Job 28 (NET)

Job 28:1¹“Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place where gold is refined.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Job 28:2²Iron is taken from the ground, and rock is poured out as copper.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Job 28:3³Man puts an end to the darkness; he searches the farthest recesses for the ore in the deepest darkness.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Job 28:4⁴Far from where people live he sinks a shaft, in places travelers have long forgotten, far from other people he dangles and sways.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Job 28:5⁵The earth, from which food comes, is overturned below as though by fire;Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Job 28:6⁶a place whose stones are sapphires that contain dust of gold;Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Job 28:7⁷a hidden path no bird of prey knows— no falcon’s eye has spotted it.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Job 28:8⁸Proud beasts have not set foot on it, and no lion has passed along it.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Job 28:9⁹On the flinty rock man has set to work with his hand; he has overturned mountains at their bases.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Job 28:10¹⁰He has cut out channels through the rocks; his eyes have spotted every precious thing.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Job 28:11¹¹He has searched the sources of the rivers and what was hidden he has brought into the light.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Job 28:12¹²“But wisdom—where can it be found? Where is the place of understanding?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Job 28:13¹³Mankind does not know its place; it cannot be found in the land of the living.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Job 28:14¹⁴The deep says, ‘It is not with me.’ And the sea says, ‘It is not with me.’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Job 28:15¹⁵Fine gold cannot be given in exchange for it, nor can its price be weighed out in silver.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Job 28:16¹⁶It cannot be measured out for purchase with the gold of Ophir, with precious onyx or sapphires.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Job 28:17¹⁷Neither gold nor crystal can be compared with it, nor can a vase of gold match its worth.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Job 28:18¹⁸Of coral and jasper no mention will be made; the price of wisdom is more than pearls.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Job 28:19¹⁹The topaz of Cush cannot be compared with it; it cannot be purchased with pure gold.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Job 28:20²⁰“But wisdom—where does it come from? Where is the place of understanding?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Job 28:21²¹For it has been hidden from the eyes of every living creature, and from the birds of the sky it has been concealed.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Job 28:22²²Destruction and Death say, ‘With our ears we have heard a rumor about where it can be found.’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Job 28:23²³God understands the way to it, and he alone knows its place.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Job 28:24²⁴For he looks to the ends of the earth and observes everything under the heavens.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Job 28:25²⁵When he made the force of the wind and measured the waters with a gauge,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Job 28:26²⁶when he imposed a limit for the rain, and a path for the thunderstorm,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Job 28:27²⁷then he looked at wisdom and assessed its value; he established it and examined it closely.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Job 28:28²⁸And he said to mankind, ‘The fear of the Lord —that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions