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Job 28 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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Job’s Discourse on Wisdom
Wisdom Is God’s Gift

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:1 - “Surely there is a mine for silver,
And a place where gold is refined.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:2 - Iron is taken from the earth,
And copper is smelted from ore.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:3 - Man puts an end to darkness,
And searches every recess
For ore in the darkness and the shadow of death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:4 - He breaks open a shaft away from people;
In places forgotten by feet
They hang far away from men;
They swing to and fro.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:5 - As for the earth, from it comes bread,
But underneath it is turned up as by fire;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:6 - Its stones are the source of sapphires,
And it contains gold dust.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:7 - That path no bird knows,
Nor has the falcon’s eye seen it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:8 - The proud lions[fn] have not trodden it,
Nor has the fierce lion passed over it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:9 - He puts his hand on the flint;
He overturns the mountains at the roots.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:10 - He cuts out channels in the rocks,
And his eye sees every precious thing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:11 - He dams up the streams from trickling;
What is hidden he brings forth to light.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:12 - “But where can wisdom be found?
And where is the place of understanding?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:13 - Man does not know its value,
Nor is it found in the land of the living.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:14 - The deep says, ‘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 - It cannot be purchased for gold,
Nor can silver be weighed for its price.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:16 - It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir,
In precious onyx or sapphire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:17 - Neither gold nor crystal can equal it,
Nor can it be exchanged for jewelry of fine gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:18 - No mention shall be made of coral or quartz,
For the price of wisdom is above rubies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:19 - The topaz of Ethiopia cannot equal it,
Nor can it be valued in pure 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 place of understanding?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:21 - It is hidden from the eyes of all living,
And concealed from 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 heard a report about it with our ears.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:23 - God understands its way,
And He knows its place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:24 - For He looks to the ends of the earth,
And sees under the whole heavens,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:25 - To establish a weight for the wind,
And apportion the waters by measure.

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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 path for the thunderbolt,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:27 - Then He saw wisdom[fn] and declared it;
He prepared it, indeed, He searched it out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:28 - And to man He said,
‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom,
And to depart from evil is understanding.’ ”
See the NKJV Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NKJV Footnotes
Literally sons of pride, figurative of the great lions
Literally it
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New King James Version, © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

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Job Chapter 28 — Additional Translations:

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