The Book of Job

28: 1Surely there is a mine for silver,

 And a place for gold which they refine.

 ^28:2Iron is taken out of the earth,

 And copper is molten out of the stone.

 ^28:3Man setteth an end to darkness,

 And searcheth out, to the furthest bound,

 The stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.

 ^28:4He breaketh open a shaft away from where men sojourn;

 They are forgotten of the foot;

 They hang afar from men, they swing to and fro.

 ^28:5As for the earth, out of it cometh bread;

 And underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.

 ^28:6The stones thereof are the place of sapphires,

 And it hath dust of gold.

 ^28:7That path no bird of prey knoweth,

 Neither hath the falcon's eye seen it:

 ^28:8The proud beasts have not trodden it,

 Nor hath the fierce lion passed thereby.

 ^28:9He putteth forth his hand upon the flinty rock;

 He overturneth the mountains by the roots.

 ^28:10He cutteth out channels among the rocks;

 And his eye seeth every precious thing.

 ^28:11He bindeth the streams that they trickle not;

 And the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.
 
 

 ^28:12But where shall wisdom be found?

 And where is the place of understanding?

 ^28:13Man knoweth not the price thereof;

 Neither is it found in the land of the living.

 ^28:14The deep saith, It is not in me;

 And the sea saith, It is not with me.

 ^28:15It cannot be gotten for gold,

 Neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.

 ^28:16It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir,

 With the precious onyx, or the sapphire.

 ^28:17Gold and glass cannot equal it,

 Neither shall it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.

 ^28:18No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal:

 Yea, the price of wisdom is above rubies.

 ^28:19The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it,

 Neither shall it be valued with pure gold.

 ^28:20Whence then cometh wisdom?

 And where is the place of understanding?

 ^28:21Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living,

 And kept close from the birds of the heavens.

 ^28:22Destruction and Death say,

 We have heard a rumor thereof with our ears.
 
 

 ^28:23God understandeth the way thereof,

 And he knoweth the place thereof.

 ^28:24For he looketh to the ends of the earth,

 And seeth under the whole heaven;

 ^28:25To make a weight for the wind:

 Yea, he meteth out the waters by measure.

 ^28:26When he made a decree for the rain,

 And a way for the lightning of the thunder;

 ^28:27Then did he see it, and declare it;

 He established it, yea, and searched it out.

 ^28:28And unto man he said,

 Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom;

 And to depart from evil is understanding.