Job 28 — DBY
28Verse 1Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold which they refine;Verse 2Iron is taken out of the dust, and copper is molten out of the stone.Verse 3[Man] putteth an end to the darkness, and exploreth to the utmost limit, the stones of darkness and of the shadow of death.Verse 4He openeth a shaft far from the inhabitants [of the earth]: forgotten of the foot, they hang suspended; away below men they hover.Verse 5As for the earth, out of it cometh bread, and underneath it is turned up as by fire;Verse 6The stones of it are the place of sapphires, and it hath dust of gold.Verse 7It is a path no bird of prey knoweth, and the vulture's eye hath not seen it;Verse 8The proud beasts have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed over it.Verse 9[Man] putteth forth his hand upon the flinty rock, he overturneth the mountains by the root.Verse 10He cutteth out channels in the rocks, and his eye seeth every precious thing.Verse 11He bindeth the streams that they drip not, and what is hidden he bringeth forth to light.Verse 12But wisdom, where shall it be found? and where is the place of understanding?Verse 13Man knoweth not the value thereof; and it is not found in the land of the living.Verse 14The deep saith, It is not in me; and the sea saith, It is not with me.Verse 15Choice gold cannot be given for it, nor silver be weighed for its price.Verse 16It is not set in the balance with gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, and the sapphire.Verse 17Gold and glass cannot be compared to it, nor vessels of fine gold be its exchange.Verse 18Corals and crystal are no more remembered; yea, the acquisition of wisdom is above rubies.Verse 19The topaz of Ethiopia shall not be compared to it, neither shall it be set in the balance with pure gold.Verse 20Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?Verse 21For it is hidden from the eyes of all living, and concealed from the fowl of the heavens.Verse 22Destruction and death say, We have heard its report with our ears.Verse 23°God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth its place:Verse 24For he looketh to the ends of the earth, he seeth under the whole heaven.Verse 25In making a weight for the wind, and meting out the waters by measure,Verse 26In appointing a statute for the rain, and a way for the thunder's flash:Verse 27Then did he see it, and declare it; he established it, yea, and searched it out;Verse 28And unto man he said, Lo, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.