nsb - Job:28

nsb@Job:28:1 @ »There is a place where silver is mined and a place where gold is refined.

nsb@Job:28:2 @ »Iron is taken from the ground, and rocks are melted for their copper.

nsb@Job:28:3 @ »Humans bring an end to darkness. He searches the black rock to the limit of the gloom.

nsb@Job:28:4 @ »They open up a mineshaft far from civilization, where no one has set foot. In this shaft men dangle and swing back and forth.

nsb@Job:28:5 @ »Above the ground food grows. Beneath it the food decays as if it were burned by fire.

nsb@Job:28:6 @ »That place's stones are sapphire. Its dust contains gold.

nsb@Job:28:7 @ »No bird of prey knows the way to it. No hawk's eye has ever seen it.

nsb@Job:28:8 @ »No proud beast has ever walked on it. No ferocious lion has ever passed over it.

nsb@Job:28:9 @ »Humans exert their power on the flinty rocks and overturn mountains at their base.

nsb@Job:28:10 @ »They cut out mineshafts in the rocks. Their eyes see every precious thing.

nsb@Job:28:11 @ »They explore the sources of rivers to bring hidden treasures to light.

nsb@Job:28:12 @ »Where can wisdom be found? Where is the place of understanding?

nsb@Job:28:13 @ »No man knows where it is. It cannot be found in this world of the living.

nsb@Job:28:14 @ »The deep ocean says: It is not in me. The sea proclaims: Not in me either!

nsb@Job:28:15 @ »Gold will not buy it; neither will any amount of silver.

nsb@Job:28:16 @ »It cannot be bought with the gold from Ophir or with precious onyx or sapphire.

nsb@Job:28:17 @ »Neither gold nor crystal can equal its value. Nor can it be exchanged for jewelry of fine gold.

nsb@Job:28:18 @ »Wisdom is more valuable than gems.

nsb@Job:28:19 @ »Topaz from Ethiopia cannot equal its value. It cannot be bought for any amount of pure gold.

nsb@Job:28:20 @ »Where does wisdom come from? Where does understanding live?

nsb@Job:28:21 @ »It is hidden from the eyes of all the living, concealed from the birds in the air.

nsb@Job:28:22 @ »Destruction and Death say: We heard a rumor about it.

nsb@Job:28:23 @ »God understands the way to it. He knows where it lives

nsb@Job:28:24 @ »He can see to the ends of the earth and observe everything under heaven.

nsb@Job:28:25 @ »When he gave the wind its force and measured the water in the sea,

nsb@Job:28:26 @ when he made rules for the rain and set paths for the thunderstorms,

nsb@Job:28:27 @ then he saw it and announced it. He confirmed it and examined it.

nsb@Job:28:28 @ »To man he said: Respect for Jehovah is wisdom! To stay away from evil is understanding.«