# Job 28

- Translation: Berean Standard Bible
- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/28
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).

## Text

[1] “Surely there is a mine for silver
and a place where gold is refined. [2] Iron is taken from the earth,
and copper is smelted from ore. [3] Man puts an end to the darkness;
he probes the farthest recesses
for ore in deepest darkness. [4] Far from human habitation he cuts a shaft
in places forgotten by the foot of man.
Far from men he dangles and sways. [5] Food may come from the earth,
but from below it is transformed as by fire. [6] Its rocks are the source of sapphires,
containing flecks of gold. [7] No bird of prey knows that path;
no falcon’s eye has seen it. [8] Proud beasts have never trodden it;
no lion has ever prowled over it. [9] The miner strikes the flint;
he overturns mountains at their base. [10] He hews out channels in the rocks,
and his eyes spot every treasure. [11] He stops up the sources of the streams
to bring what is hidden to light. [12] But where can wisdom be found,
and where does understanding dwell? [13] No man can know its value,
nor is it found in the land of the living. [14] The ocean depths say, ‘It is not in me,’
while the sea declares, ‘It is not with me.’ [15] It cannot be bought with gold,
nor can its price be weighed out in silver. [16] It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir,
in precious onyx or sapphire. [17] Neither gold nor crystal can compare to it,
nor jewels of fine gold be exchanged for it. [18] Coral and quartz are unworthy of mention;
the price of wisdom is beyond rubies. [19] Topaz from Cush cannot compare to it,
nor can it be valued in pure gold. [20] From where then does wisdom come,
and where does understanding dwell? [21] It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing
and concealed from the birds of the air. [22] Abaddon and Death say,
‘We have heard a rumor about it.’ [23] But God understands its way,
and He knows its place. [24] For He looks to the ends of the earth
and sees everything under the heavens. [25] When God fixed the weight of the wind
and measured out the waters, [26] when He set a limit for the rain
and a path for the thunderbolt, [27] then He looked at wisdom and appraised it;
He established it and searched it out. [28] And He said to man, ‘Behold,
the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom,
and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”

## Places in this chapter

- **Ethiopia** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/ethiopia
- **Ophir** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/ophir

## Each verse

- Job 28:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/28/1
- Job 28:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/28/2
- Job 28:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/28/3
- Job 28:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/28/4
- Job 28:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/28/5
- Job 28:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/28/6
- Job 28:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/28/7
- Job 28:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/28/8
- Job 28:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/28/9
- Job 28:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/28/10
- Job 28:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/28/11
- Job 28:12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/28/12
- Job 28:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/28/13
- Job 28:14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/28/14
- Job 28:15 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/28/15
- Job 28:16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/28/16
- Job 28:17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/28/17
- Job 28:18 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/28/18
- Job 28:19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/28/19
- Job 28:20 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/28/20
- Job 28:21 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/28/21
- Job 28:22 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/28/22
- Job 28:23 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/28/23
- Job 28:24 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/28/24
- Job 28:25 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/28/25
- Job 28:26 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/28/26
- Job 28:27 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/28/27
- Job 28:28 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/28/28