The Book of Job 28

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1 Surely there is a vein for the silver and a place for gold where they fine it ⚑

2 Iron is taken out of the earth and brass is molten out of the stone ⚑

3 He setteth an end to darkness and searcheth out all perfection the stones of darkness and the shadow of death ⚑

4 The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant even the waters forgotten of the foot they are dried up they are gone away from men ⚑

5 As for the earth out of it cometh bread and under it is turned up as it were fire ⚑

6 The stones of it are the place of sapphires and it hath dust of gold ⚑

7 There is a path which no fowl knoweth and which the lture’s eye hath not seen ⚑

8 The lion’s whelps have not trodden it nor the fierce lion passed by it ⚑

9 He putteth forth his hand upon the rock he overturneth the mountains by the roots ⚑

10 He cutteth out rivers among the rocks and his eye seeth every precious thing ⚑

11 He bindeth the floods from overflowing and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light ⚑

12 But where shall wisdom be found and where is the place of understanding ⚑

13 Man knoweth not the price thereof neither is it found in the land of the living ⚑

14 The depth saith It is not in me and the sea saith It is not with me ⚑

15 It cannot be gotten for gold neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof ⚑

16 It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir with the precious onyx or the sapphire ⚑

17 The gold and the crystal cannot equal it and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold ⚑

18 No mention shall be made of coral or of pearls for the price of wisdom is above rubies ⚑

19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it neither shall it be valued with pure gold ⚑

20 Whence then cometh wisdom and where is the place of understanding ⚑

21 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living and kept close from the fowls of the air ⚑

22 Destruction and death say We have heard the fame thereof with our ears ⚑

23 God understandeth the way thereof and he knoweth the place thereof ⚑

24 For he looketh to the ends of the earth and seeth under the whole heaven ⚑

25 To make the weight for the winds and he weigheth the waters by measure ⚑

26 When he made a decree for the rain and a way for the lightning of the thunder ⚑

27 Then did he see it and declare it he prepared it yea and searched it out ⚑

28 And unto man he said Behold the fear of the Lord that is wisdom and to depart from evil is understanding ⚑

King James Version (1769) with Apocrypha · Crosswire Bible Society / eBible.org (standard text of 1769) · Public Domain

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · public domain