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epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.28.3" /> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>A miner puts an end to the darkness;</p><p class="poem">he probes<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.28.3.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> the deepest recesses</p><p class="poem">for ore in the gloomy darkness.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.28.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>He cuts a shaft far from human habitation,</p><p class="poem">in places unknown to those who walk above ground.</p><p class="poem">Suspended far away from people,</p><p class="poem">the miners swing back and forth.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.28.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Food may come from the earth,</p><p class="poem">but below the surface the earth is transformed as by fire.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.28.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Its rocks are a source of lapis lazuli,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.28.6.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">containing flecks of gold.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.28.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>No bird of prey knows that path;</p><p class="poem">no falcon’s eye has seen it.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.28.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Proud beasts have never walked on it;</p><p class="poem">no lion has ever prowled over it.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.28.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>The miner uses a flint tool</p><p class="poem">and turns up ore from the root of the mountains.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.28.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>He cuts out channels in the rocks,</p><p class="poem">and his eyes spot every treasure.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.28.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>He dams up the streams from flowing<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.28.11.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem">so that he may bring to light what is hidden.</p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.28.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>But where can wisdom<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.28.12.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> be found,</p><p class="poem">and where is understanding located?</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.28.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>No one can know its value,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.28.13.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem">since it cannot be found in the land of the living.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.28.14" /> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>The ocean depths say, “It’s not in me,”</p><p class="poem">while the sea declares, “I don’t have it.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.28.14.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.28.15" /> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Gold cannot be exchanged for it,</p><p class="poem">and silver cannot be weighed out for its price.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.28.16" /> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Wisdom cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.28.16.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">in precious onyx or lapis lazuli.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.28.16.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.28.17" /> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Gold and glass do not compare with it,</p><p class="poem">and articles of fine gold cannot be exchanged for it.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.28.17.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.28.18" /> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Coral and quartz are not worth mentioning.</p><p class="poem">The price of wisdom is beyond pearls.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.28.19" /> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Topaz from Cush cannot compare with it,</p><p class="poem">and it cannot be valued in pure gold.</p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.28.20" /> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Where then does wisdom come from,</p><p class="poem">and where is understanding located?</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.28.21" /> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing</p><p class="poem">and concealed from the birds of the sky.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.28.22" /> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Abaddon and Death<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.28.22.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> say,</p><p class="poem">“We have heard news of it with our ears.”</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.28.23" /> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>But God understands the way to wisdom,</p><p class="poem">and he knows its location.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.28.24" /> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>For he looks to the ends of the earth</p><p class="poem">and sees everything under the heavens.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.28.25" /> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>When God fixed the weight of the wind</p><p class="poem">and distributed the water by measure,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.28.25.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.28.26" /> <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>when he established a limit<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.28.26.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> for the rain<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.28.26.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">and a path for the lightning,</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.28.27" /> <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>he considered wisdom and evaluated it;</p><p class="poem">he established it and examined it.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.28.28" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>He said to mankind,</p><p class="poem">“The fear of the Lord —that is wisdom.</p><p class="poem">And to turn from evil is understanding.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.28.28.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><br /><section id="footnotes-Job.28" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Job.28.3.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.28.3">28:3</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">probes all</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.28.11.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.28.11">28:11</a></span> LXX, Vg read <span class="italic">He explores the sources of the streams</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.28.13.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.28.13">28:13</a></span> LXX reads <span class="italic">way</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.28.26.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.28.26">28:26</a></span> Or <span class="italic">decree</span></aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Job.28" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Job.28.6.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.28.6">28:6</a></span> Ex 24:10; Ezk 1:26; Rv 21:19</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.28.12.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.28.12">28:12</a></span> Jb 28:20; Pr 16:16; Ec 7:23,25</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.28.14.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.28.14">28:14</a></span> Dt 30:11–13; Ps 92:5; Rm 11:33</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.28.16.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.28.16">28:16</a></span> 1Kg 9:28; 10:11; Jb 22:24</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.28.16.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.28.16">28:16</a></span> Pr 3:14–16; 8:10–11; 16:16</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.28.17.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.28.17">28:17</a></span> Ps 119:72; Pr 8:19; 20:15</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.28.22.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.28.22">28:22</a></span> Jb 25:6; Ps 49:14; Pr 27:20</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.28.25.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.28.25">28:25</a></span> Ps 135:7; Pr 30:4; Is 40:12</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.28.26.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a 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