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| The Book of Job 28 | ||||||||||||||||
| The World English Online Bible (WLD) | ||||||||||||||||
| Job 28:1 | "Surely there is a mine for silver, And a place for gold which they refine. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 28:2 | Iron is taken out of the earth, And copper is smelted out of the ore. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 28:3 | Man sets an end to darkness, And searches out, to the furthest bound, The stones of obscurity and of thick darkness. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 28:4 | 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 | As for the earth, out of it comes bread; Underneath it is turned up as it were by fire. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 28:6 | Sapphires come from its rocks. It has dust of gold. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 28:7 | That path no bird of prey knows, Neither has the falcon's eye seen it. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 28:8 | The proud animals have not trodden it, Nor has the fierce lion passed by there. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 28:9 | He puts forth his hand on the flinty rock, And he overturns the mountains by the roots. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 28:10 | He cuts out channels among the rocks. His eye sees every precious thing. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 28:11 | He binds the streams that they don't trickle; The thing that is hidden he brings forth to light. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 28:12 | "But where shall wisdom be found? Where is the place of understanding? | |||||||||||||||
| Job 28:13 | Man doesn't know its price; Neither is it found in the land of the living. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 28:14 | The deep says, 'It isn't in me.' The sea says, 'It isn't with me.' | |||||||||||||||
| Job 28:15 | It can't be gotten for gold, Neither shall silver be weighed for its price. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 28:16 | It can't be valued with the gold of Ophir, With the precious onyx, or the sapphire. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 28:17 | Gold and glass can't equal it, Neither shall it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 28:18 | No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal: Yes, the price of wisdom is above rubies. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 28:19 | The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, Neither shall it be valued with pure gold. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 28:20 | Whence then comes wisdom? Where is the place of understanding? | |||||||||||||||
| Job 28:21 | Seeing it is hidden from the eyes of all living, And kept close from the birds of the sky. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 28:22 | Destruction and Death say, 'We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.' | |||||||||||||||
| Job 28:23 | "God understands its way, And he knows its place. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 28:24 | For he looks to the ends of the earth, And sees under the whole sky. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 28:25 | He establishes the force of the wind; Yes, he measures out the waters by measure. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 28:26 | When he made a decree for the rain, And a way for the lightning of the thunder; | |||||||||||||||
| Job 28:27 | Then did he see it, and declare it. He established it, yes, and searched it out. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 28:28 | To man he said, 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.'" | |||||||||||||||
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