the falcon's eye of human genius, are both knowledge and understanding. He waits to reveal these things to babes, saying, "Fear God, and you will be wise. Depart from evil, and you will understand," Job 28:28. Christ is the Word and the Wisdom of God, 1 Corinthians 1:24. [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 28

1  There is a knowledge of natural things
12  But wisdom is an excellent gift of God

What do the individual words in Job 28:22 mean?

Destruction and Death say with our ears we have heard a report about it
אֲבַדּ֣וֹן וָ֭מָוֶת אָ֣מְר֑וּ בְּ֝אָזְנֵ֗ינוּ שָׁמַ֥עְנוּ שִׁמְעָֽהּ

אֲבַדּ֣וֹן  Destruction 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֲבַדֹּו 
Sense: place of destruction, destruction, ruin, Abaddon.
וָ֭מָוֶת  and  Death 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מָוֶת  
Sense: death, dying, Death (personified), realm of the dead.
אָ֣מְר֑וּ  say 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
בְּ֝אָזְנֵ֗ינוּ  with  our  ears 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, fdc, first person common plural
Root: אֹזֶן  
Sense: ear, as part of the body.
שָׁמַ֥עְנוּ  we  have  heard 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, first person common plural
Root: שָׁמַע 
Sense: to hear, listen to, obey.
שִׁמְעָֽהּ  a  report  about  it 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person feminine singular
Root: שֵׁמַע  
Sense: report, a hearing.

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