# Job 28 
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1. “Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold that they refine. 
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2. Iron is taken out of the earth, and copper is smelted from the ore. 
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3. Man puts an end to darkness and searches out to the farthest limit the ore in gloom and deep darkness. 
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4. He opens shafts in a valley away from where anyone lives; they are forgotten by travelers; they hang in the air, far away from mankind; they swing to and fro. 
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5. As for the earth, out of it comes bread, but underneath it is turned up as by fire. 
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6. Its stones are the place of sapphires, and it has dust of gold. 
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7. “That path no bird of prey knows, and the falcon’s eye has not seen it. 
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8. The proud beasts have not trodden it; the lion has not passed over it. 
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9. “Man puts his hand to the flinty rock and overturns mountains by the roots. 
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10. He cuts out channels in the rocks, and his eye sees every precious thing. 
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11. He dams up the streams so that they do not trickle, and the thing that is hidden he brings out to light. 
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12. “But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding? 
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13. Man does not know its worth, and it is not found in the land of the living. 
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14. The deep says, ‘It is not in me,’ and the sea says, ‘It is not with me.’ 
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15. It cannot be bought for gold, and silver cannot be weighed as its price. 
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16. It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire. 
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17. Gold and glass cannot equal it, nor can it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold. 
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18. No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal; the price of wisdom is above pearls. 
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19. The topaz of Ethiopia cannot equal it, nor can it be valued in pure gold. 
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20. “From where, then, does wisdom come? And where is the place of understanding? 
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21. It is hidden from the eyes of all living and concealed from the birds of the air. 
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22. Abaddon and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.’ 
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23. “God understands the way to it, and he knows its place. 
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24. For he looks to the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens. 
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25. When he gave to the wind its weight and apportioned the waters by measure, 
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26. when he made a decree for the rain and a way for the lightning of the thunder, 
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27. then he saw it and declared it; he established it, and searched it out. 
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28. And he said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’” 

(ESV)