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Job 28 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:1 - "Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold which they refine.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:3 - Men put an end to darkness, and search out to the farthest bound the ore in gloom and deep darkness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:4 - They open shafts in a valley away from where men live; they are forgotten by travelers, they hang afar from men, they swing to and fro.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:5 - As for the earth, out of 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 place of sapphires, and it has dust of gold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:7 - "That path no bird of prey knows, and the falcon's eye has not seen it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:8 - The proud beasts have not trodden it; the lion has not passed over it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:9 - "Man puts his hand to the flinty rock, and overturns mountains by the roots.

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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 BoxJob 28:11 - He binds up the streams so that they do not trickle, and the thing that is hid he brings forth to light.

The Search for Wisdom Is Harder

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

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

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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 BoxJob 28:15 - It cannot be gotten for gold, and silver cannot be weighed as its price.

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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 BoxJob 28:17 - Gold and glass cannot equal it, nor can it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:18 - No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal; the price of wisdom is above pearls.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:19 - The topaz of Ethiopia cannot compare with it, nor can it be valued in pure gold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:20 - "Whence then comes wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:21 - It is hid from the eyes of all living, and concealed from the birds of the air.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:22 - Abaddon and Death say, 'We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:23 - "God understands the way to it, and he knows its place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:24 - For he looks to the ends of the earth, and sees everything under the heavens.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:25 - When he gave to the wind its weight, and meted out the waters by measure;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:26 - when he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:27 - then he saw it and declared it; he established it, and searched it out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:28 - And he said to man, 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.'"
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Source: Transcribed from: The Holy Bible: Revised Standard Version containing the Old and New Testaments, translated from the original tongues: being the version set forth A.D. 1611, revised A.D. 1881-1885 and A.D. 1901: compared with the most ancient authorities and revised A.D. 1946-52. — 2nd ed. of New Testament A.D. 1971. There should be enough in the rest of the description to identify the text.

Language: English

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Job Chapter 28 — Additional Translations:

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