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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Job 28 Legacy Standard Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/job/28.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/job/28-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">LSB</a> > Job 28</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../job/27.htm" title="Job 27">◄</a> Job 28 <a href="../job/29.htm" title="Job 29">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Legacy Standard Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/nasb_/job/28.htm" style="color:#0092f2" title="NASB">►► </a></td></tr></table></div><p class="hdg">Where Can Wisdom Be Found?</p><p><CC><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>“<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>Surely there is a <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>mine for silver, <p class="indent2">And a place <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>where they refine for gold. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Iron is taken from the dust, <p class="indent2">And copper is smelted from rock. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><i>Man</i> puts an end to darkness, <p class="indent2">And to the farthest limit he searches out <p class="indent2">The rock in thick darkness and shadow of death. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>He <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>sinks a shaft far from <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>habitation, <p class="indent2">Forgotten by the foot; <p class="indent2">They hang and swing to and fro far from men. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>The earth, from it comes food, <p class="indent2">And underneath it is overturned as fire. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Its rocks are the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>source of sapphires, <p class="indent2">And its dust <i>contains</i> gold. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>The path no bird of prey knows, <p class="indent2">Nor has the falcon’s eye caught sight of it. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>proud beasts have not trodden it, <p class="indent2">Nor has the <i>fierce</i> lion passed over it. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>He sends his hand forth to the flint; <p class="indent2">He overturns the mountains at the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>base. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>He breaks out channels through the rocks, <p class="indent2">And his eye sees anything precious. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>He dams up the streams from <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>flowing, <p class="indent2">And what is hidden he brings out to the light. <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>“But where can wisdom be found? <p class="indent2">And where is the place of understanding? <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Man does not know its worth, <p class="indent2">And it is not found in the land of the living. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>The deep says, ‘It is not in me’; <p class="indent2">And the sea says, ‘It is not with me.’ <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Pure gold cannot be given in place of it, <p class="indent2">Nor can silver be weighed as its price. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, <p class="indent2">In precious onyx or sapphire. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Gold or glass cannot meet its worth, <p class="indent2">Nor can it be exchanged for articles of fine gold. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Coral and crystal are not to be mentioned; <p class="indent2">And the acquisition of wisdom is above <i>that of</i> pearls. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>The topaz of <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>Ethiopia cannot meet its worth, <p class="indent2">Nor can it be valued in pure gold. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Where then does wisdom come from? <p class="indent2">And where is the place of understanding? <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Thus it is hidden from the eyes of all living <p class="indent2">And concealed from the birds of the sky. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>Abaddon and Death say, <p class="indent2">‘With our ears we have heard a report of it.’ <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>“God understands its way, <p class="indent2">And He knows its place. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>For He looks to the ends of the earth <p class="indent2">And sees everything under the heavens. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>When He set weight to the wind <p class="indent2">And meted out the waters by measure, <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>When He set a limit for the rain <p class="indent2">And a course for the thunderbolt, <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Then He saw it and recounted it; <p class="indent2">He established it and also searched it out. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>So He said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; <p class="indent2">And to turn away from evil is understanding.’”<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="fnverse">1</span> Or <i>For</i><br><span class="fnverse">1</span> Or <i>source</i><br><span class="fnverse">1</span> Lit <i>for gold they refine</i><br><span class="fnverse">4</span> Lit <i>breaks open</i><br><span class="fnverse">4</span> Lit <i>sojourning</i><br><span class="fnverse">6</span> Or <i>place</i><br><span class="fnverse">8</span> Lit <i>sons of pride</i><br><span class="fnverse">9</span> Lit <i>roots</i><br><span class="fnverse">11</span> Lit <i>weeping</i><br><span class="fnverse">19</span> Or <i>Cush</i>, cf. Gen 10:6<br><span class="fnverse">22</span> Lit The realm of <i>destruction</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Legacy Standard Bible Copyright ©2021 by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved. 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