Job 28 :: Darby Translation (DBY)

Job Tells of Earth's Treasures

Job 28:1Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold which they refine;

Job 28:2Iron is taken out of the dust, and copper is molten out of the stone.

Job 28:3Man putteth an end to the darkness, and exploreth to the utmost limit, the stones of darkness and of the shadow of death.

Job 28:4

Job 28:4He openeth a shaft far from the inhabitants of the earth: forgotten of the foot, they hang suspended; away below men they hover.

Job 28:5

Job 28:5As for the earth, out of it cometh bread, and underneath it is turned up as by fire;

Job 28:6

Job 28:6The stones of it are the place of sapphires, and it hath dust of gold.

Job 28:7

Job 28:7It is a path no bird of prey knoweth, and the vulture's eye hath not seen it;

Job 28:8

Job 28:8The proud beasts have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed over it.

Job 28:9

Job 28:9Man putteth forth his hand upon the flinty rock, he overturneth the mountains by the root.

Job 28:10

Job 28:10He cutteth out channels in the rocks, and his eye seeth every precious thing.

Job 28:11

Job 28:11He bindeth the streams that they drip not, and what is hidden he bringeth forth to light.

The Search for Wisdom Is Harder

Job 28:12

Job 28:12But wisdom, where shall it be found? and where is the place of understanding?

Job 28:13

Job 28:13Man knoweth not the value thereof; and it is not found in the land of the living.

Job 28:14

Job 28:14The deep saith, It is not in me; and the sea saith, It is not with me.

Job 28:15

Job 28:15Choice gold cannot be given for it, nor silver be weighed for its price.

Job 28:16

Job 28:16It is not set in the balance with gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, and the sapphire.

Job 28:17

Job 28:17Gold and glass cannot be compared to it, nor vessels of fine gold be its exchange.

Job 28:18

Job 28:18Corals and crystal are no more remembered; yea, the acquisition of wisdom is above rubies.

Job 28:19

Job 28:19The topaz of Ethiopia shall not be compared to it, neither shall it be set in the balance with pure gold.

Job 28:20

Job 28:20Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?

Job 28:21

Job 28:21For it is hidden from the eyes of all living, and concealed from the fowl of the heavens.

Job 28:22

Job 28:22Destruction and death say, We have heard its report with our ears.

Job 28:23

Job 28:23God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth its place:

Job 28:24

Job 28:24For he looketh to the ends of the earth, he seeth under the whole heaven.

Job 28:25

Job 28:25In making a weight for the wind, and meting out the waters by measure,

Job 28:26

Job 28:26In appointing a statute for the rain, and a way for the thunder's flash:

Job 28:27

Job 28:27Then did he see it, and declare it; he established it, yea, and searched it out;

Job 28:28

Job 28:28And unto man he said, Lo, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.

In 1867, John Nelson Darby translated the New Testament from Greek into English. Further revisions were done in 1872 and 1884. Darby’s work was first published as The Holy Scriptures: A New Translation from the Original Languages by J. N. Darby. After Darby’s death in 1882, some of his students worked together to produce the complete Darby Bible based on the Masoretic Hebrew text, Darby’s German (Elberfelder), and the French (Pau) translations. In 1890, the first complete Darby Bible was published in English. This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.

Job 28 :: Darby Translation (DBY)

Job Tells of Earth's Treasures

The Search for Wisdom Is Harder

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