Job 28:1-19
Legacy Standard Bible
Where Can Wisdom Be Found?
28 “[a]Surely there is a [b]mine for silver,
And a place [c]where they refine for gold.
2 Iron is taken from the dust,
And copper is smelted from rock.
3 Man puts an end to darkness,
And (A)to the farthest limit he searches out
The rock in thick darkness and shadow of death.
4 He [d]sinks a shaft far from [e]habitation,
Forgotten by the foot;
They hang and swing to and fro far from men.
5 The earth, from it comes food,
And underneath it is overturned as fire.
6 Its rocks are the [f]source of sapphires,
And its dust contains gold.
7 The path no bird of prey knows,
Nor has the falcon’s eye caught sight of it.
8 The [g]proud beasts have not trodden it,
Nor has the fierce lion passed over it.
9 He sends his hand forth to the flint;
He overturns the mountains at the [h]base.
10 He breaks out channels through the rocks,
And his eye sees anything precious.
11 He dams up the streams from [i]flowing,
And what is hidden he brings out to the light.
12 “But (B)where can wisdom be found?
And where is the place of understanding?
13 (C)Man does not know its worth,
And it is not found in the land of the living.
14 The deep says, ‘It is not in me’;
And the sea says, ‘It is not with me.’
15 (D)Pure gold cannot be given in place of it,
Nor can silver be weighed as its price.
16 It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir,
In precious onyx or sapphire.
17 (E)Gold or glass cannot meet its worth,
Nor can it be exchanged for articles of fine gold.
18 Coral and crystal are not to be mentioned;
And the acquisition of (F)wisdom is above that of pearls.
19 The topaz of [j]Ethiopia cannot meet its worth,
Nor can it be valued in (G)pure gold.
Job 28:1-19
American Standard Version
28 [a]Surely there is a mine for silver,
And a place for gold which they refine.
2 Iron is taken out of the [b]earth,
And copper is molten out of the stone.
3 Man setteth an end to darkness,
And searcheth out, to the furthest bound,
The stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.
4 [c]He breaketh open a shaft away from where men sojourn;
They are forgotten of the foot;
They hang afar from men, they [d]swing to and fro.
5 As for the earth, out of it cometh bread;
And underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.
6 The stones thereof are the place of sapphires,
[e]And it hath dust of gold.
7 That path no bird of prey knoweth,
Neither hath the falcon’s eye seen it:
8 The [f]proud beasts have not trodden it,
Nor hath the fierce lion passed thereby.
9 He putteth forth his hand upon the flinty rock;
He overturneth the mountains by the roots.
10 He cutteth out [g]channels among the rocks;
And his eye seeth every precious thing.
11 He bindeth the streams [h]that they trickle not;
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 deep saith, It is not in me;
And the sea saith, It is not with me.
15 It cannot be gotten for [i]gold,
Neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.
16 It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir,
With the precious [j]onyx, or the sapphire.
17 Gold and glass cannot equal it,
Neither shall it be exchanged for [k]jewels of fine gold.
18 No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal:
Yea, the price of wisdom is above [l]rubies.
19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it,
Neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
Footnotes
- Job 28:1 Or, For
- Job 28:2 Or, dust
- Job 28:4 Or, The flood breaketh out from where men sojourn; Even the waters forgotten of the foot: They are diminished, they are gone away from man
- Job 28:4 Or, flit
- Job 28:6 Or, And he winneth lumps of gold
- Job 28:8 Hebrew sons of pride.
- Job 28:10 Or, passages
- Job 28:11 Hebrew from weeping.
- Job 28:15 Or, treasure
- Job 28:16 Or, beryl
- Job 28:17 Or, vessels
- Job 28:18 Or, red coral. Or, pearls
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