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    Job 28

    1 “Surely there is a mine for silver, And a place for gold which they refine.WEB — Job 28:1

    2 Iron is taken out of the earth, And copper is smelted out of the ore.WEB — Job 28:2

    3 Man sets an end to darkness, And searches out, to the furthest bound, The stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.WEB — Job 28:3

    4 He breaks open a shaft away from where people live. They are forgotten by the foot. They hang far from men, they swing back and forth.WEB — Job 28:4

    5 As for the earth, out of it comes bread; Underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.WEB — Job 28:5

    6 Sapphires come from its rocks. It has dust of gold.WEB — Job 28:6

    7 That path no bird of prey knows, Neither has the falcon's eye seen it.WEB — Job 28:7

    8 The proud animals have not trodden it, Nor has the fierce lion passed by there.WEB — Job 28:8

    9 He puts forth his hand on the flinty rock, And he overturns the mountains by the roots.WEB — Job 28:9

    10 He cuts out channels among the rocks. His eye sees every precious thing.WEB — Job 28:10

    11 He binds the streams that they don't trickle; The thing that is hidden he brings forth to light.WEB — Job 28:11

    12 “But where shall wisdom be found? Where is the place of understanding?WEB — Job 28:12

    13 Man doesn't know its price; Neither is it found in the land of the living.WEB — Job 28:13

    14 The deep says, ‘It isn't in me.’ The sea says, ‘It isn't with me.’WEB — Job 28:14

    15 It can't be gotten for gold, Neither shall silver be weighed for its price.WEB — Job 28:15

    16 It can't be valued with the gold of Ophir, With the precious onyx, or the sapphire.WEB — Job 28:16

    17 Gold and glass can't equal it, Neither shall it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.WEB — Job 28:17

    18 No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal: Yes, the price of wisdom is above rubies.WEB — Job 28:18

    19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, Neither shall it be valued with pure gold.WEB — Job 28:19

    20 Whence then comes wisdom? Where is the place of understanding?WEB — Job 28:20

    21 Seeing it is hidden from the eyes of all living, And kept close from the birds of the sky.WEB — Job 28:21

    22 Destruction and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.’WEB — Job 28:22

    23 “God understands its way, And he knows its place.WEB — Job 28:23

    24 For he looks to the ends of the earth, And sees under the whole sky.WEB — Job 28:24

    25 He establishes the force of the wind; Yes, he measures out the waters by measure.WEB — Job 28:25

    26 When he made a decree for the rain, And a way for the lightning of the thunder;WEB — Job 28:26

    27 Then did he see it, and declare it. He established it, yes, and searched it out.WEB — Job 28:27

    28 To man he said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.’”WEB — Job 28:28

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