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Job Chapter 28 - New International Version

1. "There is a mine for silver and a place where gold is refined.

2. Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore.



5. The earth, from which food comes, is transformed below as by fire;

6. sapphires [1] come from its rocks, and its dust contains nuggets of gold.

7. No bird of prey knows that hidden path, no falcon's eye has seen it.

8. Proud beasts do not set foot on it, and no lion prowls there.

9. Man's hand assaults the flinty rock and lays bare the roots of the mountains.

10. He tunnels through the rock; his eyes see all its treasures.

11. He searches [2] the sources of the rivers and brings hidden things to light.

12. "But where can wisdom be found? Where does understanding dwell?

13. Man does not comprehend its worth; it cannot be found in the land of the living.

14. The deep says, `It is not in me'; the sea says, `It is not with me.'






20. "Where then does wisdom come from? Where does understanding dwell?

21. It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing, concealed even from the birds of the air.

22. Destruction [3] and Death say, `Only a rumor of it has reached our ears.'

23. God understands the way to it and he alone knows where it dwells,

24. for he views the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens.

25. When he established the force of the wind and measured out the waters,

26. when he made a decree for the rain and a path for the thunderstorm,

27. then he looked at wisdom and appraised it; he confirmed it and tested it.

28. And he said to man, `The fear of the Lord--that is wisdom, and to shun evil is understanding.'"

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  • 1: Septuagint, Aquila and Vulgate; Hebrew He dams up
  • 2: Hebrew Abaddon
  • 3: The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.

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