The Meaning of Job 28:27 Explained

Job 28:27

KJV: Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out.

YLT: Then He hath seen and declareth it, He hath prepared it, and also searched it out,

Darby: Then did he see it, and declare it; he established it, yea, and searched it out;

ASV: Then did he see it, and declare it; He established it, yea, and searched it out.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Then did he see  it, and declare  it; he prepared  it, yea, and searched it out. 

What does Job 28:27 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 28:27 mean?

then He saw [wisdom] and declared it He prepared it and indeed He searched it out
אָ֣ז רָ֭אָהּ וַֽיְסַפְּרָ֑הּ הֱ֝כִינָ֗הּ וְגַם־ חֲקָרָֽהּ

רָ֭אָהּ  He  saw  [wisdom] 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular, third person feminine singular
Root: רָאָה 
Sense: to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider.
וַֽיְסַפְּרָ֑הּ  and  declared  it 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular, third person feminine singular
Root: סָפַר 
Sense: to count, recount, relate.
הֱ֝כִינָ֗הּ  He  prepared  it 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Perfect, third person masculine singular, third person feminine singular
Root: כּוּן 
Sense: to be firm, be stable, be established.
וְגַם־  and  indeed 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Conjunction
Root: גַּם  
Sense: also, even, indeed, moreover, yea.
חֲקָרָֽהּ  He  searched  it  out 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular, third person feminine singular
Root: חָקַר  
Sense: to search, search for, search out, examine, investigate.

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