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Themes in Job 28
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Themes in Job 28

Job 28:1

Surely there is a mine for silver
and a place where gold is refined.

Job 28:2

Iron is taken from the ground,
and copper is smelted from ore.

Job 28:3

A miner puts an end to the darkness;
he probes the deepest recesses
for ore in the gloomy darkness.

Job 28:4

He cuts a shaft far from human habitation,
in places unknown to those who walk above ground.
Suspended far away from people,
the miners swing back and forth.

Job 28:5

Food may come from the earth,
but below the surface the earth is transformed as by fire.

Job 28:6

Its rocks are a source of sapphire,
containing flecks of gold.

Job 28:7

No bird of prey knows that path;
no falcon’s eye has seen it.

Job 28:8

Proud beasts have never walked on it;
no lion has ever prowled over it.

Job 28:9

The miner strikes the flint
and transforms the mountains at their foundations.

Job 28:10

He cuts out channels in the rocks,
and his eyes spot every treasure.

Job 28:11

He dams up the streams from flowing
so that he may bring to light what is hidden.
No Themes for this verse.

Job 28:12

But where can wisdom be found,
and where is understanding located?

Job 28:13

No man can know its value,
since it cannot be found in the land of the living.

Job 28:14

The ocean depths say, “It’s not in me,”
while the sea declares, “I don’t have it.”

Job 28:15

Gold cannot be exchanged for it,
and silver cannot be weighed out for its price.

Job 28:16

Wisdom cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir,
in precious onyx or sapphire.

Job 28:17

Gold and glass do not compare with it,
and articles of fine gold cannot be exchanged for it.

Job 28:18

Coral and quartz are not worth mentioning.
The price of wisdom is beyond pearls.

Job 28:19

Topaz from Cush cannot compare with it,
and it cannot be valued in pure gold.

Job 28:20

Where then does wisdom come from,
and where is understanding located?

Job 28:21

It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing
and concealed from the birds of the sky.

Job 28:22

Abaddon and Death say,
“We have heard news of it with our ears.”

Job 28:23

But God understands the way to wisdom,
and He knows its location.

Job 28:24

For He looks to the ends of the earth
and sees everything under the heavens.

Job 28:25

When God fixed the weight of the wind
and limited the water by measure,

Job 28:26

when He established a limit for the rain
and a path for the lightning,

Job 28:27

He considered wisdom and evaluated it;
He established it and examined it.

Job 28:28

He said to mankind,
“The fear of the Lord is this: wisdom.
And to turn from evil is understanding.”
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