Darby's English Translation

Job 27

The Book of Job

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Chapter 28

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  Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold which they refine;  

 

 

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  Iron is taken out of the dust, and copper is molten out of the stone.  

 

 

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  [Man] putteth an end to the darkness, and exploreth to the utmost limit, the stones of darkness and of the shadow of death.  

 

 

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  He openeth a shaft far from the inhabitants [of the earth]: forgotten of the foot, they hang suspended; away below men they hover.  

 

 

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  As for the earth, out of it cometh bread, and underneath it is turned up as by fire;  

 

 

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  The stones of it are the place of sapphires, and it hath dust of gold.  

 

 

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  It is a path no bird of prey knoweth, and the vulture's eye hath not seen it;  

 

 

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  The proud beasts have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed over it.  

 

 

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  [Man] putteth forth his hand upon the flinty rock, he overturneth the mountains by the root.  

 

 

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  He cutteth out channels in the rocks, and his eye seeth every precious thing.  

 

 

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  He bindeth the streams that they drip not, and what is hidden he bringeth forth to light.  

 

 

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12


 

  But wisdom, where shall it be found? and where is the place of understanding?  

 

 

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  Man knoweth not the value thereof; and it is not found in the land of the living.  

 

 

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  The deep saith, It is not in me; and the sea saith, It is not with me.  

 

 

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  Choice gold cannot be given for it, nor silver be weighed for its price.  

 

 

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  It is not set in the balance with gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, and the sapphire.  

 

 

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  Gold and glass cannot be compared to it, nor vessels of fine gold be its exchange.  

 

 

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  Corals and crystal are no more remembered; yea, the acquisition of wisdom is above rubies.  

 

 

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  The topaz of Ethiopia shall not be compared to it, neither shall it be set in the balance with pure gold.  

 

 

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  Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?  

 

 

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  For it is hidden from the eyes of all living, and concealed from the fowl of the heavens.  

 

 

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  Destruction and death say, We have heard its report with our ears.  

 

 

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  God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth its place:  

 

 

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  For he looketh to the ends of the earth, he seeth under the whole heaven.  

 

 

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  In making a weight for the wind, and meting out the waters by measure,  

 

 

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  In appointing a statute for the rain, and a way for the thunder's flash:  

 

 

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  Then did he see it, and declare it; he established it, yea, and searched it out;  

 

 

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  And unto man he said, Lo, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.  

 

 

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Job 29

 

 

 

 

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