Thematic Bible
Job 28:1 (show verse)
Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they refine it.
Job 28:2 (show verse)
Iron is taken out of the earth, and copper is smelted out of the ore.
Job 28:3 (show verse)
Man sets an end to darkness, and searches out all recesses for ore in darkness, and the shadow of death.
Job 28:4 (show verse)
He breaks open a shaft away from the inhabitants; even in places forgotten of the foot: they are gone away from men, they swing to and fro.
Job 28:5 (show verse)
As for the earth, out of it comes bread: but under it is turned up as it were fire.
Job 28:6 (show verse)
The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it has dust of gold.
Job 28:7 (show verse)
There is a path which no fowl knows, and which the falcon's eye has not seen:
Job 28:8 (show verse)
The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.
Job 28:9 (show verse)
He puts forth his hand upon the flinty rock; he overturns the mountains by the roots.
Job 28:10 (show verse)
He cuts out rivers in the rocks; and his eye sees every precious thing.
Job 28:11 (show verse)
He binds the streams from overflowing; and the thing that is hid brings he forth 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 knows not the price thereof; neither is it 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 gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.
Job 28:16 (show verse)
It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
Job 28:17 (show verse)
The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold.
Job 28:18 (show verse)
No mention shall be made of coral, or of crystal: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.
Job 28:19 (show verse)
The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
Job 28:20 (show verse)
From where then comes wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
Job 28:21 (show verse)
Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and concealed from the fowls of the air.
Job 28:22 (show verse)
Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame of it with our ears.
Job 28:23 (show verse)
God understands its way, and he knows its place.
Job 28:24 (show verse)
For he looks to the ends of the earth, and sees under the whole heaven;
Job 28:25 (show verse)
To make the weight for the wind; and he apportions 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 did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out.
Job 28:28 (show verse)
And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.