Job

Chapter 28

New King James Version

1"Surely there is a mine for silver, And a place [where] gold is refined.

2Iron is taken from the earth, And copper [is] smelted [from] ore.

3[Man] puts an end to darkness, And searches every recess For ore in the darkness and the shadow of death.

4He breaks open a shaft away from people; [In places] forgotten by feet They hang far away from men; They swing to and fro.

5[As for] the earth, from it comes bread, But underneath it is turned up as by fire;

6Its stones [are] the source of sapphires, And it contains gold dust.

7[That] path no bird knows, Nor has the falcon's eye seen it.

8The proud lions have not trodden it, Nor has the fierce lion passed over it.

9He puts his hand on the flint; He overturns the mountains at the roots.

10He cuts out channels in the rocks, And his eye sees every precious thing.

11He dams up the streams from trickling; [What is] hidden he brings forth to light.

12" But where can wisdom be found? And where [is] the place of understanding?

13Man does not know its value, Nor is it found in the land of the living.

14The deep says, '[It is] not in me'; And the sea says, '[It is] not with me.'

15It cannot be purchased for gold, Nor can silver be weighed [for] its price.

16It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, In precious onyx or sapphire.

17Neither gold nor crystal can equal it, Nor can it be exchanged for jewelry of fine gold.

18No mention shall be made of coral or quartz, For the price of wisdom [is] above rubies.

19The topaz of Ethiopia cannot equal it, Nor can it be valued in pure gold.

20"From where then does wisdom come? And where [is] the place of understanding?

21It is hidden from the eyes of all living, And concealed from the birds of the air.

22Destruction and Death say, 'We have heard a report about it with our ears.'

23God understands its way, And He knows its place.

24For He looks to the ends of the earth, [And] sees under the whole heavens,

25To establish a weight for the wind, And apportion the waters by measure.

26When He made a law for the rain, And a path for the thunderbolt,

27Then He saw [wisdom] and declared it; He prepared it, indeed, He searched it out.

28And to man He said, 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that [is] wisdom, And to depart from evil [is] understanding.' "

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