Thematic Bible
Job 28:1 (show verse)
"Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold that they refine.
Job 28:2 (show verse)
Iron is taken out of the earth, and copper is smelted from the ore.
Job 28:3 (show verse)
Man puts an end to darkness and searches out to the farthest limit the ore in gloom and deep darkness.
Job 28:4 (show verse)
He opens shafts in a valley away from where anyone lives; they are forgotten by travelers; they hang in the air, far away from mankind; they swing to and fro.
Job 28:5 (show verse)
As for the earth, out of it comes bread, but underneath it is turned up as by fire.
Job 28:6 (show verse)
Its stones are the place of sapphires, and it has dust of gold.
Job 28:7 (show verse)
"That path no bird of prey knows, and the falcon's eye has not seen it.
Job 28:8 (show verse)
The proud beasts have not trodden it; the lion has not passed over it.
Job 28:9 (show verse)
"Man puts his hand to the flinty rock and overturns mountains by the roots.
Job 28:10 (show verse)
He cuts out channels in the rocks, and his eye sees every precious thing.
Job 28:11 (show verse)
He dams up the streams so that they do not trickle, and the thing that is hidden he brings out to light.
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Job 28:12 (show verse)
"But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?
Job 28:13 (show verse)
Man does not know its worth, and it is not found in the land of the living.
Job 28:14 (show verse)
The deep says, 'It is not in me,' and the sea says, 'It is not with me.'
Job 28:15 (show verse)
It cannot be bought for gold, and silver cannot be weighed as its price.
Job 28:16 (show verse)
It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire.
Job 28:17 (show verse)
Gold and glass cannot equal it, nor can it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.
Job 28:18 (show verse)
No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal; the price of wisdom is above pearls.
Job 28:19 (show verse)
The topaz of Ethiopia cannot equal it, nor can it be valued in pure gold.
Job 28:20 (show verse)
"From where, then, does wisdom come? And where is the place of understanding?
Job 28:21 (show verse)
It is hidden from the eyes of all living and concealed from the birds of the air.
Job 28:22 (show verse)
Abaddon and Death say, 'We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.'
Job 28:23 (show verse)
"God understands the way to it, and he knows its place.
Job 28:24 (show verse)
For he looks to the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens.
Job 28:25 (show verse)
When he gave to the wind its weight and apportioned the waters by measure,
Job 28:26 (show verse)
when he made a decree for the rain and a way for the lightning of the thunder,
Job 28:27 (show verse)
then he saw it and declared it; he established it, and searched it out.
Job 28:28 (show verse)
And he said to man, 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.'"