nkjv Job:28-30
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."'
nkjv@Job:29:1 @ Job further continued his discourse, and said:
nkjv@Job:29:2 @ "Oh, that I were as in months past, As in the days when God watched over me;
nkjv@Job:29:3 @ When His lamp shone upon my head, And when by His light I walked through darkness;
nkjv@Job:29:4 @ Just as I was in the days of my prime, When the friendly counsel of God was over my tent;
nkjv@Job:29:5 @ When the Almighty was yet with me, When my children were around me;
nkjv@Job:29:6 @ When my steps were bathed with cream, And the rock poured out rivers of oil for me!
nkjv@Job:29:7 @ "When I went out to the gate by the city, When I took my seat in the open square,
nkjv@Job:29:8 @ The young men saw me and hid, And the aged arose and stood;
nkjv@Job:29:9 @ The princes refrained from talking, And put their hand on their mouth;
nkjv@Job:29:10 @ The voice of nobles was hushed, And their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.
nkjv@Job:29:11 @ When the ear heard, then it blessed me, And when the eye saw, then it approved me;
nkjv@Job:29:12 @ Because I delivered the poor who cried out, The fatherless and the one who had no helper.
nkjv@Job:29:13 @ The blessing of a perishing man came upon me, And I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
nkjv@Job:29:14 @ I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; My justice was like a robe and a turban.
nkjv@Job:29:15 @ I was eyes to the blind, And I was feet to the lame.
nkjv@Job:29:16 @ I was a father to the poor, And I searched out the case that I did not know.
nkjv@Job:29:17 @ I broke the fangs of the wicked, And plucked the victim from his teeth.
nkjv@Job:29:18 @ "Then I said, "I shall die in my nest, And multiply my days as the sand.
nkjv@Job:29:19 @ My root is spread out to the waters, And the dew lies all night on my branch.
nkjv@Job:29:20 @ My glory is fresh within me, And my bow is renewed in my hand.'
nkjv@Job:29:21 @ "Men listened to me and waited, And kept silence for my counsel.
nkjv@Job:29:22 @ After my words they did not speak again, And my speech settled on them as dew.
nkjv@Job:29:23 @ They waited for me as for the rain, And they opened their mouth wide as for the spring rain.
nkjv@Job:29:24 @ If I mocked at them, they did not believe it, And the light of my countenance they did not cast down.
nkjv@Job:29:25 @ I chose the way for them, and sat as chief; So I dwelt as a king in the army, As one who comforts mourners.
nkjv@Job:30:1 @ "But now they mock at me, men younger than I, Whose fathers I disdained to put with the dogs of my flock.
nkjv@Job:30:2 @ Indeed, what profit is the strength of their hands to me? Their vigor has perished.
nkjv@Job:30:3 @ They are gaunt from want and famine, Fleeing late to the wilderness, desolate and waste,
nkjv@Job:30:4 @ Who pluck mallow by the bushes, And broom tree roots for their food.
nkjv@Job:30:5 @ They were driven out from among men, They shouted at them as at a thief.
nkjv@Job:30:6 @ They had to live in the clefts of the valleys, In caves of the earth and the rocks.
nkjv@Job:30:7 @ Among the bushes they brayed, Under the nettles they nestled.
nkjv@Job:30:8 @ They were sons of fools, Yes, sons of vile men; They were scourged from the land.
nkjv@Job:30:9 @ "And now I am their taunting song; Yes, I am their byword.
nkjv@Job:30:10 @ They abhor me, they keep far from me; They do not hesitate to spit in my face.
nkjv@Job:30:11 @ Because He has loosed my bowstring and afflicted me, They have cast off restraint before me.
nkjv@Job:30:12 @ At my right hand the rabble arises; They push away my feet, And they raise against me their ways of destruction.
nkjv@Job:30:13 @ They break up my path, They promote my calamity; They have no helper.
nkjv@Job:30:14 @ They come as broad breakers; Under the ruinous storm they roll along.
nkjv@Job:30:15 @ Terrors are turned upon me; They pursue my honor as the wind, And my prosperity has passed like a cloud.
nkjv@Job:30:16 @ "And now my soul is poured out because of my plight; The days of affliction take hold of me.
nkjv@Job:30:17 @ My bones are pierced in me at night, And my gnawing pains take no rest.
nkjv@Job:30:18 @ By great force my garment is disfigured; It binds me about as the collar of my coat.
nkjv@Job:30:19 @ He has cast me into the mire, And I have become like dust and ashes.
nkjv@Job:30:20 @ "I cry out to You, but You do not answer me; I stand up, and You regard me.
nkjv@Job:30:21 @ But You have become cruel to me; With the strength of Your hand You oppose me.
nkjv@Job:30:22 @ You lift me up to the wind and cause me to ride on it; You spoil my success.
nkjv@Job:30:23 @ For I know that You will bring me to death, And to the house appointed for all living.
nkjv@Job:30:24 @ "Surely He would not stretch out His hand against a heap of ruins, If they cry out when He destroys it.
nkjv@Job:30:25 @ Have I not wept for him who was in trouble? Has not my soul grieved for the poor?
nkjv@Job:30:26 @ But when I looked for good, evil came to me; And when I waited for light, then came darkness.
nkjv@Job:30:27 @ My heart is in turmoil and cannot rest; Days of affliction confront me.
nkjv@Job:30:28 @ I go about mourning, but not in the sun; I stand up in the assembly and cry out for help.
nkjv@Job:30:29 @ I am a brother of jackals, And a companion of ostriches.
nkjv@Job:30:30 @ My skin grows black and falls from me; My bones burn with fever.
nkjv@Job:30:31 @ My harp is turned to mourning, And my flute to the voice of those who weep.
nkjv@Job:31:1 @ "I have made a covenant with my eyes; Why then should I look upon a young woman?