1 Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold which they refine; DBY — Job 28:1
2 Iron is taken out of the dust, and copper is molten out of the stone. DBY — Job 28:2
3 [Man] putteth an end to the darkness, and exploreth to the utmost limit, the stones of darkness and of the shadow of death. DBY — Job 28:3
4 He openeth a shaft far from the inhabitants [of the earth]: forgotten of the foot, they hang suspended; away below men they hover. DBY — Job 28:4
5 As for the earth, out of it cometh bread, and underneath it is turned up as by fire; DBY — Job 28:5
6 The stones of it are the place of sapphires, and it hath dust of gold. DBY — Job 28:6
7 It is a path no bird of prey knoweth, and the vulture’s eye hath not seen it; DBY — Job 28:7
8 The proud beasts have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed over it. DBY — Job 28:8
9 [Man] putteth forth his hand upon the flinty rock, he overturneth the mountains by the root. DBY — Job 28:9
10 He cutteth out channels in the rocks, and his eye seeth every precious thing. DBY — Job 28:10
11 He bindeth the streams that they drip not, and what is hidden he bringeth forth to light. DBY — Job 28:11
12 But wisdom, where shall it be found? and where is the place of understanding? DBY — Job 28:12
13 Man knoweth not the value thereof; and it is not found in the land of the living. DBY — Job 28:13
14 The deep saith, It is not in me; and the sea saith, It is not with me. DBY — Job 28:14
15 Choice gold cannot be given for it, nor silver be weighed for its price. DBY — Job 28:15
16 It is not set in the balance with gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, and the sapphire. DBY — Job 28:16
17 Gold and glass cannot be compared to it, nor vessels of fine gold be its exchange. DBY — Job 28:17
18 Corals and crystal are no more remembered; yea, the acquisition of wisdom is above rubies. DBY — Job 28:18
19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not be compared to it, neither shall it be set in the balance with pure gold. DBY — Job 28:19
20 Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding? DBY — Job 28:20
21 For it is hidden from the eyes of all living, and concealed from the fowl of the heavens. DBY — Job 28:21
22 Destruction and death say, We have heard its report with our ears. DBY — Job 28:22
23 God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth its place: DBY — Job 28:23
24 For he looketh to the ends of the earth, he seeth under the whole heaven. DBY — Job 28:24
25 In making a weight for the wind, and meting out the waters by measure, DBY — Job 28:25
26 In appointing a statute for the rain, and a way for the thunder’s flash: DBY — Job 28:26
27 Then did he see it, and declare it; he established it, yea, and searched it out; DBY — Job 28:27
28 And unto man he said, Lo, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding. DBY — Job 28:28