{"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/kjv/job/28","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T02:32:11.109Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","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 <i>where</i> they fine <i>it</i>."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass <i>is</i> molten <i>out of</i> the stone."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; <i>even the waters</i> forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"<i>As for</i> the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"The stones of it <i>are</i> the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"<i>There is</i> a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen:"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and <i>the thing that is</i> hid bringeth he forth to light."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"But where shall wisdom be found? and where <i>is</i> the place of understanding?"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"The depth saith, It <i>is</i> not in me: and the sea saith, <i>It is</i> not with me."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed <i>for</i> 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 <i>shall not be for</i> jewels of fine gold."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom <i>is</i> above rubies."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Whence then cometh wisdom? and where <i>is</i> 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 understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"For he looketh to the ends of the earth, <i>and</i> seeth under the whole heaven;"},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth 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, yea, and searched it out."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that <i>is</i> wisdom; and to depart from evil <i>is</i> understanding."}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 28 (KJV)","markdown":"[Job 28](https://primebible.com/kjv/job/28)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/job/28 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}