noyes - 28

noyes@Job:28:1 @ Truly there is a vein for silver, And a place for gold, which men refine.

noyes@Job:28:2 @ Iron is obtained from earth, And stone is melted into copper.

noyes@Job:28:3 @ Man putteth an end to darkness; He searcheth to the lowest depths For the stone of darkness and the shadow of death.

noyes@Job:28:4 @ From the place where they dwell they open a shaft; Forgotten by the feet, They hang down, they swing away from men.

noyes@Job:28:5 @ The earth, out of which cometh bread, Is torn up underneath, as it were by fire.

noyes@Job:28:6 @ Her stones are the place of sapphires, And she hath clods of gold for man.

noyes@Job:28:7 @ The path thereto no bird knoweth, And the vultures eye hath not seen it;

noyes@Job:28:8 @ The fierce wild beast hath not trodden it; The lion hath not passed over it.

noyes@Job:28:9 @ Man layeth his hand upon the rock; He upturneth mountains from their roots;

noyes@Job:28:10 @ He cleaveth out streams in the rocks, And his eye seeth every precious thing;

noyes@Job:28:11 @ He bindeth up the streams, that they trickle not, And bringeth hidden things to light.

noyes@Job:28:12 @ But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?

noyes@Job:28:13 @ Man knoweth not the price thereof, Nor can it be found in the land of the living.

noyes@Job:28:14 @ The deep saith, It is not in me; And the sea saith, It is not with me.

noyes@Job:28:15 @ It cannot be gotten for gold, Nor shall silver be weighed out as the price thereof.

noyes@Job:28:16 @ It cannot be bought with the gold of Ophir, With the precious onyx or the sapphire.

noyes@Job:28:17 @ Gold and crystal are not to be compared with it; Nor can it be purchased with jewels of fine gold.

noyes@Job:28:18 @ No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal; For wisdom is more precious than pearls.

noyes@Job:28:19 @ The topaz of Ethiopia cannot equal it, Nor can it be purchased with pure gold.

noyes@Job:28:20 @ Whence then cometh wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?

noyes@Job:28:21 @ Since it is hidden from the eyes of all living, And kept close from the fowls of the air.

noyes@Job:28:22 @ Destruction and Death say, We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.

noyes@Job:28:23 @ God knoweth the way to it; He knoweth its dwellingplace.

noyes@Job:28:24 @ For he seeth to the ends of the earth, And surveyeth all things under the whole heaven.

noyes@Job:28:25 @ When he gave the winds their weight, And meted out the waters by measure;

noyes@Job:28:26 @ When he prescribed a law to the rain, And a path to the thunderflash,

noyes@Job:28:27 @ Then did he see it, and make it known; He established it, and searched it out.

noyes@Job:28:28 @ But he said unto man, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, And to depart from evil is understanding.

Job 28