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Job 28 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:1 - Truly there is a mine for silver, and a place where gold is washed out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:2 - Iron is taken out of the earth, and stone is changed into brass by the fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:3 - Man puts an end to the dark, searching out to the farthest limit the stones of the deep places of the dark.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:5 - As for the earth, bread comes out of it; but under its face it is turned up as if by fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:6 - Its stones are the place of sapphires, and it has dust of gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:7 - No bird has knowledge of it, and the hawk's eye has never seen it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:8 - The great beasts have not gone over it, and the cruel lion has not taken that way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:9 - Man puts out his hand on the hard rock, overturning mountains by the roots.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:10 - He makes deep ways, cut through the rock, and his eye sees everything of value.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:11 - He keeps back the streams from flowing, and makes the secret things come out into the light.

The Search for Wisdom Is Harder

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:12 - But where may wisdom be seen? and where is the resting-place of knowledge?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:13 - Man has not seen the way to it, and it is not in the land of the living.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:14 - The deep waters say, It is not in me: and the sea says, It is not with me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:15 - Gold may not be given for it, or a weight of silver in payment for it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:16 - It may not be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the onyx of great price, or the sapphire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:17 - Gold and glass are not equal to it in price, and it may not be exchanged for jewels of the best gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:18 - There is no need to say anything about coral or crystal; and the value of wisdom is greater than that of pearls.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:19 - The topaz of Ethiopia is not equal to it, and it may not be valued with the best gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:20 - From where then does wisdom come, and where is the resting-place of knowledge?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:21 - For it is kept secret from the eyes of all living, unseen by the birds of the air.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:22 - Destruction and Death say, We have only had word of it with our ears.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:23 - God has knowledge of the way to it, and of its resting-place;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:24 - For his eyes go to the ends of the earth, and he sees everything under heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:25 - When he made a weight for the wind, measuring out the waters;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:26 - When he made a law for the rain, and a way for the thunder-flames;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:27 - Then he saw it, and put it on record; he gave it its fixed form, searching it out completely.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 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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The Bible in Basic English was translated by Professor Samuel Henry Hooke (1874-1968)
This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.

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