Job 28 :: King James Version (KJV)

Job Tells of Earth's Treasures

Job 28:1Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it.

Job 28:2Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone.

Job 28:3He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.

Job 28:4

Job 28:4The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.

Job 28:5

Job 28:5As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were 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 28:7There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen:

Job 28:8

Job 28:8The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.

Job 28:9

Job 28:9He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.

Job 28:10

Job 28:10He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.

Job 28:11

Job 28:11He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.

The Search for Wisdom Is Harder

Job 28:12

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

Job 28:13

Job 28:13Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.

Job 28:14

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

Job 28:15

Job 28:15It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.

Job 28:16

Job 28:16It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.

Job 28:17

Job 28:17The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold.

Job 28:18

Job 28:18No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.

Job 28:19

Job 28:19The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.

Job 28:20

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

Job 28:21

Job 28:21Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.

Job 28:22

Job 28:22Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.

Job 28:23

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

Job 28:24

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

Job 28:25

Job 28:25To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth 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 prepared it, yea, and searched it out.

Job 28:28

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

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Job 28 :: King James Version (KJV)

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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