{"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/web/job/28","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T00:39:41.358Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","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 mine for silver, and a place for gold which they refine."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Iron is taken out of the earth, and copper is smelted out of the ore."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Man sets an end to darkness, and searches out, to the furthest bound, the stones of obscurity and of thick darkness."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"He breaks open a shaft away from where people live. They are forgotten by the foot. They hang far from men, they swing back and forth."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"As for the earth, out of it comes bread; Underneath it is turned up as it were by fire."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Sapphires come from its rocks. It has dust of gold."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"That path no bird of prey knows, neither has the falcon's eye seen it."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"The proud animals have not trodden it, nor has the fierce lion passed by there."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"He puts forth his hand on the flinty rock, and he overturns the mountains by the roots."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"He cuts out channels among the rocks. His eye sees every precious thing."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"He binds the streams that they don't trickle. The thing that is hidden he brings forth to light."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"|But where shall wisdom be found? Where is the place of understanding?"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Man doesn't know its price; Neither is it found in the land of the living."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"The deep says, 'It isn't in me.' The sea says, 'It isn't with me.'"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"It can't be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for its price."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"It can't be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Gold and glass can't equal it, neither shall it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal. Yes, 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":"Where then does wisdom come from? Where is the place of understanding?"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Seeing it is hidden from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the birds of the sky."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Destruction and Death say, 'We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.'"},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"|God understands its way, and he knows its place."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"For he looks to the ends of the earth, and sees under the whole sky."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"He establishes the force of the wind. Yes, he measures out 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 he saw it, and declared it. He established it, yes, and searched it out."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"To man he said, 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.'|"}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 28 (WEB)","markdown":"[Job 28](https://primebible.com/web/job/28)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/job/28 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}