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World English Bible

Job 28 (WEBP)

[1] “Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold which they refine.
[2] Iron is taken out of the earth, and copper is smelted out of the ore.
[3] Man sets an end to darkness, and searches out, to the furthest bound, the stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.
[4] He breaks open a shaft away from where people live. They are forgotten by the foot. They hang far from men, they swing back and forth.
[5] As for the earth, out of it comes bread. Underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.
[6] Sapphires come from its rocks. It has dust of gold.
[7] That path no bird of prey knows, neither has the falcon’s eye seen it.
[8] The proud animals have not trodden it, nor has the fierce lion passed by there.
[9] He puts his hand on the flinty rock, and he overturns the mountains by the roots.
[10] He cuts out channels among the rocks. His eye sees every precious thing.
[11] He binds the streams that they don’t trickle. The thing that is hidden he brings out to light.
[12] “But where will wisdom be found? Where is the place of understanding?
[13] Man doesn’t know its price, and it isn’t found in the land of the living.
[14] The deep says, ‘It isn’t in me.’ The sea says, ‘It isn’t with me.’
[15] It can’t be gotten for gold, neither will silver be weighed for its price.
[16] It can’t be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
[17] Gold and glass can’t equal it, neither will it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.
[18] No mention will be made of coral or of crystal. Yes, the price of wisdom is above rubies.
[19] The topaz of Ethiopia will not equal it. It won’t be valued with pure gold.
[20] Where then does wisdom come from? Where is the place of understanding?
[21] Seeing it is hidden from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the birds of the sky.
[22] Destruction and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.’
[23] “God understands its way, and he knows its place.
[24] For he looks to the ends of the earth, and sees under the whole sky.
[25] He establishes the force of the wind. Yes, he measures out the waters by measure.
[26] When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder,
[27] then he saw it, and declared it. He established it, yes, and searched it out.
[28] To man he said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.’”

Job 28:16 or, lapis lazuli
Job 28:28 The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.”

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Job 28 (KJVS)

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

Job 28:1 Or, a mine
Job 28:2 Or, dust
Job 28:6 Or, gold ore
Job 28:9 Or, flint
Job 28:11 Heb. from weeping
Job 28:15 Heb. fine gold shall not be given for it
Job 28:17 Or, vessel of fine gold
Job 28:18 Or, Ramoth
Job 28:21 Or, heaven
Job 28:27 Or, did number it

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Job 28 (BYZ)

[1] Ἔστιν () γὰρ () ἀργυρίῳ () τόπος, () ὅθεν () γίνεται, () τόπος () δὲ () χρυσίῳ, () ὅθεν () διηθεῖται.
[2] Σίδηρος () μὲν () γὰρ () ἐκ () γῆς () γίνεται, () χαλκὸς () δὲ () ἴσα () λίθῳ () λατομεῖται. ()
[3] Τάξιν () ἔθετο () σκότει, () καὶ () πᾶν () πέρας () αὐτὸς () ἐξακριβάζεται· λίθος () σκοτία () καὶ () σκιὰ () θανάτου, ()
[4] διακοπὴ χειμάρρου () ἀπὸ () κονίας· οἱ () δὲ () ἐπιλανθανόμενοι () ὁδὸν () δικαίαν () ἠσθένησαν () ἐκ () βροτῶν.
[5] Γῆ, () ἐξ () αὐτῆς () ἐξελεύσεται () ἄρτος, () ὑποκάτω () αὐτῆς () ἐστράφη () ὡσεὶ () πῦρ. ()
[6] Τόπος () σαπφείρου () οἱ () λίθοι () αὐτῆς, () καὶ () χῶμα, χρυσίον () αὐτῷ. ()
[7] Τρίβος, () οὐκ () ἔγνω () αὐτὴν () πετεινόν, καὶ () οὐ () παρέβλεψεν αὐτὴν () ὀφθαλμὸς () γυπός·
[8] οὐκ () ἐπάτησαν () αὐτὴν () υἱοὶ () ἀλαζόνων, () οὐ () παρῆλθεν () ἐπ’ () αὐτῆς () λέων. ()
[9] Ἐν () ἀκροτόμῳ ἐξέτεινεν () χεῖρα () αὐτοῦ, () κατέστρεψεν () δὲ () ἐκ () ῥιζῶν () ὄρη· ()
[10] δίνας δὲ () ποταμῶν () ἔρρηξεν, () πᾶν () δὲ () ἔντιμον () εἶδέν () μου () ὁ () ὀφθαλμός· ()
[11] βάθη () δὲ () ποταμῶν () ἀνεκάλυψεν, () ἔδειξεν () δὲ () ἑαυτοῦ () δύναμιν () εἰς () φῶς. ()
[12] Ἡ () δὲ () σοφία () πόθεν () εὑρέθη; () Ποῖος () δὲ () τόπος () ἐστὶν () τῆς () ἐπιστήμης;
[13] Οὐκ () οἶδεν () βροτὸς ὁδὸν () αὐτῆς, () οὐδὲ () μὴ () εὑρεθῇ () ἐν () ἀνθρώποις. ()
[14] Ἄβυσσος () εἶπεν () Οὐκ () ἔστιν () ἐν () ἐμοί· () καὶ () θάλασσα () εἶπεν () Οὐκ () ἔστιν () μετ’ () ἐμοῦ. ()
[15] Οὐ () δώσει () συγκλεισμὸν ἀντ’ () αὐτῆς, () καὶ () οὐ () σταθήσεται () ἀργύριον () ἀντάλλαγμα () αὐτῆς· ()
[16] καὶ () οὐ () συμβασταχθήσεται χρυσίῳ () Ωφιρ, ἐν () ὄνυχι τιμίῳ () καὶ () σαπφείρῳ· ()
[17] οὐκ () ἰσωθήσεται αὐτῇ () χρυσίον () καὶ () ὕαλος () καὶ () τὸ () ἄλλαγμα αὐτῆς () σκεύη () χρυσᾶ· ()
[18] μετέωρα καὶ () γαβις οὐ () μνησθήσεται, καὶ () ἕλκυσον () σοφίαν () ὑπὲρ () τὰ () ἐσώτατα·
[19] οὐκ () ἰσωθήσεται αὐτῇ () τοπάζιον () Αἰθιοπίας, χρυσίῳ () καθαρῷ () οὐ () συμβασταχθήσεται.
[20] Ἡ () δὲ () σοφία () πόθεν () εὑρέθη; () Ποῖος () δὲ () τόπος () ἐστὶν () τῆς () συνέσεως; ()
[21] Λέληθεν () πάντα () ἄνθρωπον () καὶ () ἀπὸ () πετεινῶν τοῦ () οὐρανοῦ () ἐκρύβη· ()
[22] ἡ () ἀπώλεια () καὶ () ὁ () θάνατος () εἶπαν () Ἀκηκόαμεν () δὲ () αὐτῆς () τὸ () κλέος. ()
[23] Ὁ () θεὸς () εὖ () συνέστησεν () αὐτῆς () τὴν () ὁδόν, () αὐτὸς () δὲ () οἶδεν () τὸν () τόπον () αὐτῆς· ()
[24] αὐτὸς () γὰρ () τὴν () ὑπ’ () οὐρανὸν () πᾶσαν () ἐφορᾷ () εἰδὼς () τὰ () ἐν () τῇ () γῇ () πάντα, () ἃ () ἐποίησεν, ()
[25] ἀνέμων () σταθμὸν ὕδατός () τε () μέτρα· ()
[26] ὅτε () ἐποίησεν () οὕτως, () ὑετὸν () ἠρίθμησεν () καὶ () ὁδὸν () ἐν () τινάγματι φωνάς· ()
[27] τότε () εἶδεν () αὐτὴν () καὶ () ἐξηγήσατο () αὐτήν, () ἑτοιμάσας () ἐξιχνίασεν.
[28] Εἶπεν () δὲ () ἀνθρώπῳ () Ἰδοὺ () ἡ () θεοσέβειά () ἐστιν () σοφία, () τὸ () δὲ () ἀπέχεσθαι () ἀπὸ () κακῶν () ἐστιν () ἐπιστήμη.

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.