Job 28 | BSB Bible Study

Job 28:1 (BSB)
“Surely there is a mine for silver and a place where gold is refined.

Job 28:2 (BSB)
Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore.

Job 28:3 (BSB)
Man puts an end to the darkness; he probes the farthest recesses for ore in deepest darkness.

Job 28:4 (BSB)
Far from human habitation he cuts a shaft in places forgotten by the foot of man. Far from men he dangles and sways.

Job 28:5 (BSB)
Food may come from the earth, but from below it is transformed as by fire.

Job 28:6 (BSB)
Its rocks are the source of sapphires, containing flecks of gold.

Job 28:7 (BSB)
No bird of prey knows that path; no falcon’s eye has seen it.

Job 28:8 (BSB)
Proud beasts have never trodden it; no lion has ever prowled over it.

Job 28:9 (BSB)
The miner strikes the flint; he overturns mountains at their base.

Job 28:10 (BSB)
He hews out channels in the rocks, and his eyes spot every treasure.

Job 28:11 (BSB)
He stops up the sources of the streams to bring what is hidden to light.

Job 28:12 (BSB)
But where can wisdom be found, and where does understanding dwell?

Job 28:13 (BSB)
No man can know its value, nor is it found in the land of the living.

Job 28:14 (BSB)
The ocean depths say, ‘It is not in me,’ while the sea declares, ‘It is not with me.’

Job 28:15 (BSB)
It cannot be bought with gold, nor can its price be weighed out in silver.

Job 28:16 (BSB)
It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire.

Job 28:17 (BSB)
Neither gold nor crystal can compare to it, nor jewels of fine gold be exchanged for it.

Job 28:18 (BSB)
Coral and quartz are unworthy of mention; the price of wisdom is beyond rubies.

Job 28:19 (BSB)
Topaz from Cush cannot compare to it, nor can it be valued in pure gold.

Job 28:20 (BSB)
From where then does wisdom come, and where does understanding dwell?

Job 28:21 (BSB)
It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing and concealed from the birds of the air.

Job 28:22 (BSB)
Abaddon and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor about it.’

Job 28:23 (BSB)
But God understands its way, and He knows its place.

Job 28:24 (BSB)
For He looks to the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens.

Job 28:25 (BSB)
When God fixed the weight of the wind and measured out the waters,

Job 28:26 (BSB)
when He set a limit for the rain and a path for the thunderbolt,

Job 28:27 (BSB)
then He looked at wisdom and appraised it; He established it and searched it out.

Job 28:28 (BSB)
And He said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”

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