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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//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 WEB</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" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></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="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">WEB</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 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">World English Bible</div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">The Earth's Treasures</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>"Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold which they refine.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Iron is taken out of the earth, and copper is smelted out of the ore.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Man sets an end to darkness, and searches out, to the furthest bound, the stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>He breaks open a shaft away from where people live. They are forgotten by the foot. They hang far from men, they swing back and forth.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>As for the earth, out of it comes bread; Underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Sapphires come from its rocks. It has dust of gold.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>That path no bird of prey knows, neither has the falcon's eye seen it.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The proud animals have not trodden it, nor has the fierce lion passed by there.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>He puts forth his hand on the flinty rock, and he overturns the mountains by the roots.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>He cuts out channels among the rocks. His eye sees every precious thing.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>He binds the streams that they don't trickle. The thing that is hidden he brings forth to light.</p> <p class="hdg">Wisdom an Excellent Gift of God</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>"But where shall wisdom be found? Where is the place of understanding?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Man doesn't know its price; Neither is it found in the land of the living.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>The deep says, 'It isn't in me.' The sea says, 'It isn't with me.'</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>It can't be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for its price.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>It can't be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Gold and glass can't equal it, neither shall it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal. Yes, the price of wisdom is above rubies.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, Neither shall it be valued with pure gold.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Where then does wisdom come from? Where is the place of understanding?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Seeing it is hidden from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the birds of the sky.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Destruction and Death say, 'We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.'</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>"God understands its way, and he knows its place.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>For he looks to the ends of the earth, and sees under the whole sky.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>He establishes the force of the wind. Yes, he measures out the waters by measure.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder;</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>then he saw it, and declared it. He established it, yes, and searched it out.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>To man he said, 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.'"</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The World English Bible is a 1997 revision of the American Standard Version of the Holy Bible, first published in 1901. It is in the Public Domain. Please feel free to copy and distribute it freely. Thank you to Michael Paul Johnson for making this work available. 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