Thematic Bible
Job 28:1 (show verse)
Surely there is a mine for the silver, and a place where they refine gold.
Job 28:2 (show verse)
Iron is taken out of the earth, and bronze is melted out of the stone.
Job 28:3 (show verse)
He sets an end to darkness, and to every extremity He searches out the stones of darkness and the shadow of death.
Job 28:4 (show verse)
He opens a shaft far from the visitor; they are forgotten by man's foot; they hang far away from men, they swing to and fro.
Job 28:5 (show verse)
As to the earth, out of it comes bread; and underneath it is turned up like fire.
Job 28:6 (show verse)
Its stones are the place of sapphires; and it has dust of gold.
Job 28:7 (show verse)
There is a path which no bird knows, nor has the vulture's eye caught sight of it;
Job 28:8 (show verse)
the sons of pride have not walked on it, the lion has not passed by.
Job 28:9 (show verse)
He puts forth His hand on the flinty places; He overturns the mountains by the roots.
Job 28:10 (show verse)
He cuts out rivers among the rocks; and His eye sees every precious thing.
Job 28:11 (show verse)
He holds back the floods from overflowing; and the hidden thing, He brings 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 the price of it; nor 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 in me.
Job 28:15 (show verse)
Pure gold cannot be given in its stead, and silver be weighed as its price.
Job 28:16 (show verse)
It cannot be weighed against the gold of Ophir, against precious onyx, or sapphire;
Job 28:17 (show verse)
gold and the crystal cannot equal it, nor can it be exchanged for a vessel of fine gold.
Job 28:18 (show verse)
No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls; and the price of wisdom is above rubies.
Job 28:19 (show verse)
The topaz of Ethiopia cannot equal it; it cannot be weighed against 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)
Yea, it is hidden from the eyes of all living, and hidden from the birds of the heavens.
Job 28:22 (show verse)
The place of ruin and death say, We have heard the fame of it with our ears.
Job 28:23 (show verse)
God understands the way of it, and He knows its place.
Job 28:24 (show verse)
For He looks to the end of the earth, and sees under all the heavens;
Job 28:25 (show verse)
making a weight for the winds, and measuring out the waters by measure.
Job 28:26 (show verse)
When He made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning to thunder;
Job 28:27 (show verse)
then He saw it, and declared it; He prepared it, yea, and searched it out.
Job 28:28 (show verse)
And to man He said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom! And to depart from evil is understanding!