Job 28 :: New English Translation (NET)

Job Tells of Earth's Treasures

Job 28:1"Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place where gold is refined.

Job 28:2Iron is taken from the ground, and rock is poured out as copper.

Job 28:3Man puts an end to the darkness; he searches the farthest recesses for the ore in the deepest darkness.

Job 28:4Far from where people live he sinks a shaft, in places travelers have long forgotten, far from other people he dangles and sways.

Job 28:5

Job 28:5The earth, from which food comes, is overturned below as though by fire;

Job 28:6

Job 28:6a place whose stones are sapphires and which contains dust of gold;

Job 28:7

Job 28:7a hidden path no bird of prey knows - no falcon's eye has spotted it.

Job 28:8

Job 28:8Proud beasts have not set foot on it, and no lion has passed along it.

Job 28:9

Job 28:9On the flinty rock man has set to work with his hand; he has overturned mountains at their bases.

Job 28:10

Job 28:10He has cut out channels through the rocks; his eyes have spotted every precious thing.

Job 28:11

Job 28:11He has searched the sources of the rivers and what was hidden he has brought into the light.

The Search for Wisdom Is Harder

Job 28:12

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

Job 28:13

Job 28:13Mankind does not know its place; it cannot be found in the land of the living.

Job 28:14

Job 28:14The deep says, 'It is not with me.' And the sea says, 'It is not with me.'

Job 28:15

Job 28:15Fine gold cannot be given in exchange for it, nor can its price be weighed out in silver.

Job 28:16

Job 28:16It cannot be measured out for purchase with the gold of Ophir, with precious onyx or sapphires.

Job 28:17

Job 28:17Neither gold nor crystal can be compared with it, nor can a vase of gold match its worth.

Job 28:18

Job 28:18Of coral and jasper no mention will be made; the price of wisdom is more than pearls.

Job 28:19

Job 28:19The topaz of Cush cannot be compared with it; it cannot be purchased with pure gold.

Job 28:20

Job 28:20"But wisdom - where does it come from? Where is the place of understanding?

Job 28:21

Job 28:21For it has been hidden from the eyes of every living creature, and from the birds of the sky it has been concealed.

Job 28:22

Job 28:22Destruction and Death say, 'With our ears we have heard a rumor about where it can be found.'

Job 28:23

Job 28:23God understands the way to it, and he alone knows its place.

Job 28:24

Job 28:24For he looks to the ends of the earth and observes everything under the heavens.

Job 28:25

Job 28:25When he made the force of the wind and measured the waters with a gauge.

Job 28:26

Job 28:26When he imposed a limit for the rain, and a path for the thunderstorm,

Job 28:27

Job 28:27then he looked at wisdom and assessed its value; he established it and examined it closely.

Job 28:28

Job 28:28And he said to mankind, 'The fear of the LORD - that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.'"

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Job 28 :: New English Translation (NET)

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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