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The Book of Job

Chapter 28

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Jb 28:1Surely there is a mine for silver, And a place for gold which they refine.
Jb 28:2Iron is taken out of the earth, And copper is molten out of the stone.
Jb 28:3Man setteth an end to darkness, And searcheth out, to the furthest bound, The stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.
Jb 28:4He breaketh open a shaft away from where men sojourn; They are forgotten of the foot; They hang afar from men, they swing to and fro.
Jb 28:5As for the earth, out of it cometh bread; And underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.
Jb 28:6The stones thereof are the place of sapphires, And it hath dust of gold.
Jb 28:7That path no bird of prey knoweth, Neither hath the falcon's eye seen it:
Jb 28:8The proud beasts have not trodden it, Nor hath the fierce lion passed thereby.
Jb 28:9He putteth forth his hand upon the flinty rock; He overturneth the mountains by the roots.
Jb 28:10He cutteth out channels among the rocks; And his eye seeth every precious thing.
Jb 28:11He bindeth the streams that they trickle not; And the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.
Jb 28:12But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?
Jb 28:13Man knoweth not the price thereof; Neither is it found in the land of the living.
Jb 28:14The deep saith, It is not in me; And the sea saith, It is not with me.
Jb 28:15It cannot be gotten for gold, Neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.
Jb 28:16It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, With the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
Jb 28:17Gold and glass cannot equal it, Neither shall it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.
Jb 28:18No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal: Yea, the price of wisdom is above rubies.
Jb 28:19The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, Neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
Jb 28:20Whence then cometh wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?
Jb 28:21Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, And kept close from the birds of the heavens.
Jb 28:22Destruction and Death say, We have heard a rumor thereof with our ears.
Jb 28:23God understandeth the way thereof, And he knoweth the place thereof.
Jb 28:24For he looketh to the ends of the earth, And seeth under the whole heaven;
Jb 28:25To make a weight for the wind: Yea, he meteth out the waters by measure.
Jb 28:26When he made a decree for the rain, And a way for the lightning of the thunder;
Jb 28:27Then did he see it, and declare it; He established it, yea, and searched it out.
Jb 28:28And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; And to depart from evil is understanding.