Job28:1 'Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold which they refine.
Job28:2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and copper is smelted from the ore.
Job28:3 Men put an end to darkness, and search out to the farthest bound the ore in gloom and deep darkness.
Job28:4 They 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.
Job28:5 As for the earth, out of it comes bread;but underneath it is turned up as by fire.
Job28:6 Its stones are the place of sapphires, and it has dust of gold.
Job28:7 'That path no bird of prey knows, and the falcon's eye has not seen it.
Job28:8 The proud beasts have not trodden it;the lion has not passed over it.
Job28:9 'Man puts his hand to the flinty rock, and overturns mountains by the roots.
Job28:10 He cuts out channels in the rocks, and his eye sees every precious thing.
Job28:11 He binds up the streams so that they do not trickle, and the thing that is hid he brings forth to light.
Job28:12 'But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?
Job28:13 Man does not know the way to it, and it is not found in the land of the living.
Job28:14 The deep says, It is not in me,' and the sea says, It is not with me.'
Job28:15 It cannot be gotten for gold, and silver cannot be weighed as its price.
Job28:16 It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire.
Job28:17 Gold and glass cannot equal it, nor can it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.
Job28:18 No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal;the price of wisdom is above pearls.
Job28:19 The topaz of Ethiopia cannot compare with it, nor can it be valued in pure gold.
Job28:20 'Whence then comes wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?
Job28:21 It is hid from the eyes of all living, and concealed from the birds of the air.
Job28:22 Abaddon and Death say, We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.'
Job28:23 'God understands the way to it, and he knows its place.
Job28:24 For he looks to the ends of the earth, and sees everything under the heavens.
Job28:25 When he gave to the wind its weight, and meted out the waters by measure;
Job28:26 when he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder;
Job28:27 then he saw it and declared it;he established it, and searched it out.
Job28:28 And he said to man, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom;and to depart from evil is understanding.''