Thematic Bible
Job 28:1 (show verse)
There is a place where silver is mined and a place where gold is refined.
Job 28:2 (show verse)
Iron is taken from the ground, and rocks are melted for their copper.
Job 28:3 (show verse)
Humans bring an end to darkness. He searches the black rock to the limit of the gloom.
Job 28:4 (show verse)
They open up a mineshaft far from civilization, where no one has set foot. In this shaft men dangle and swing back and forth.
Job 28:5 (show verse)
Above the ground food grows. Beneath it the food decays as if it were burned by fire.
Job 28:6 (show verse)
That place's stones are sapphire. Its dust contains gold.
Job 28:7 (show verse)
No bird of prey knows the way to it. No hawk's eye has ever seen it.
Job 28:8 (show verse)
No proud beast has ever walked on it. No ferocious lion has ever passed over it.
Job 28:9 (show verse)
Humans exert their power on the flinty rocks and overturn mountains at their base.
Job 28:10 (show verse)
They cut out mineshafts in the rocks. Their eyes see every precious thing.
Job 28:11 (show verse)
They explore the sources of rivers to bring hidden treasures to light.
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Job 28:12 (show verse)
Where can wisdom be found? Where is the place of understanding?
Job 28:13 (show verse)
No man knows where it is. It cannot be found in this world of the living.
Job 28:14 (show verse)
The deep ocean says: 'It is not in me.' The sea proclaims: 'Not in me either!'
Job 28:15 (show verse)
Gold will not buy it; neither will any amount of silver.
Job 28:16 (show verse)
It cannot be bought with the gold from Ophir or with precious onyx or sapphire.
Job 28:17 (show verse)
Neither gold nor crystal can equal its value. Nor can it be exchanged for jewelry of fine gold.
Job 28:18 (show verse)
Wisdom is more valuable than gems.
Job 28:19 (show verse)
Topaz from Ethiopia cannot equal its value. It cannot be bought for any amount of pure gold.
Job 28:20 (show verse)
Where does wisdom come from? Where does understanding live?
Job 28:21 (show verse)
It is hidden from the eyes of all the living, concealed from the birds in the air.
Job 28:22 (show verse)
Destruction and Death say: 'We heard a rumor about it.'
Job 28:23 (show verse)
God understands the way to it. He knows where it lives
Job 28:24 (show verse)
He can see to the ends of the earth and observe everything under heaven.
Job 28:25 (show verse)
When he gave the wind its force and measured the water in the sea,
Job 28:26 (show verse)
when he made rules for the rain and set paths for the thunderstorms,
Job 28:27 (show verse)
then he saw it and announced it. He confirmed it and examined it.
Job 28:28 (show verse)
To man he said: 'Respect for Jehovah is wisdom! To stay away from evil is understanding.'