Job 28
1. Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine * it.
2. Iron is taken * out of the earth, and brass is molten * out of the stone.
3. He setteth * an end to darkness,and searcheth out * all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.
4. The 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.
6. The 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 * :
8. The lion's whelps have not trodden * it, nor the fierce lion passed * by it.
9. He putteth forth * his hand upon the rock; he overturneth * the mountains by the roots.
10. He cutteth out * rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth * every precious thing.
11. He bindeth * the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth * to light.
12. But where shall wisdom be found * ? and where is the place of understanding?
13. Man knoweth * not the price thereof; neither is it found * in the land of the living.
14. The depth saith * , It is not in me: and the sea saith * , It is not with me.
15. It cannot be gotten * for gold, neither shall silver be weighed * for the price thereof.
16. It cannot be valued * with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
17. The gold and the crystal cannot equal * it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold.
18. No mention * shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.
19. The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal * it, neither shall it be valued * with pure gold.
20. Whence then cometh * wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
21. Seeing it is hid * from the eyes of all living, and kept close * from the fowls of the air.
22. Destruction and death say * , We have heard * the fame thereof with our ears.
23. God understandeth * the way thereof, and he knoweth * the place thereof.
24. For he looketh * to the ends of the earth, and seeth * under the whole heaven;
25. To make * the weight for the winds; and he weigheth * the waters by measure.
26. When he made * a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:
27. Then did he see * it, and declare * it; he prepared * it, yea, and searched it out * .
28. And unto man he said * , Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart * from evil is understanding.
