Job 28 — UBES

28Verse 1For there is a place for the silver, whence it comes,
And a place for the gold, whence it is refined.
^{Verse 2}For iron comes out of the earth,
And brass is hewn out like stone.^{Verse 3}He has set a bound to darkness,
And he searches out every limit:
A stone is darkness, and the shadow of death.
^{Verse 4}There is a cutting off of the torrent by reason of dust:
So they that forget the right way are weakened; they are removed from among men.
^{Verse 5}As for the earth, out of it shall come bread:
Under it has been turned up as it were fire.
^{Verse 6}Her stones are the place of the sapphire:
And her dust supplies man with gold.
^{Verse 7}There is a path, the fowl has not known it,
Neither has the eye of the vulture seen it:
^{Verse 8}Neither have the sons of the proud trodden it,
A lion has not passed upon it.
^{Verse 9}He has stretched forth his hand on the sharp rock,
And turned up mountains by the roots:
^{Verse 10}And he has interrupted the whirlpools of rivers,
And mine eye has seen every precious thing.
^{Verse 11}And he has laid bare the depths of rivers,
And has brought his power to light.^{Verse 12}But whence has wisdom been discovered?
And what is the place of knowledge?
^{Verse 13}A mortal has not known its way,
Neither indeed has it been discovered among men.
^{Verse 14}The depth said, It is not in me:
And the sea said, It is not with me.
^{Verse 15}One shall not give fine gold instead of it,
Neither shall silver be weighed in exchange for it.
^{Verse 16}Neither shall it be compared with gold of Ophir,
With the precious onyx and sapphire.
^{Verse 17}Gold and crystal shall not be equaled to it,
Neither shall vessels of gold be its exchange.
^{Verse 18}Coral and fine pearl shall not be mentioned:
But do thou esteem wisdom above the most precious things.
^{Verse 19}The topaz of Ethiopia shall not be equaled to it;
It shall not be compared with pure gold.^{Verse 20}Whence then is wisdom found?
And of what kind is the place of understanding?
^{Verse 21}It has escaped the notice of every man,
And has been hidden from the birds of the sky.
^{Verse 22}Destruction and Death said,
We have heard the report of it.^{Verse 23}God has well ordered the way of it,
And he knows the place of it.
^{Verse 24}For he surveys the whole earth under heaven,
Knowing the things in the earth:^{Verse 25}
all that he has made;
The weight of the winds, the measures of the water.
^{Verse 26}When he made them, thus he saw and numbered them,
And made a way for the pealing of the thunder.
^{Verse 27}Then he saw it, and declared it:
He prepared it and traced it out.
^{Verse 28}And he said to man, Behold, godliness is wisdom;
And to abstain from evil is understanding.