Job 28
World English Bible - Job 28 << | >> 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142 28:1 "Surely there is a mine for silver, And a place for gold which they refine. 28:2 Iron is taken out of the earth, And copper is smelted out of the ore. 28:3 Man sets an end to darkness, And searches out, to the furthest bound, The stones of obscurity and of thick darkness. 28:4 He breaks open a shaft away from where people live. They are forgotten by the foot. They hang far from men, they swing back and forth. 28:5 As for the earth, out of it comes bread; Underneath it is turned up as it were by fire. 28:6 Sapphires come from its rocks. It has dust of gold. 28:7 That path no bird of prey knows, Neither has the falcon`s eye seen it. 28:8 The proud animals have not trodden it, Nor has the fierce lion passed by there. 28:9 He puts forth his hand on the flinty rock, And he overturns the mountains by the roots. 28:10 He cuts out channels among the rocks. His eye sees every precious thing. 28:11 He binds the streams that they don`t trickle; The thing that is hidden he brings forth to light. 28:12 "But where shall wisdom be found? Where is the place of understanding? 28:13 Man doesn`t know its price; Neither is it found in the land of the living. 28:14 The deep says, `It isn`t in me.` The sea says, `It isn`t with me.` 28:15 It can`t be gotten for gold, Neither shall silver be weighed for its price. 28:16 It can`t be valued with the gold of Ophir, With the precious onyx, or the sapphire. 28:17 Gold and glass can`t equal it, Neither shall it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold. 28:18 No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal: Yes, the price of wisdom is above rubies. 28:19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, Neither shall it be valued with pure gold. 28:20 Whence then comes wisdom? Where is the place of understanding? 28:21 Seeing it is hidden from the eyes of all living, And kept close from the birds of the sky. 28:22 Destruction and Death say, `We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.` 28:23 "God understands its way, And he knows its place. 28:24 For he looks to the ends of the earth, And sees under the whole sky. 28:25 He establishes the force of the wind; Yes, he measures out the waters by measure. 28:26 When he made a decree for the rain, And a way for the lightning of the thunder; 28:27 Then did he see it, and declare it. He established it, yes, and searched it out. 28:28 To man he said, `Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.`"