Job 28:1
Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold which they refine.
Job 28:2
Iron is taken out of the earth, and copper is molten out of the stone.
Job 28:3
Man sets an end to darkness, and searches out to the furthest bound the stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.
Job 28:4
He breaks open a shaft away from where men sojourn, paths forgotten by the foot. They hang afar from men; they swing to and fro.
Job 28:5
As for the earth, out of it comes bread, and underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.
Job 28:6
The stones of it are the place of sapphires, and it has dust of gold.
Job 28:7
No bird of prey knows that path, nor has the falcon's eye seen it.
Job 28:8
The proud beasts have not trodden it, nor has the fierce lion passed thereby.
Job 28:9
He puts forth his hand upon the flinty rock. He overturns the mountains by the roots.
Job 28:10
He cuts out channels among the rocks, and his eye sees every precious thing.
Job 28:11
He binds the streams that they not trickle. And the thing that is hid he brings forth to light.
Job 28:12
But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?
Job 28:13
Man does not know the price of it, nor is it found in the land of the living.
Job 28:14
The deep says, It is not in me. And the sea says, It is not with me.
Job 28:15
It cannot be gotten for gold, nor shall silver be weighed for the price of it.
Job 28:16
It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
Job 28:17
Gold and glass cannot equal it, nor shall it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.
Job 28:18
No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal. Yea, the price of wisdom is above rubies.
Job 28:19
The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, nor shall it be valued with pure gold.
Job 28:20
Where then does wisdom come from? And where is the place of understanding?
Job 28:21
Since it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept closed from the birds of the heavens.
Job 28:22
Destruction and Death say, We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.
Job 28:23
God understands the way of it, and he knows the place of it.
Job 28:24
For he looks to the ends of the earth, and sees under the whole heaven,
Job 28:25
to make a weight for the wind. Yea, he distributes the waters by measure.
Job 28:26
When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder,
Job 28:27
then he saw it, and declared it. He established it, yea, and searched it out.
Job 28:28
And to man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to depart from evil is understanding.