1 Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it. WBS — Job 28:1
2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is melted out of the stone. WBS — Job 28:2
3 He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shades of death. WBS — Job 28:3
4 The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant: even the waters forgotten by the foot: they are dried up, they have gone away from men. WBS — Job 28:4
5 As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire. WBS — Job 28:5
6 The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold. WBS — Job 28:6
7 There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vultur’s eye hath not seen: WBS — Job 28:7
8 The lion’s whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it. WBS — Job 28:8
9 He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots. WBS — Job 28:9
10 He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing. WBS — Job 28:10
11 He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid he bringeth forth to light. WBS — Job 28:11
12 But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding? WBS — Job 28:12
13 Man knoweth not the price of it; neither is it found in the land of the living. WBS — Job 28:13
14 The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me. WBS — Job 28:14
15 It cannot be obtained for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price of it. WBS — Job 28:15
16 It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire. WBS — Job 28:16
17 The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold. WBS — Job 28:17
18 No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies. WBS — Job 28:18
19 The topaz of Cush shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold. WBS — Job 28:19
20 Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding? WBS — Job 28:20
21 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air. WBS — Job 28:21
22 Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame of it with our ears. WBS — Job 28:22
23 God understandeth the way of it, and he knoweth its place. WBS — Job 28:23
24 For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven; WBS — Job 28:24
25 To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure. WBS — Job 28:25
26 When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder: WBS — Job 28:26
27 Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out. WBS — Job 28:27
28 And to man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding. WBS — Job 28:28