LITV - Job - 28

28:1  Surely there is a mine for the silver, and a place where they refine gold.

28:2  Iron is taken out of the earth, and bronze is smelted from stone.

28:3  He sets an end to darkness, and to every extremity He searches out a stone of darkness and death-shade.

28:4  He opens a shaft far from the visitor; they are forgotten by man's foot; they hang far from men; they swing to and fro.

28:5  As to the earth, out of it comes bread; and underneath it, it is turned up like fire.

28:6  The place of sapphires is in its stones, and it has dust of gold.

28:7  There is a path not known to birds of prey, nor has a falcon's eye caught sight of it;

28:8  the sons of pride have not trodden on it; the lion has not passed by it.

28:9  He places his hand on the flint places; He overturns mountains by the roots

28:10  He cuts out rivers among the rocks, and His eye sees every precious thing.

28:11  He restrains the floods from overflowing; and He brings the hidden thing to light.

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

28:13  Man does not know its value, nor is it found in the land of the living.

28:14  The deep says, It is not in me; and the sea says, It is not with me.

28:15  Pure gold cannot be given instead of it, and silver cannot be weighed as its price.

28:16  It cannot be weighed against the gold of Ophir, against precious onyx, or sapphire;

28:17  gold and crystal cannot be ranked with it, nor its exchange a vessel of fine gold.

28:18  Coral and rock crystal cannot be mentioned; yea, the getting of wisdom is above jewels.

28:19  The topaz of Ethiopia cannot be ranked with it; it cannot be weighed against pure gold.

28:20  Where then does wisdom come from, and where is the place of understanding?

28:21  Yea, it is hidden from the eyes of all living, and concealed from the birds of the heavens;

28:22  the Place of Ruin and death say, We have heard its fame with our ears.

28:23  God knows its way, and He knows its place.

28:24  For He looks to the ends of the earth, and sees under all the heavens;

28:25  making a weight for the winds and measuring out the waters by measure.

28:26  When He made a decree for the rain, and a way for the flash, the thunderclap,

28:27  then He saw it, and declared it; He prepared it, and He also searched it out.

28:28  And to man He said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom! And to turn from evil is understanding.