Job 28
28
Interlude: Where Wisdom Is Found
1“Surely there is a mine for the silver,
and a place where they refine gold.
2#Dt 8:9 Iron is taken out of the earth,
and copper is smelted from the ore.
3#Ecc 1:13 Man puts an end to darkness,
and searches every extremity
for ore in the darkness and the shadow of death.
4He breaks open a shaft away from the inhabitants;
in places forgotten by feet
they hang far away from men; and they totter.
5As for the earth, from it comes bread,
and underneath it is turned up as by fire.
6#Ex 24:10 Its stones are the source of sapphires,
and it has dust of gold.
7There is a path that no bird knows,
and that the vulture’s eye has not seen;
8the lion cubs have not trodden it,
nor has the fierce lion passed by it.
9He puts forth his hand upon the rock;
he overturns the mountains by the roots.
10He cuts out rivers among the rocks,
and his eye sees every precious thing.
11He prevents the floods from overflowing,
and the thing that is hidden he brings forth to light.
12#Job 28:28 “But where will wisdom be found?
And where is the place of understanding?
13Man does not know its price,
nor is it found in the land of the living.
14The depth says, ‘It is not in me,’
and the sea says, ‘It is not with me.’
15#Pr 16:16; 8:10–11 It cannot be bought for gold,
nor can silver be weighed for its price.
16#Ps 45:9; Isa 13:12 It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir,
with the precious onyx or the sapphire.
17The gold and the crystal cannot equal it,
and it cannot be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.
18#Pr 3:15; 31:10 No mention will be made of coral or of pearls,
for the price of wisdom is above rubies.
19#Ex 28:17; 39:10 The topaz of Ethiopia will not equal it,
nor will it be valued with pure gold.
20“From where then does wisdom come?
And where is the place of understanding?
21It is hidden from the eyes of all living
and concealed from the birds of the air.
22#Job 26:6 Destruction and Death say,
‘We have heard of its fame with our ears.’
23#Pr 8:22–31 God understands its way,
and He knows its place.
24#Pr 15:3; Zec 4:10 For He looks to the ends of the earth,
and sees under the whole heaven,
25#Ps 135:7 to make the weight of the wind,
and He weighs the waters by measure.
26#Job 38:25; 37:3 When He made a decree for the rain,
and a path for the lightning of the thunder,
27then He saw it and declared it;
He prepared it, yes, and searched it out.
28#Ps 111:10; Pr 1:7 To man He said:
‘Look, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom;
And to depart from evil is understanding.’ ”
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Job 28
28
Man's Quest for Wisdom
1Surely there is a vein for the silver,
and a place for gold where they fine it.
2Iron is taken out of the earth,
and brass is molten out of the stone.
3He setteth an end to darkness,
and searcheth out all perfection:
the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.
4The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant;
even the waters forgotten of the foot:
they are dried up, they are gone away from men.
5 As for the earth, out of it cometh bread:
and under it is turned up as it were fire.
6The stones of it are the place of sapphires:
and it hath dust of gold.
7 There is a path which no fowl knoweth,
and which the vulture's eye hath not seen:
8the lion's whelps have not trodden it,
nor the fierce lion passed by it.
9He putteth forth his hand upon the rock;
he overturneth the mountains by the roots.
10He cutteth out rivers among the rocks;
and his eye seeth every precious thing.
11He bindeth the floods from overflowing;
and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.
12But where shall wisdom be found?
And where is the place of understanding?
13Man knoweth not the price thereof;
neither is it found in the land of the living.
14The depth saith, It is not in me:
and the sea saith, It is not with me.
15It cannot be gotten for gold,
neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.
16It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir,
with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
17The gold and the crystal cannot equal it:
and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold.
18No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls:
for the price of wisdom is above rubies.
19The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it,
neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
20Whence then cometh wisdom?
And where is the place of understanding?
21seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living,
and kept close from the fowls of the air.
22Destruction#28.22 Destruction, Hebrew Abaddon. and death say,
We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.
23God understandeth the way thereof,
and he knoweth the place thereof.
24For he looketh to the ends of the earth,
and seeth under the whole heaven;
25to make the weight for the winds;
and he weigheth the waters by measure.
26When he made a decree for the rain,
and a way for the lightning of the thunder;
27then did he see it, and declare it;
he prepared it, yea, and searched it out.
28 #
Ps 111.10; Prov 1.7; 9.10. And unto man he said,
Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom;
and to depart from evil is understanding.
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