{"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/drb/job/28","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T17:51:24.001Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","book":"Job","bookSlug":"job","chapter":28,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":27,"nextChapter":29,"totalChapters":42,"totalVerses":28},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Silver hath beginnings of its veins, and gold hath a place wherein it is melted. "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Iron is taken out of the earth, and stone melted with heat is turned into brass. "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"He hath set a time for darkness, and the end of all things he considereth, the stone also that is in the dark and the shadow of death. "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"The flood divideth from the people that are on their journey, those whom the food of the needy man hath forgotten, and who cannot be come at. "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"The land, out of which bread grew in its place, hath been overturned with fire. "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"The stones of it are the place of sapphires, and the clods of it are gold. "},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"The bird hath not known the path, neither hath the eye of the vulture beheld it. "},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"The children of the merchants have not trodden it, neither hath the lioness passed by it. "},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"He hath stretched forth his hand to the flint, he hath overturned mountains from the roots. "},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"In the rocks he hath cut out rivers, and his eye hath seen every precious thing. "},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"The depths also of rivers he hath searched, and hidden things he hath brought forth to light. "},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"But where is wisdom to be found, and where is the place of understanding? "},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Man knoweth not the price thereof, neither is it found in the land of them that live in delights. "},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"The depth saith: It is not in me: and the sea saith: It is not with me. "},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"The finest gold shall not purchase it, neither shall silver be weighed in exchange for it "},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"It shall not be compared with the dyed colours of India, or with the most precious stone sardonyx, or the sapphire. "},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Gold or crystal cannot equal it, neither shall any vessels of gold be changed for it. "},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"High and eminent things shall not be mentioned in comparison of it: but wisdom is drawn out of secret places. "},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"The topaz of Ethiopia shall not be equal to it, neither shall it be compared to the cleanest dyeing. "},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding? "},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"It is hid from the eyes of all living. and the fowls of the air know it not. "},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Destruction and death have said: With our ears we have heard the fame thereof. "},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"God understandeth the way of it, and he knoweth the place thereof. "},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"For he beholdeth the ends of the world: and looketh on all things that are under heaven. "},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Who made a weight for the winds and weighed the waters by measure. "},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"When he gave a law for the rain, and a way for the sounding storms. "},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"Then he saw it, and declared, and prepared, and searched it. "},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"And he said to man: Behold the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom: and to depart from evil, is understanding. "}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 28 (DRB)","markdown":"[Job 28](https://primebible.com/drb/job/28)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DRB. https://primebible.com/drb/job/28 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}