mkjv@Job:28:1 @ Surely there is a mine for the silver, and a place [where] they refine gold.
mkjv@Job:28:2 @ Iron is taken out of the earth, and bronze [is] melted [out of] the stone.
mkjv@Job:28:3 @ He sets an end to darkness, and to every extremity He searches out the stones of darkness and the shadow of death.
mkjv@Job:28:4 @ He opens a shaft far from the visitor; they are forgotten by [man's] foot; they hang far away from men, they swing to and fro.
mkjv@Job:28:5 @ [As to] the earth, out of it comes bread; and underneath it is turned up like fire.
mkjv@Job:28:6 @ Its stones [are] the place of sapphires; and it has dust of gold.
mkjv@Job:28:7 @ [There is] a path which no bird knows, nor has the vulture's eye caught sight of it;
mkjv@Job:28:8 @ the sons of pride have not walked on it, the lion has not passed by.
mkjv@Job:28:9 @ He puts forth His hand on the flinty places; He overturns the mountains by the roots.
mkjv@Job:28:10 @ He cuts out rivers among the rocks; and His eye sees every precious thing.
mkjv@Job:28:11 @ He holds back the floods from overflowing; and the hidden thing, He brings to light.
mkjv@Job:28:12 @ But where shall wisdom be found? And where [is] the place of understanding?
mkjv@Job:28:13 @ Man does not know the price of it; nor is it found in the land of the living.
mkjv@Job:28:14 @ The deep says, [It is] not in me; and the sea says, [It is] not in me.
mkjv@Job:28:15 @ Pure gold cannot be given in its stead, and silver be weighed as its price.
mkjv@Job:28:16 @ It cannot be weighed against the gold of Ophir, against precious onyx, or sapphire;
mkjv@Job:28:17 @ gold and the crystal cannot equal it, nor can it be exchanged for a vessel of fine gold.
mkjv@Job:28:18 @ No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls; and the price of wisdom [is] above rubies.
mkjv@Job:28:19 @ The topaz of Ethiopia cannot equal it; it cannot be weighed against pure gold.
mkjv@Job:28:20 @ From where then does wisdom come, and where [is] the place of understanding?
mkjv@Job:28:21 @ Yea, it is hidden from the eyes of all living, and hidden from the birds of the heavens.
mkjv@Job:28:22 @ The place of ruin and death say, We have heard the fame of it with our ears.
mkjv@Job:28:23 @ God understands the way of it, and He knows its place.
mkjv@Job:28:24 @ For He looks to the end of the earth, [and] sees under all the heavens;
mkjv@Job:28:25 @ making a weight for the winds, and measuring out the waters by measure.
mkjv@Job:28:26 @ When He made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning to thunder;
mkjv@Job:28:27 @ then He saw it, and declared it; He prepared it, yea, and searched it out.
mkjv@Job:28:28 @ And to man He said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that [is] wisdom! And to depart from evil [is] understanding!
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mkjv@Job:28:1 @ Surely there is a mine for the silver, and a place [where] they refine gold.
mkjv@Job:28:2 @ Iron is taken out of the earth, and bronze [is] melted [out of] the stone.
mkjv@Job:28:3 @ He sets an end to darkness, and to every extremity He searches out the stones of darkness and the shadow of death.
mkjv@Job:28:4 @ He opens a shaft far from the visitor; they are forgotten by [man's] foot; they hang far away from men, they swing to and fro.
mkjv@Job:28:5 @ [As to] the earth, out of it comes bread; and underneath it is turned up like fire.
mkjv@Job:28:6 @ Its stones [are] the place of sapphires; and it has dust of gold.
mkjv@Job:28:7 @ [There is] a path which no bird knows, nor has the vulture's eye caught sight of it;
mkjv@Job:28:8 @ the sons of pride have not walked on it, the lion has not passed by.
mkjv@Job:28:9 @ He puts forth His hand on the flinty places; He overturns the mountains by the roots.
mkjv@Job:28:10 @ He cuts out rivers among the rocks; and His eye sees every precious thing.
mkjv@Job:28:11 @ He holds back the floods from overflowing; and the hidden thing, He brings to light.
mkjv@Job:28:12 @ But where shall wisdom be found? And where [is] the place of understanding?
mkjv@Job:28:13 @ Man does not know the price of it; nor is it found in the land of the living.
mkjv@Job:28:14 @ The deep says, [It is] not in me; and the sea says, [It is] not in me.
mkjv@Job:28:15 @ Pure gold cannot be given in its stead, and silver be weighed as its price.
mkjv@Job:28:16 @ It cannot be weighed against the gold of Ophir, against precious onyx, or sapphire;
mkjv@Job:28:17 @ gold and the crystal cannot equal it, nor can it be exchanged for a vessel of fine gold.
mkjv@Job:28:18 @ No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls; and the price of wisdom [is] above rubies.
mkjv@Job:28:19 @ The topaz of Ethiopia cannot equal it; it cannot be weighed against pure gold.
mkjv@Job:28:20 @ From where then does wisdom come, and where [is] the place of understanding?
mkjv@Job:28:21 @ Yea, it is hidden from the eyes of all living, and hidden from the birds of the heavens.
mkjv@Job:28:22 @ The place of ruin and death say, We have heard the fame of it with our ears.
mkjv@Job:28:23 @ God understands the way of it, and He knows its place.
mkjv@Job:28:24 @ For He looks to the end of the earth, [and] sees under all the heavens;
mkjv@Job:28:25 @ making a weight for the winds, and measuring out the waters by measure.
mkjv@Job:28:26 @ When He made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning to thunder;
mkjv@Job:28:27 @ then He saw it, and declared it; He prepared it, yea, and searched it out.
mkjv@Job:28:28 @ And to man He said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that [is] wisdom! And to depart from evil [is] understanding!
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