Job 28 :: Hebrew Names Version (HNV)

Job Tells of Earth's Treasures

Job 28:1"Surely there is a mine for silver, And a place for gold which they refine.

Job 28:2Iron is taken out of the eretz, And copper is smelted out of the ore.

Job 28:3Man sets an end to darkness, And searches out, to the furthest bound, The stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.

Job 28:4

Job 28:4He breaks open a shaft away from where people live. They are forgotten by the foot. They hang far from men, they swing back and forth.

Job 28:5

Job 28:5As for the eretz, out of it comes bread; Underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.

Job 28:6

Job 28:6Sapphires come from its rocks. It has dust of gold.

Job 28:7

Job 28:7That path no bird of prey knows, Neither has the falcon's eye seen it.

Job 28:8

Job 28:8The proud animals have not trodden it, Nor has the fierce lion passed by there.

Job 28:9

Job 28:9He puts forth his hand on the flinty rock, And he overturns the mountains by the roots.

Job 28:10

Job 28:10He cuts out channels among the rocks. His eye sees every precious thing.

Job 28:11

Job 28:11He binds the streams that they don't trickle; The thing that is hidden he brings forth to light.

The Search for Wisdom Is Harder

Job 28:12

Job 28:12"But where shall wisdom be found? Where is the place of understanding?

Job 28:13

Job 28:13Man doesn't know its price; Neither is it found in the land of the living.

Job 28:14

Job 28:14The deep says, 'It isn't in me.' The sea says, 'It isn't with me.'

Job 28:15

Job 28:15It can't be gotten for gold, Neither shall silver be weighed for its price.

Job 28:16

Job 28:16It can't be valued with the gold of Ofir, With the precious shoham, or the sappir.

Job 28:17

Job 28:17Gold and zekukeet can't equal it, Neither shall it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.

Job 28:18

Job 28:18No mention shall be made of ra`mah or of gabeesh: Yes, the price of wisdom is above rubies.

Job 28:19

Job 28:19The pitdah of Kush shall not equal it, Neither shall it be valued with pure gold.

Job 28:20

Job 28:20Whence then comes wisdom? Where is the place of understanding?

Job 28:21

Job 28:21Seeing it is hidden from the eyes of all living, And kept close from the birds of the sky.

Job 28:22

Job 28:22Destruction and Death say, 'We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.'

Job 28:23

Job 28:23"God understands its way, And he knows its place.

Job 28:24

Job 28:24For he looks to the ends of the eretz, And sees under the whole sky.

Job 28:25

Job 28:25He establishes the force of the wind; Yes, he measures out the waters by measure.

Job 28:26

Job 28:26When he made a decree for the rain, And a way for the lightning of the thunder;

Job 28:27

Job 28:27Then did he see it, and declare it. He established it, yes, and searched it out.

Job 28:28

Job 28:28To man he said, 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.'"

The Hebrew Names Version is based off the World English Bible, an update of the American Standard Version of 1901. This version of the Bible is in the public domain.

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Job 28 :: Hebrew Names Version (HNV)

Job Tells of Earth's Treasures

The Search for Wisdom Is Harder

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Job Chapter 28 — Additional Translations:

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