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