Book of Job, Chapter 28
Job 28 NASB - New American Standard BibleChapter 28 of Job—New American Standard Bible (NASB)
- ¶ “Surely there is a [a]mine for silver
And a place [b]where they refine gold. - “Iron is taken from the dust,
And copper is smelted from rock. - “Man puts an end to darkness,
And 1to the farthest limit he searches out
The rock in gloom and deep shadow. - “He [c]sinks a shaft far from [d]habitation,
Forgotten by the foot;
They hang and swing to and fro far from men. - “The earth, from it comes food,
And underneath it is turned up as fire. - “Its rocks are the [e]source of sapphires,
And its dust contains gold. - “The path no bird of prey knows,
Nor has the falcon’s eye caught sight of it. - “The [f]proud beasts have not trodden it,
Nor has the fierce lion passed over it. - “He puts his hand on the flint;
He overturns the mountains at the [g]base. - “He hews out channels through the rocks,
And his eye sees anything precious. - “He dams up the streams from [h]flowing,
And what is hidden he brings out to the light. - ¶ “But 2where can wisdom be found?
And where is the place of understanding? - “3Man does not know its value,
Nor is it found in the land of the living. - “The deep says, ‘It is not in me’;
And the sea says, ‘It is not with me.’ - “4Pure gold cannot be given in exchange for it,
Nor can silver be weighed as its price. - “It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir,
In precious onyx, or sapphire. - “5Gold or glass cannot equal it,
Nor can it be exchanged for articles of fine gold. - “Coral and crystal are not to be mentioned;
And the acquisition of 6wisdom is above that of pearls. - “The topaz of Ethiopia cannot equal it,
Nor can it be valued in 7pure gold. - “8Where then does wisdom come from?
And where is the place of understanding? - “Thus it is hidden from the eyes of all living
And concealed from the birds of the sky. - “[i]9Abaddon and Death say,
‘With our ears we have heard a report of it.’ - ¶ “10God understands its way,
And He knows its place. - “For He 11looks to the ends of the earth
And sees everything under the heavens. - “When He imparted 12weight to the wind
And 13meted out the waters by measure, - When He set a 14limit for the rain
And a course for the 15thunderbolt, - Then He saw it and declared it;
He established it and also searched it out. - “And to man He said, ‘Behold, the 16fear of the Lord, that is wisdom;
And to depart from evil is understanding.’”
FOOTNOTES
- ^ Or source
- ^ Lit for gold they refine
- ^ Lit breaks open
- ^ Lit sojourning
- ^ Or place
- ^ Lit sons of pride
- ^ Lit roots
- ^ Lit weeping
- ^ I.e. Destruction
REFERENCES
- ^ Ec 1:13
- ^ Jb 28:23, 28; Ec 7:24
- ^ Mt 13:44-46
- ^ Pr 3:13, 14; 8:10, 11; 16:16
- ^ Pr 8:10; 16:16
- ^ Pr 8:11
- ^ Pr 8:19
- ^ Jb 28:23, 28
- ^ Jb 26:6; Pr 8:32-36
- ^ Jb 9:4; Pr 8:22-36
- ^ Ps 11:4; 33:13, 14; 66:7; Pr 15:3
- ^ Ps 135:7
- ^ Jb 12:15; 38:8-11
- ^ Jb 37:6, 11, 12; 38:26-28
- ^ Jb 37:3; 38:25
- ^ Ps 111:10; Pr 1:7; 9:10; Ec 12:13
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