Job 28:1 (WEB)
"Surely there is a mine for silver, And a place for gold which they refine.

Job 28:2 (WEB)
Iron is taken out of the earth, And copper is smelted out of the ore.

Job 28:3 (WEB)
Man sets an end to darkness, And searches out, to the furthest bound, The stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.

Job 28:4 (WEB)
He breaks open a shaft away from where people live. They are forgotten by the foot. They hang far from men, they swing back and forth.

Job 28:5 (WEB)
As for the earth, out of it comes bread; Underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.

Job 28:6 (WEB)
Sapphires come from its rocks. It has dust of gold.

Job 28:7 (WEB)
That path no bird of prey knows, Neither has the falcon's eye seen it.

Job 28:8 (WEB)
The proud animals have not trodden it, Nor has the fierce lion passed by there.

Job 28:9 (WEB)
He puts forth his hand on the flinty rock, And he overturns the mountains by the roots.

Job 28:10 (WEB)
He cuts out channels among the rocks. His eye sees every precious thing.

Job 28:11 (WEB)
He binds the streams that they don't trickle; The thing that is hidden he brings forth to light.

Job 28:12 (WEB)
"But where shall wisdom be found? Where is the place of understanding?

Job 28:13 (WEB)
Man doesn't know its price; Neither is it found in the land of the living.

Job 28:14 (WEB)
The deep says, 'It isn't in me.' The sea says, 'It isn't with me.'

Job 28:15 (WEB)
It can't be gotten for gold, Neither shall silver be weighed for its price.

Job 28:16 (WEB)
It can't be valued with the gold of Ophir, With the precious onyx, or the sapphire.

Job 28:17 (WEB)
Gold and glass can't equal it, Neither shall it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.

Job 28:18 (WEB)
No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal: Yes, the price of wisdom is above rubies.

Job 28:19 (WEB)
The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, Neither shall it be valued with pure gold.

Job 28:20 (WEB)
Whence then comes wisdom? Where is the place of understanding?

Job 28:21 (WEB)
Seeing it is hidden from the eyes of all living, And kept close from the birds of the sky.

Job 28:22 (WEB)
Destruction and Death say, 'We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.'

Job 28:23 (WEB)
"God understands its way, And he knows its place.

Job 28:24 (WEB)
For he looks to the ends of the earth, And sees under the whole sky.

Job 28:25 (WEB)
He establishes the force of the wind; Yes, he measures out the waters by measure.

Job 28:26 (WEB)
When he made a decree for the rain, And a way for the lightning of the thunder;

Job 28:27 (WEB)
Then did he see it, and declare it. He established it, yes, and searched it out.

Job 28:28 (WEB)
To man he said, 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.'"
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