| 28 | Job | ||
| 1 | "Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold which they refine. | In praise of Wisdom. Jb.28.1-28 | |
| 2 | Iron is taken out of the earth, and copper is smelted from the ore. | ||
| 3 | Men put an end to darkness, and search out to the farthest bound the ore in gloom and deep darkness. | ||
| 4 | They open shafts in a valley away from where men live; they are forgotten by travellers, they hang afar from men, they swing to and fro. | ||
| 5 | As for the earth, out of it comes bread; but underneath it is turned up as by fire. | ||
| 6 | Its stones are the place of sapphires, and it has dust of gold. | ||
| 7 | "That path no bird of prey knows, and the falcon's eye has not seen it. | ||
| 8 | The proud beasts have not trodden it; the lion has not passed over it. | ||
| 9 | "Man puts his hand to the flinty rock, and overturns mountains by the roots. | ||
| 10 | He cuts out channels in the rocks, and his eye sees every precious thing. | ||
| 11 | He binds up the streams so that they do not trickle, and the thing that is hid he brings forth to light. | ||
| 12 | "But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding? | ||
| 13 | Man does not know the way to it, 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 | It cannot be gotten for gold, and silver cannot be weighed as its price. | ||
| 16 | It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire. | ||
| 17 | Gold and glass cannot equal it, nor can it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold. | ||
| 18 | No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal; the price of wisdom is above pearls. | ||
| 19 | The topaz of Ethiopia cannot compare with it, nor can it be valued in pure gold. | ||
| 20 | "Whence then comes wisdom? And where is the place of understanding? | ||
| 21 | It is hid from the eyes of all living, and concealed from the birds of the air. | ||
| 22 | Abaddon and Death say, 'We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.' | ||
| 23 | "God understands the way to it, and he knows its place. | ||
| 24 | For he looks to the ends of the earth, and sees everything under the heavens. | ||
| 25 | When he gave to the wind its weight, and meted out the waters by measure; | ||
| 26 | when he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder; | ||
| 27 | then he saw it and declared it; he established it, and searched it out. | ||
| 28 | And he said to man, 'Behold, the fear of Yahweh, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.' " | ||
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