e.
Showing off his high-pitched knowledge concerning the way to find wisdom and understanding
28:1-28
Job 28
:1
28:1
There is certainly a mine for silver,
And a place for gold to be
arefined.
Job 28
:2
28:2
Iron is taken out of the earth,
And copper is smelted from rock.
Job 28
:3
28:3
The miner sets an end to the darkness,
And to the very end he searches out
The stones of deep darkness and of
1gloom.
Job 28
:4
28:4
He breaks open a shaft apart from where
men dwell;
They are forgotten by the foot;
They are suspended apart from men, they sway about.
Job 28
:5
28:5
The earth — from it comes forth
afood,
Yet underneath it, it is turned up as it were by fire.
Job 28
:6
28:6
Its stones are the place of sapphires,
And
its dust has gold.
Job 28
:7
28:7
It is a path known by no bird of prey,
And the falcon’s eye has not seen it.
Job 28
:8
28:8
The proud beasts have not trodden it;
The fierce lion does not pass along it.
Job 28
:9
28:9
1The miner sends forth his hand into the flinty rock;
He overturns the mountains by
its roots.
Job 28
:10
28:10
He cuts out channels in the rocks,
And his eye sees every precious thing.
Job 28
:11
28:11
He dams up the streams so that they do not trickle,
And that which is hidden he
abrings out to the light.
Job 28
:12
28:12
aBut where shall wisdom be found?
And where is the place of understanding?
Job 28
:13
28:13
Man does not know its price,
Nor is it found in the land of the living.
Job 28
:14
28:14
The deep says, It is not in me;
And the sea says, It is not with me.
Job 28
:15
28:15
Rare gold cannot be given for it,
Nor can silver be weighed out for its price.
Job 28
:16
28:16
It cannot be balanced with the gold of Ophir,
With precious onyx or
with sapphire.
Job 28
:17
28:17
Gold and glass cannot compare with it,
Nor can vessels of fine gold be exchanged for it.
Job 28
:18
28:18
Coral and crystal cannot be mentioned
with it;
Indeed the acquisition of
awisdom is above that of pearls.
Job 28
:19
28:19
The topaz of
1Cush cannot compare with it,
Nor can it be balanced with pure gold.
Job 28
:20
28:20
aFrom where then does wisdom come?
And where is the place of understanding?
Job 28
:21
28:21
For it is hidden from the eyes of all living
And concealed from the birds of heaven.
Job 28
:22
28:22
1Abaddon and Death say,
We have heard a report of it with our ears.
Job 28
:23
28:23
God understands the way to it;
He knows its place.
Job 28
:24
28:24
For He sees to the ends of the earth;
He beholds all that is under heaven.
Job 28
:25
28:25
When He gave weight to the wind
And apportioned the water by measure,
Job 28
:26
28:26
When He made a decree for the rain
And a way for the thunderbolt;
Job 28
:27
28:27
Then He saw it and declared it;
He established it and even searched it out.
Job 28
:28
28:28
And He said to man,
Indeed, the
afear of the Lord, that is wisdom;
And to depart from evil is understanding.
