Read Job 28

World English Bible · 28 verses

1. ¹ “Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold which they refine.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
2. ² Iron is taken out of the earth, and copper is smelted out of the ore.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
3. ³ Man sets an end to darkness, and searches out, to the furthest bound, the stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
4. ⁴ He breaks open a shaft away from where people live. They are forgotten by the foot. They hang far from men, they swing back and forth.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
5. ⁵ As for the earth, out of it comes bread. Underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
6. ⁶ Sapphires come from its rocks. It has dust of gold.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
7. ⁷ That path no bird of prey knows, neither has the falcon’s eye seen it.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
8. ⁸ The proud animals have not trodden it, nor has the fierce lion passed by there.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
9. ⁹ He puts his hand on the flinty rock, and he overturns the mountains by the roots.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
10. ¹⁰ He cuts out channels among the rocks. His eye sees every precious thing.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
11. ¹¹ He binds the streams that they don’t trickle. The thing that is hidden he brings out to light.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
12. ¹² “But where will wisdom be found? Where is the place of understanding?This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
13. ¹³ Man doesn’t know its price, and it isn’t found in the land of the living.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
14. ¹⁴ The deep says, ‘It isn’t in me.’ The sea says, ‘It isn’t with me.’This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
15. ¹⁵ It can’t be gotten for gold, neither will silver be weighed for its price.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
16. ¹⁶ It can’t be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
17. ¹⁷ Gold and glass can’t equal it, neither will it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
18. ¹⁸ No mention will be made of coral or of crystal. Yes, the price of wisdom is above rubies.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
19. ¹⁹ The topaz of Ethiopia will not equal it. It won’t be valued with pure gold.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
20. ²⁰ Where then does wisdom come from? Where is the place of understanding?This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
21. ²¹ Seeing it is hidden from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the birds of the sky.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
22. ²² Destruction and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.’This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
23. ²³ “God understands its way, and he knows its place.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
24. ²⁴ For he looks to the ends of the earth, and sees under the whole sky.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
25. ²⁵ He establishes the force of the wind. Yes, he measures out the waters by measure.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
26. ²⁶ When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
27. ²⁷ then he saw it, and declared it. He established it, yes, and searched it out.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
28. ²⁸ To man he said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.’”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.

Scripture: World English Bible, public domain, eBible.org