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Job 28

1“Surely there is a mine for silver and a place where gold is refined.
1“Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold which they refine.
2Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore.
2Iron is taken out of the earth, and copper is smelted out of the ore.
3Man puts an end to the darkness; he probes the farthest recesses for ore in deepest darkness.
3Man sets an end to darkness, and searches out, to the furthest bound, the stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.
4Far from human habitation he cuts a shaft in places forgotten by the foot of man. Far from men he dangles and sways.
4He 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.
5Food may come from the earth, but from below it is transformed as by fire.
5As for the earth, out of it comes bread. Underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.
6Its rocks are the source of sapphires, containing flecks of gold.
6Sapphires come from its rocks. It has dust of gold.
7No bird of prey knows that path; no falcon’s eye has seen it.
7That path no bird of prey knows, neither has the falcon’s eye seen it.
8Proud beasts have never trodden it; no lion has ever prowled over it.
8The proud animals have not trodden it, nor has the fierce lion passed by there.
9The miner strikes the flint; he overturns mountains at their base.
9He puts his hand on the flinty rock, and he overturns the mountains by the roots.
10He hews out channels in the rocks, and his eyes spot every treasure.
10He cuts out channels among the rocks. His eye sees every precious thing.
11He stops up the sources of the streams to bring what is hidden to light.
11He binds the streams that they don’t trickle. The thing that is hidden he brings out to light.
12But where can wisdom be found, and where does understanding dwell?
12“But where will wisdom be found? Where is the place of understanding?
13No man can know its value, nor is it found in the land of the living.
13Man doesn’t know its price, and it isn’t found in the land of the living.
14The ocean depths say, ‘It is not in me,’ while the sea declares, ‘It is not with me.’
14The deep says, ‘It isn’t in me.’ The sea says, ‘It isn’t with me.’
15It cannot be bought with gold, nor can its price be weighed out in silver.
15It can’t be gotten for gold, neither will silver be weighed for its price.
16It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire.
16It can’t be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
17Neither gold nor crystal can compare to it, nor jewels of fine gold be exchanged for it.
17Gold and glass can’t equal it, neither will it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.
18Coral and quartz are unworthy of mention; the price of wisdom is beyond rubies.
18No mention will be made of coral or of crystal. Yes, the price of wisdom is above rubies.
19Topaz from Cush cannot compare to it, nor can it be valued in pure gold.
19The topaz of Ethiopia will not equal it. It won’t be valued with pure gold.
20From where, then, does wisdom come, and where does understanding dwell?
20Where then does wisdom come from? Where is the place of understanding?
21It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing and concealed from the birds of the air.
21Seeing it is hidden from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the birds of the sky.
22Abaddon and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor about it.’
22Destruction and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.’
23But God understands its way, and He knows its place.
23“God understands its way, and he knows its place.
24For He looks to the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens.
24For he looks to the ends of the earth, and sees under the whole sky.
25When God fixed the weight of the wind and measured out the waters,
25He establishes the force of the wind. Yes, he measures out the waters by measure.
26when He set a limit for the rain and a path for the thunderbolt,
26When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder,
27then He looked at wisdom and appraised it; He established it and searched it out.
27then he saw it, and declared it. He established it, yes, and searched it out.
28And He said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”
28To man he said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.’”