[[Job 27|<< Job 27]] | [[Job|Job]] | [[Job 29|Job 29 >>]] ### Job 28 1 SURELY there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold _where_ they fine _it_. ^1 2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass _is_ molten _out_ _of_ the stone. ^2 3 He sets an end to darkness, and searches out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death. ^3 4 The flood breaks out from the inhabitant; _even_ _the_ _waters_ forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men. ^4 5 _As_ _for_ the earth, out of it comes bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire. ^5 6 The stones of it _are_ the place of sapphires: and it has dust of gold. ^6 7 _There_ _is_ a path which no fowl knows, and which the vulture's eye has not seen: ^7 8 The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it. ^8 9 He puts forth his hand upon the rock; he overturns the mountains by the roots. ^9 10 He cuts out rivers among the rocks; and his eye sees every precious thing. ^10 11 He binds the floods from overflowing; and _the_ _thing_ _that_ _is_ hid brings he forth to light. ^11 12 But where shall wisdom be found? and where _is_ the place of understanding? ^12 13 Man knows not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living. ^13 14 The depth saith, It _is_ not in me: and the sea saith, _It_ _is_ not with me. ^14 15 It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed _for_ the price thereof. ^15 16 It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire. ^16 17 The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it _shall_ _not_ _be_ _for_ jewels of fine gold. ^17 18 No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom _is_ above rubies. ^18 19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold. ^19 20 Whence then comes wisdom? and where _is_ the place of understanding? ^20 21 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air. ^21 22 Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears. ^22 23 God understands the way thereof, and he knows the place thereof. ^23 24 For he looks to the ends of the earth, _and_ sees under the whole heaven; ^24 25 To make the weight for the winds; and he weighs the waters by measure. ^25 26 When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder: ^26 27 Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out. ^27 28 And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that _is_ wisdom; and to depart from evil _is_ understanding. ^28