Job 28 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

Job’s Discourse on Wisdom

Wisdom Is God’s Gift

Job 28:1

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

Job 28:2

Job 28:2Iron is taken from the earth,
And copper is smelted from ore.

Job 28:3

Job 28:3Man puts an end to darkness,
And searches every recess
For ore in the darkness and the shadow of death.

Job 28:4

Job 28:4He breaks open a shaft away from people;
In places forgotten by feet
They hang far away from men;
They swing to and fro.

Job 28:5

Job 28:5As for the earth, from it comes bread,
But underneath it is turned up as by fire;

Job 28:6

Job 28:6Its stones are the source of sapphires,
And it contains gold dust.

Job 28:7

Job 28:7That path no bird knows,
Nor has the falcon’s eye seen it.

Job 28:8

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

Job 28:9

Job 28:9He puts his hand on the flint;
He overturns the mountains at the roots.

Job 28:10

Job 28:10He cuts out channels in the rocks,
And his eye sees every precious thing.

Job 28:11

Job 28:11He dams up the streams from trickling;
What is hidden he brings forth to light.

Job 28:12

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

Job 28:13

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

Job 28:14

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

Job 28:15

Job 28:15It cannot be purchased for gold,
Nor can silver be weighed for its price.

Job 28:16

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

Job 28:17

Job 28:17Neither gold nor crystal can equal it,
Nor can it be exchanged for jewelry of fine gold.

Job 28:18

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

Job 28:19

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

Job 28:20

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

Job 28:21

Job 28:21It is hidden from the eyes of all living,
And concealed from the birds of the air.

Job 28:22

Job 28:22Destruction and Death say,
‘We have heard a report about it with our ears.’

Job 28:23

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

Job 28:24

Job 28:24For He looks to the ends of the earth,
And sees under the whole heavens,

Job 28:25

Job 28:25To establish a weight for the wind,
And apportion the waters by measure.

Job 28:26

Job 28:26When He made a law for the rain,
And a path for the thunderbolt,

Job 28:27

Job 28:27Then He saw wisdom[fn] and declared it;
He prepared it, indeed, He searched it out.

Job 28:28

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

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NKJV Footnotes

(28:8)

Literally sons of pride, figurative of the great lions

(28:27)

Literally it

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