Job 28

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