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he has overturned the foundations of the mountains.<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>He has cut rivers through the rocks, and his eye has seen all precious things.<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>The depths of rivers he has also examined, and he has brought hidden things into the light.<p> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>But, in truth, where is wisdom to be found, and where is the place of understanding?<p> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Man does not know its price, nor is it found in the land of those who live in sweetness.<p> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>The abyss declares, “It is not in me.” And the sea says, “It is not with me.”<p> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The finest gold will not be paid for it, nor will silver be weighed in exchange for it.<p> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>It will not be compared with the dyed colors of India, nor with the very costly stone sardonyx, nor with the sapphire.<p> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Neither gold nor crystal will be its equal; neither will vessels of gold be fitted for it.<p> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>The exalted and the eminent will not be remembered in comparison with it. Yet wisdom is drawn out of concealment.<p> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>The topaz of Ethiopia will not be equal to it, nor will it be compared to the purest dyes.<p> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>So then, where does wisdom begin, and where is the place of understanding?<p> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>It has been hidden from the eyes of all living things, just as the birds of the heavens escape notice.<p> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Perdition and death have said, “With our ears, we have heard its fame.”<p> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>God understands its way, and he knows its location.<p> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>For he beholds the limits of the world, and he looks upon all things that are under heaven.<p> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>He created a counterweight for the winds, and he suspended the waters to measure them.<p> <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>At that time, he gave a law to the rain and a path to the resounding storms.<p> <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Then he saw and explained it, and he made ready and examined it.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/job/28-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>And he said to man, “Behold the fear of the Lord. Such is wisdom. And to withdraw from evil, this is understanding.”<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Catholic Public Domain Version<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../job/27.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 27"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 27" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../job/29.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 29"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 29" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>