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Job 28

Berean Standard Bible

Where Can Wisdom Be Found?

1“SurelyH3588 there isH3426 a mineH4161 for silverH3701 and a placeH4725 where goldH2091 is refinedH2212.2IronH1270 is takenH3947 from the earthH6083, and copperH5154 is smeltedH6694 from oreH68.3Man putsH7760 an endH7093 to the darknessH2822; heH1931 probesH2713 the farthest recessesH3605H8503 for oreH68 in deepest darknessH652H6757.4Far fromH4480H5973 human habitationH1481 he cutsH6555 a shaftH5158 in places forgottenH7911 by the foot of manH7272. Far from menH582 he danglesH1809 and swaysH5128.5FoodH3899 may comeH3318 fromH4480 the earthH776, but from belowH8478 it is transformedH2015 asH3644 by fireH784.6Its rocksH68 are the sourceH4725 of sapphiresH5601, containing flecksH6083 of goldH2091.7NoH3808 bird of preyH5861 knowsH3045 that pathH5410; noH3808 falcon’sH344 eyeH5869 has seen itH7805.8Proud beastsH1121H7830 have neverH3808 trodden itH1869; noH3808 lionH7826 has ever prowledH5710 over itH5921.9The miner strikesH7971H3027 the flintH2496; he overturnsH2015 mountainsH2022 at their baseH8328.10He hews outH1234 channelsH2975 in the rocksH6697, and his eyesH5869 spotH7200 everyH3605 treasureH3366.11He stops upH22801 the sourcesH1065 of the streamsH5104 to bringH3318 what is hiddenH8587 to lightH216.

12But whereH370 can wisdomH2451 be foundH4672,and whereH335 does understandingH998H2088 dwellH4725?13NoH3808 manH582 can knowH3045 its valueH6187,norH3808 is it foundH4672 in the landH776 of the livingH2416.14The ocean depthsH8415 sayH559, ‘ItH1931 is notH3808 in me,’while the seaH3220 declaresH559, ‘It is notH369 with meH5978.’15It cannotH3808 be boughtH5414 withH8478 goldH5458,norH3808 can its priceH4242 be weighed outH8254 in silverH3701.16It cannotH3808 be valuedH5541 in the goldH3800 of OphirH211,in preciousH3368 onyxH7718 or sapphireH5601.17NeitherH3808 goldH2091 nor crystalH2137 can compare to itH6186,nor jewelsH3627 of fine goldH6337 be exchanged for itH8545.18CoralH7215 and quartzH1378 are unworthyH3808 of mentionH2142;the priceH4901 of wisdomH2451 is beyond rubiesH6443.19TopazH6357 from CushH35682 cannotH3808 compare to itH6186,nor can itH3808 be valuedH5541 in pureH2889 goldH3800.
20From whereH370, then, does wisdomH2451 comeH935,and whereH335H2088 does understandingH998 dwellH4725?21It is hiddenH5956 from the eyesH5869 of everyH3605 living thingH2416and concealedH5641 from the birdsH5775 of the airH8064.22AbaddonH113 and DeathH4194 sayH559,‘We have heardH8085 a rumor about itH8088.’23But GodH430 understandsH995 its wayH1870,and HeH1931 knowsH3045 its placeH4725.24ForH3588 HeH1931 looksH5027 to the endsH7098 of the earthH776and seesH7200 everythingH3605 underH8478 the heavensH8064.25When God fixedH6213 the weightH4948 of the windH7307and measured outH8505H4060 the watersH4325,26when He setH6213 a limitH2706 for the rainH4306and a pathH1870 for the thunderboltH2385H6963,27thenH227 He looked atH7200 wisdom and appraised itH5608;He established itH3559H1571 and searched it outH2713.28And He saidH559 to manH120, ‘BeholdH2005,the fearH3374 of the LordH136, thatH1931 is wisdomH2451,and to turn awayH5493 from evilH7451 is understandingH998.’”

Notes

  1. 1. Job 28:11 Hebrew; LXX and Vulgate He searches ↩
  2. 2. Job 28:19 That is, the upper Nile region ↩
  3. 3. Job 28:22 Abaddon means Destruction. ↩

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