Job 28
28
Where Can Wisdom be Found?
1“Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place where gold is refined.
2Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore.
3Man puts an end to darkness; he searches to the farthest reaches for ore in gloom and blackest darkness.
4He cuts open a shaft far from dwellings, in places forgotten by feet. Far from other people, they dangle back and forth.
5The earth, from which food comes, is transformed as by fire;
6a place whose rocks are sapphires, its dust contains gold.
7No bird of prey knows the path; nor falcon’s eye has seen it.
8Proud beasts have not set foot on it, and no lion has passed there.
9Man sets his hand against the flinty rock and overturns mountains by the roots.
10He carves out tunnels through the rocks; his eye sees every precious thing.
11He dams up streams from flowing. And brings hidden things to light.
12“But where can wisdom be found? Where is the place of understanding?
13No mortal comprehends its worth; it cannot be found in the land of the living.
14The deep says, ‘It is not in me’— The sea says, ‘It’s not with me.’
15Pure gold cannot be given for it, nor can its price be weighed in silver.
16It cannot be weighed in gold from Ophir, in precious onyx, or sapphire.
17Neither gold or crystal can compare with it, nor vessels of fine gold exchanged for it.
18No mention will be made of coral or jasper; the price of wisdom is more than pearls.
19The topaz of Ethiopia cannot compare to it; nor can it be valued in pure gold.
20Where then does wisdom come from? Where is the place of understanding?
21It has been hidden from the eyes of all living things, concealed from the birds of the sky.
22Abaddon and Death say, ‘With our ears we have heard a rumor of it.’
23“God understands its way and He knows its place.
24He looks to the ends of the earth, and sees everything under the heavens.
25When He made the force of the wind, and measured out the waters,
26when He set a limit for the rain and a path for the thunderstorm,
27then He looked at it and assessed it established it and examined it.
28And He said to mankind, ‘The fear of the Lord —that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.”’
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Job 28
28
1“Surely there is a mine for silver,
and a place for gold which they refine.
2 Iron is taken out of the earth,
and copper is smelted out of the ore.
3 Man sets an end to darkness,
and searches out, to the furthest bound,
the stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.
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.
5 As for the earth, out of it comes bread.
Underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.
6 Sapphires come from its rocks.
It has dust of gold.
7 That path no bird of prey knows,
neither has the falcon’s eye seen it.
8 The proud animals have not trodden it,
nor has the fierce lion passed by there.
9 He puts his hand on the flinty rock,
and he overturns the mountains by the roots.
10 He cuts out channels among the rocks.
His eye sees every precious thing.
11 He binds the streams that they don’t trickle.
The thing that is hidden he brings out to light.
12“But where will wisdom be found?
Where is the place of understanding?
13 Man doesn’t know its price,
and it isn’t found in the land of the living.
14 The deep says, ‘It isn’t in me.’
The sea says, ‘It isn’t with me.’
15 It can’t be gotten for gold,
neither will silver be weighed for its price.
16 It can’t be valued with the gold of Ophir,
with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.#28:16 or, lapis lazuli
17 Gold and glass can’t equal it,
neither will it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.
18 No mention will be made of coral or of crystal.
Yes, the price of wisdom is above rubies.
19 The topaz of Ethiopia will not equal it.
It won’t be valued with pure gold.
20 Where then does wisdom come from?
Where is the place of understanding?
21Seeing it is hidden from the eyes of all living,
and kept close from the birds of the sky.
22Destruction and Death say,
‘We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.’
23“God understands its way,
and he knows its place.
24 For he looks to the ends of the earth,
and sees under the whole sky.
25 He establishes the force of the wind.
Yes, he measures out the waters by measure.
26 When he made a decree for the rain,
and a way for the lightning of the thunder,
27 then he saw it, and declared it.
He established it, yes, and searched it out.
28 To man he said,
‘Behold, the fear of the Lord,#28:28 The word translated “Lord” (mixed case) is “Adonai.” that is wisdom.
To depart from evil is understanding.’”
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