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Job 28:1: Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it.<br/>
Job 28:2: Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone.<br/>
Job 28:3: He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.<br/>
Job 28:4: The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.<br/>
Job 28:5: As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.<br/>
Job 28:6: The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold.<br/>
Job 28:7: There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen:<br/>
Job 28:8: The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.<br/>
Job 28:9: He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.<br/>
Job 28:10: He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.<br/>
Job 28:11: He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.<br/>
Job 28:12: But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?<br/>
Job 28:13: Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.<br/>
Job 28:14: The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me.<br/>
Job 28:15: It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.<br/>
Job 28:16: It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.<br/>
Job 28:17: The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold.<br/>
Job 28:18: No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies. <br/>
Job 28:19: The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold. <br/>
Job 28:20: Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?<br/>
Job 28:21: Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.<br/>
Job 28:22: Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.<br/>
Job 28:23: God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.<br/>
Job 28:24: For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven;<br/>
Job 28:25: To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.<br/>
Job 28:26: When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:<br/>
Job 28:27: Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out.<br/>
Job 28:28: And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.[[Category:Bible Topic]]