Job 28 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

Job Tells of Earth's Treasures

Job 28:1“Surely there is a [fn]mine for silver
And a place [fn]where they refine gold.

Job 28:2“Iron is taken from the dust,
And copper is smelted from rock.

Job 28:3“Man puts an end to darkness,
And to the farthest limit he searches out
The rock in gloom and deep shadow.

Job 28:4“He [fn]sinks a shaft far from [fn]habitation,
Forgotten by the foot;
They hang and swing to and fro far from men.

Job 28:5

Job 28:5“The earth, from it comes food,
And underneath it is turned up as fire.

Job 28:6

Job 28:6“Its rocks are the [fn]source of sapphires,
And its dust contains gold.

Job 28:7

Job 28:7“The path no bird of prey knows,
Nor has the falcon’s eye caught sight of it.

Job 28:8

Job 28:8“The [fn]proud beasts have not trodden it,
Nor has the fierce lion passed over it.

Job 28:9

Job 28:9“He puts his hand on the flint;
He overturns the mountains at the [fn]base.

Job 28:10

Job 28:10“He hews out channels through the rocks,
And his eye sees anything precious.

Job 28:11

Job 28:11“He dams up the streams from [fn]flowing,
And what is hidden he brings out to the light.

The Search for Wisdom Is Harder

Job 28:12

Job 28:12“But where can wisdom be found?
And where is the place of understanding?

Job 28:13

Job 28:13“Man does not know its value,
Nor is it found in the land of the living.

Job 28:14

Job 28:14“The deep says, ‘It is not in me’;
And the sea says, ‘It is not with me.’

Job 28:15

Job 28:15“Pure gold cannot be given in exchange for it,
Nor can silver be weighed as its price.

Job 28:16

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

Job 28:17

Job 28:17“Gold or glass cannot equal it,
Nor can it be exchanged for articles of fine gold.

Job 28:18

Job 28:18“Coral and crystal are not to be mentioned;
And the acquisition of wisdom is above that of pearls.

Job 28:19

Job 28:19“The topaz of Ethiopia cannot equal it,
Nor can it be valued in pure gold.

Job 28:20

Job 28:20“Where then does wisdom come from?
And where is the place of understanding?

Job 28:21

Job 28:21“Thus it is hidden from the eyes of all living
And concealed from the birds of the sky.

Job 28:22

Job 28:22“[fn]Abaddon and Death say,
‘With our ears we have heard a report of it.’

Job 28:23

Job 28:23“God understands its way,
And He knows its place.

Job 28:24

Job 28:24“For He looks to the ends of the earth
And sees everything under the heavens.

Job 28:25

Job 28:25“When He imparted weight to the wind
And meted out the waters by measure,

Job 28:26

Job 28:26When He set a limit for the rain
And a course for the thunderbolt,

Job 28:27

Job 28:27Then He saw it and declared it;
He established it and also searched it out.

Job 28:28

Job 28:28“And to man He said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom;
And to depart from evil is understanding.’”

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NASB95 Footnotes

(28:1)

Or, source

(28:1)

Literally: for gold they refine

(28:4)

Literally: breaks open

(28:4)

Literally: sojourning

(28:6)

Or, place

(28:8)

Literally: sons of pride

(28:9)

Literally: roots

(28:11)

Literally: weeping

(28:22)

I.e. Destruction

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Job 28 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

Job Tells of Earth's Treasures

The Search for Wisdom Is Harder

NASB95 Footnotes

Job Chapter 28 — Additional Translations:

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