nkjv - 28

nkjv@Job:28:1 @ "Surely there is a mine for silver, And a place where gold is refined.

nkjv@Job:28:2 @ Iron is taken from the earth, And copper is smelted from ore.

nkjv@Job:28:3 @ Man puts an end to darkness, And searches every recess For ore in the darkness and the shadow of death.

nkjv@Job:28:4 @ He breaks open a shaft away from people; In places forgotten by feet They hang far away from men; They swing to and fro.

nkjv@Job:28:5 @ As for the earth, from it comes bread, But underneath it is turned up as by fire;

nkjv@Job:28:6 @ Its stones are the source of sapphires, And it contains gold dust.

nkjv@Job:28:7 @ That path no bird knows, Nor has the falcon's eye seen it.

nkjv@Job:28:8 @ The proud lions have not trodden it, Nor has the fierce lion passed over it.

nkjv@Job:28:9 @ He puts his hand on the flint; He overturns the mountains at the roots.

nkjv@Job:28:10 @ He cuts out channels in the rocks, And his eye sees every precious thing.

nkjv@Job:28:11 @ He dams up the streams from trickling; What is hidden he brings forth to light.

nkjv@Job:28:12 @ "But where can wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?

nkjv@Job:28:13 @ Man does not know its value, Nor is it found in the land of the living.

nkjv@Job:28:14 @ The deep says, "It is not in me'; And the sea says, "It is not with me.'

nkjv@Job:28:15 @ It cannot be purchased for gold, Nor can silver be weighed for its price.

nkjv@Job:28:16 @ It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, In precious onyx or sapphire.

nkjv@Job:28:17 @ Neither gold nor crystal can equal it, Nor can it be exchanged for jewelry of fine gold.

nkjv@Job:28:18 @ No mention shall be made of coral or quartz, For the price of wisdom is above rubies.

nkjv@Job:28:19 @ The topaz of Ethiopia cannot equal it, Nor can it be valued in pure gold.

nkjv@Job:28:20 @ "From where then does wisdom come? And where is the place of understanding?

nkjv@Job:28:21 @ It is hidden from the eyes of all living, And concealed from the birds of the air.

nkjv@Job:28:22 @ Destruction and Death say, "We have heard a report about it with our ears.'

nkjv@Job:28:23 @ God understands its way, And He knows its place.

nkjv@Job:28:24 @ For He looks to the ends of the earth, And sees under the whole heavens,

nkjv@Job:28:25 @ To establish a weight for the wind, And apportion the waters by measure.

nkjv@Job:28:26 @ When He made a law for the rain, And a path for the thunderbolt,

nkjv@Job:28:27 @ Then He saw wisdom and declared it; He prepared it, indeed, He searched it out.

nkjv@Job:28:28 @ And to man He said, "Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, And to depart from evil is understanding."'

Job 28