Thematic Bible




Job 28:1 (show verse)

“Surely there is a mine for silver,
And a place where they refine gold.

Job 28:2 (show verse)


“Iron is taken out of the earth,
And copper is smelted from the stone ore.

Job 28:3 (show verse)


“Man puts an end to darkness [by bringing in a light],
And to the farthest bounds he searches out
The rock buried in gloom and deep shadow.

Job 28:4 (show verse)


“He breaks open (mine) shafts far away from where people live,
[In places] forgotten by the [human] foot;
They dangle [in the mines] and hang away from men.

Job 28:5 (show verse)


“[As for] the earth, out of it comes food,
But underneath [its surface, down deep] it is turned over as fire.

Job 28:6 (show verse)


“Its stones are the bed of sapphires;
It holds dust of gold.

Job 28:7 (show verse)


“The path [deep within] no bird of prey knows,
And the falcon’s eye has not caught sight of it.

Job 28:8 (show verse)


“The proud beasts [and their young] have not walked on it,
Nor has the fierce lion passed over it.

Job 28:9 (show verse)


“Man puts his hand on [and tears apart] the flinty rock;
He overturns the mountains at the base [looking for treasure].

Job 28:10 (show verse)


“He cuts out channels and passages among the rocks;
And his eye sees every precious thing.

Job 28:11 (show verse)


“Man dams up the streams from flowing [so that they do not trickle into the mine],
And what is hidden he brings out to the light.
No Themes for this verse.

Job 28:12 (show verse)


“But where can wisdom be found?
And where is the place of understanding?

Job 28:13 (show verse)


“Man does not know the value of it;
Nor is it found in the land of the living.

Job 28:14 (show verse)


“The deep says, ‘It is not in me’;
And the sea says, ‘It is not with me.’

Job 28:15 (show verse)


“It cannot be obtained for pure gold,
Nor can silver be weighed as its price.

Job 28:16 (show verse)


“It cannot be valued in [terms of] the gold of Ophir,
In the precious onyx or beryl, or the sapphire.

Job 28:17 (show verse)


“Gold and glass cannot equal wisdom,
Nor can it be exchanged for articles of fine gold.

Job 28:18 (show verse)


“No mention of coral and crystal can be made;
For the possession of wisdom is even above [that of] rubies or pearls.

Job 28:19 (show verse)


“The topaz of Ethiopia cannot compare with it,
Nor can it be valued in pure gold.

Job 28:20 (show verse)


“From where then does wisdom come?
And where is the place of understanding?

Job 28:21 (show verse)


“It is hidden from the eyes of all the living
And concealed from the birds of the heavens.

Job 28:22 (show verse)


“Abaddon (the place of destruction) and Death say,
‘We have [only] heard a report of it with our ears.’

Job 28:23 (show verse)


“God understands the way [to wisdom]
And He knows its place [for wisdom is with God alone].

Job 28:24 (show verse)


“For He looks to the ends of the earth
And sees everything under the heavens.

Job 28:25 (show verse)


“When He gave weight and pressure to the wind
And allotted the waters by measure,

Job 28:26 (show verse)


When He made a limit for the rain
And a way for the thunderbolt,

Job 28:27 (show verse)


Then He saw wisdom and declared it;
He established it and searched it out.

Job 28:28 (show verse)


“But to man He said, ‘Behold, the reverential and worshipful fear of the Lord—that is wisdom;
And to depart from evil is understanding.’”