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Job 28 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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CHAPTER 28
Job’s Discourse on Wisdom
Wisdom Is God’s Gift
1 “Surely there is a mine for silver,
​​And a place where gold is refined.
2 ​​Iron is taken from the earth,
​​And copper is smelted from ore.
3 ​​Man puts an end to darkness,
​​And searches every recess
​​For ore in the darkness and the shadow of death.
4 ​​He breaks open a shaft away from people;
​​In places forgotten by feet
​​They hang far away from men;
​​They swing to and fro.
5 ​​As for the earth, from it comes bread,
​​But underneath it is turned up as by fire;
6 ​​Its stones are the source of sapphires,
​​And it contains gold dust.
7 ​​That path no bird knows,
​​Nor has the falcon’s eye seen it.
8 ​​The proud lions[fn] have not trodden it,
​​Nor has the fierce lion passed over it.
9 ​​He puts his hand on the flint;
​​He overturns the mountains at the roots.
10 ​​He cuts out channels in the rocks,
​​And his eye sees every precious thing.
11 ​​He dams up the streams from trickling;
​​What is hidden he brings forth to light.
​
12 ​​“But where can wisdom be found?
​​And where is the place of understanding?
13 ​​Man does not know its value,
​​Nor is it found in the land of the living.
14 ​​The deep says, ‘It is not in me’;
​​And the sea says, ‘It is not with me.’
15 ​​It cannot be purchased for gold,
​​Nor can silver be weighed for its price.
16 ​​It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir,
​​In precious onyx or sapphire.
17 ​​Neither gold nor crystal can equal it,
​​Nor can it be exchanged for jewelry of fine gold.
18 ​​No mention shall be made of coral or quartz,
​​For the price of wisdom is above rubies.
19 ​​The topaz of Ethiopia cannot equal it,
​​Nor can it be valued in pure gold.
​
20 ​​“From where then does wisdom come?
​​And where is the place of understanding?
21 ​​It is hidden from the eyes of all living,
​​And concealed from the birds of the air.
22 ​​Destruction and Death say,
​‘​We have heard a report about 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 heavens,
25 ​​To establish a weight for the wind,
​​And apportion the waters by measure.
26 ​​When He made a law for the rain,
​​And a path for the thunderbolt,
27 ​​Then He saw wisdom[fn] and declared it;
​​He prepared it, indeed, He searched it out.
28 ​​And to man He said,
​‘​Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom,
​​And to depart from evil is understanding.’ ”
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NKJV Footnotes
Literally sons of pride, figurative of the great lions
Literally it
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