Job 28 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

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 earth, and copper is smelted from the ore.

Job 28:3Men put an end to darkness, and search out to the farthest bound the ore in gloom and deep darkness.

Job 28:4They open shafts in a valley away from where men live; they are forgotten by travelers, they hang afar from men, they swing to and fro.

Job 28:5

Job 28:5As for the earth, out of it comes bread; but underneath it is turned up as by fire.

Job 28:6

Job 28:6Its stones are the place of sapphires, and it has dust of gold.

Job 28:7

Job 28:7"That path no bird of prey knows, and the falcon's eye has not seen it.

Job 28:8

Job 28:8The proud beasts have not trodden it; the lion has not passed over it.

Job 28:9

Job 28:9"Man puts his hand to the flinty rock, and overturns mountains by 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 binds up the streams so that they do not trickle, and the thing that is hid he brings forth to light.

The Search for Wisdom Is Harder

Job 28:12

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

Job 28:13

Job 28:13Man does not know the way to it, and it is not 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 gotten for gold, and silver cannot be weighed as 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 28:17Gold and glass cannot equal it, nor can it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.

Job 28:18

Job 28:18No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal; the price of wisdom is above pearls.

Job 28:19

Job 28:19The topaz of Ethiopia cannot compare with it, nor can it be valued in pure gold.

Job 28:20

Job 28:20"Whence then comes wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?

Job 28:21

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

Job 28:22

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

Job 28:23

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

Job 28:24

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

Job 28:25

Job 28:25When he gave to the wind its weight, and meted 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 he saw it and declared it; he established it, and searched it out.

Job 28:28

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

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Job 28 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

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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