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| The Book of Job 28 | ||||||||||||||||
| The Basic English Online Bible (BEN) | ||||||||||||||||
| Job 28:1 | Truly there is a mine for silver, and a place where gold is washed out. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 28:2 | Iron is taken out of the earth, and stone is changed into brass by the fire. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 28:3 | Man puts an end to the dark, searching out to the farthest limit the stones of the deep places of the dark. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 28:4 | He makes a deep mine far away from those living in the light of day; when they go about on the earth, they have no knowledge of those who are under them, who are hanging far from men, twisting from side to side on a cord. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 28:5 | As for the earth, bread comes out of it; but under its face it is turned up as if by fire. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 28:6 | Its stones are the place of sapphires, and it has dust of gold. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 28:7 | No bird has knowledge of it, and the hawk's eye has never seen it. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 28:8 | The great beasts have not gone over it, and the cruel lion has not taken that way. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 28:9 | Man puts out his hand on the hard rock, overturning mountains by the roots. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 28:10 | He makes deep ways, cut through the rock, and his eye sees everything of value. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 28:11 | He keeps back the streams from flowing, and makes the secret things come out into the light. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 28:12 | But where may wisdom be seen? and where is the resting-place of knowledge? | |||||||||||||||
| Job 28:13 | Man has not seen the way to it, and it is not in the land of the living. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 28:14 | The deep waters say, It is not in me: and the sea says, It is not with me. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 28:15 | Gold may not be given for it, or a weight of silver in payment for it. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 28:16 | It may not be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the onyx of great price, or the sapphire. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 28:17 | Gold and glass are not equal to it in price, and it may not be exchanged for jewels of the best gold. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 28:18 | There is no need to say anything about coral or crystal; and the value of wisdom is greater than that of pearls. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 28:19 | The topaz of Ethiopia is not equal to it, and it may not be valued with the best gold. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 28:20 | From where then does wisdom come, and where is the resting-place of knowledge? | |||||||||||||||
| Job 28:21 | For it is kept secret from the eyes of all living, unseen by the birds of the air. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 28:22 | Destruction and Death say, We have only had word of it with our ears. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 28:23 | God has knowledge of the way to it, and of its resting-place; | |||||||||||||||
| Job 28:24 | For his eyes go to the ends of the earth, and he sees everything under heaven. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 28:25 | When he made a weight for the wind, measuring out the waters; | |||||||||||||||
| Job 28:26 | When he made a law for the rain, and a way for the thunder-flames; | |||||||||||||||
| Job 28:27 | Then he saw it, and put it on record; he gave it its fixed form, searching it out completely. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 28:28 | And he said to man, Truly the fear of the Lord is wisdom, and to keep from evil is the way to knowledge. | |||||||||||||||
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