{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/akjv/job/28","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T09:22:05.739Z"},"reference":{"translation":"AKJV","book":"Job","bookSlug":"job","chapter":28,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":27,"nextChapter":29,"totalChapters":42,"totalVerses":28},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"He sets an end to darkness, and searches out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"The flood breaks out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"As for the earth, out of it comes bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it has dust of gold."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"There is a path which no fowl knows, and which the vulture's eye has not seen:"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"He puts forth his hand on the rock; he overturns the mountains by the roots."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"He cuts out rivers among the rocks; and his eye sees every precious thing."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"He binds the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid brings he forth to light."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Man knows not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"The depth said, It is not in me: and the sea said, It is not with me."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"From where then comes wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"God understands the way thereof, and he knows the place thereof."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"For he looks to the ends of the earth, and sees under the whole heaven;"},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"To make the weight for the winds; and he weighs the waters by measure."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:"},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yes, and searched it out."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"And to man he said, Behold, the fear of the LORD, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding."}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 28 (AKJV)","markdown":"[Job 28](https://primebible.com/akjv/job/28)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* AKJV. https://primebible.com/akjv/job/28 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}