{"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/dbt/job/28","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-26T23:46:42.933Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","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 which they refine;"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Iron is taken out of the dust, and copper is molten out of the stone."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Man putteth an end to the darkness, and exploreth to the utmost limit, the stones of darkness and of the shadow of death."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"He openeth a shaft far from the inhabitants of the earth: forgotten of the foot, they hang suspended; away below men they hover."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"As for the earth, out of it cometh bread, and underneath it is turned up as by fire;"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"The stones of it are the place of sapphires, and it hath dust of gold."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"It is a path no bird of prey knoweth, and the vulture's eye hath not seen it;"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"The proud beasts have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed over it."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Man putteth forth his hand upon the flinty rock, he overturneth the mountains by the root."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"He cutteth out channels in the rocks, and his eye seeth every precious thing."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"He bindeth the streams that they drip not, and what is hidden he bringeth forth to light."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"But wisdom, where shall it be found? and where is the place of understanding?"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Man knoweth not the value thereof; and it is not found in the land of the living."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"The deep saith, It is not in me; and the sea saith, It is not with me."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Choice gold cannot be given for it, nor silver be weighed for its price."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"It is not set in the balance with gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, and the sapphire."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Gold and glass cannot be compared to it, nor vessels of fine gold be its exchange."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Corals and crystal are no more remembered; yea, the acquisition of wisdom is above rubies."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"The topaz of Ethiopia shall not be compared to it, neither shall it be set in the balance with pure gold."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"For it is hidden from the eyes of all living, and concealed from the fowl of the heavens."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Destruction and death say, We have heard its report with our ears."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth its place:"},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"For he looketh to the ends of the earth, he seeth under the whole heaven."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"In making a weight for the wind, and meting out the waters by measure,"},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"In appointing a statute for the rain, and a way for the thunder's flash:"},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"Then did he see it, and declare it; he established it, yea, and searched it out;"},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"And unto man he said, Lo, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding."}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 28 (DBT)","markdown":"[Job 28](https://primebible.com/dbt/job/28)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/job/28 (accessed 2026-05-26)."}}