Job 28 (NET)

Job 28:1¹“Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place where gold is refined.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Pet 1:7Isa 48:10Mal 3:2-3Prov 17:31 Chr 29:2-51 Kgs 10:211 Kgs 7:48-50Gen 2:11-12Gen 23:15Gen 24:22

Job 28:2²Iron is taken from the ground, and rock is poured out as copper.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 8:9Gen 4:22Num 31:221 Chr 22:14

Job 28:3³Man puts an end to the darkness; he searches the farthest recesses for the ore in the deepest darkness.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eccl 1:13Hab 2:13Job 10:21-22Job 12:22Job 38:16-17Luke 16:8Matt 6:33Prov 2:4

Job 28:4⁴Far from where people live he sinks a shaft, in places travelers have long forgotten, far from other people he dangles and sways.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Job 28:5⁵The earth, from which food comes, is overturned below as though by fire;Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 28:25-29Ezek 28:13-14Gen 1:11-12Gen 1:29Ps 104:14-15

Job 28:6⁶a place whose stones are sapphires that contain dust of gold;Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 24:10Job 28:16Isa 54:11Rev 21:19Song 5:14

Job 28:7⁷a hidden path no bird of prey knows— no falcon’s eye has spotted it.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 11:6Job 28:21-23Job 38:19Job 38:24Rom 11:33

Job 28:8⁸Proud beasts have not set foot on it, and no lion has passed along it.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Job 28:9⁹On the flinty rock man has set to work with his hand; he has overturned mountains at their bases.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Nah 1:4-6

Job 28:10¹⁰He has cut out channels through the rocks; his eyes have spotted every precious thing.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Hab 3:9Prov 14:23Prov 24:4

Job 28:11¹¹He has searched the sources of the rivers and what was hidden he has brought into the light.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 4:5Isa 45:2-3Isa 37:25Isa 44:27Job 26:8

Job 28:12¹²“But wisdom—where can it be found? Where is the place of understanding?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jas 1:5Job 28:20Prov 2:4-6Prov 3:191 Cor 1:19-20Col 2:3Eccl 7:23-25Jas 1:17Job 28:281 Kgs 3:9

Job 28:13¹³Mankind does not know its place; it cannot be found in the land of the living.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 3:14-15Prov 8:11Prov 8:18-19Eccl 8:16-17Isa 53:8Job 28:15-19Job 28:21-22Matt 13:44-46Prov 16:16Prov 23:23

Job 28:14¹⁴The deep says, ‘It is not with me.’ And the sea says, ‘It is not with me.’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 11:33-34

Job 28:15¹⁵Fine gold cannot be given in exchange for it, nor can its price be weighed out in silver.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 16:16Prov 3:13-15Prov 8:10-11Prov 8:19Job 28:18Prov 8:17

Job 28:16¹⁶It cannot be measured out for purchase with the gold of Ophir, with precious onyx or sapphires.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 28:13Isa 13:12Ps 45:91 Chr 29:4Exod 28:20

Job 28:17¹⁷Neither gold nor crystal can be compared with it, nor can a vase of gold match its worth.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rev 22:1Ezek 1:22Prov 16:16Rev 21:11Rev 4:6

Job 28:18¹⁸Of coral and jasper no mention will be made; the price of wisdom is more than pearls.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 3:15Prov 31:10Ezek 27:16Lam 4:71 Tim 2:9Matt 13:45-46Matt 7:6Prov 8:11Rev 17:4Rev 18:12

Job 28:19¹⁹The topaz of Cush cannot be compared with it; it cannot be purchased with pure gold.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 28:17Exod 39:10Ezek 28:13Prov 8:19Rev 21:20

Job 28:20²⁰“But wisdom—where does it come from? Where is the place of understanding?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 28:12Jas 1:17Jas 1:5Job 28:28Job 28:231 Cor 2:6-15Eccl 7:23-24Prov 2:6

Job 28:21²¹For it has been hidden from the eyes of every living creature, and from the birds of the sky it has been concealed.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 49:3-41 Cor 2:7-10Col 2:3Matt 11:25Matt 13:35Matt 13:17

Job 28:22²²Destruction and Death say, ‘With our ears we have heard a rumor about where it can be found.’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 26:6Ps 83:10-12Job 28:14

Job 28:23²³God understands the way to it, and he alone knows its place.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 8:22-311 Cor 1:30Jude 1:25Rom 11:33Prov 2:6Ps 147:5Acts 15:18Luke 10:21-22Matt 11:27Prov 8:14

Job 28:24²⁴For he looks to the ends of the earth and observes everything under the heavens.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 15:3Zech 4:102 Chr 16:9Ps 33:13-14Rev 5:6

Job 28:25²⁵When he made the force of the wind and measured the waters with a gauge,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 135:7Isa 40:12Job 12:15

Job 28:26²⁶when he imposed a limit for the rain, and a path for the thunderstorm,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 38:25Job 37:3Zech 10:1Amos 4:7Jer 14:22Job 36:26Job 36:32Job 37:11Job 38:27Ps 148:8

Job 28:27²⁷then he looked at wisdom and assessed its value; he established it and examined it closely.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 19:1Prov 8:22-29

Job 28:28²⁸And he said to mankind, ‘The fear of the Lord —that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 111:10Prov 1:7Prov 9:10Prov 3:7Eccl 12:13Deut 4:6Jas 3:13-17Ps 34:14Prov 8:26-32Deut 29:29