World English Bible

Job 27

The Book of Job

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  'Surely there is a mine for silver, And a place for gold which they refine.  

 

 

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  Iron is taken out of the earth, And copper is smelted out of the ore.  

 

 

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  Man sets an end to darkness, And searches out, to the furthest bound, The stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.  

 

 

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  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.  

 

 

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  As for the earth, out of it comes bread; Underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.  

 

 

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  Sapphires come from its rocks. It has dust of gold.  

 

 

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  That path no bird of prey knows, Neither has the falcon's eye seen it.  

 

 

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  The proud animals have not trodden it, Nor has the fierce lion passed by there.  

 

 

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  He puts forth his hand on the flinty rock, And he overturns the mountains by the roots.  

 

 

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10


 

  He cuts out channels among the rocks. His eye sees every precious thing.  

 

 

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  He binds the streams that they don't trickle; The thing that is hidden he brings forth to light.  

 

 

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12


 

  'But where shall wisdom be found? Where is the place of understanding?  

 

 

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  Man doesn't know its price; Neither is it found in the land of the living.  

 

 

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  The deep says, 'It isn't in me.' The sea says, 'It isn't with me.'  

 

 

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  It can't be gotten for gold, Neither shall silver be weighed for its price.  

 

 

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  It can't be valued with the gold of Ophir, With the precious onyx, or the sapphire.  

 

 

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  Gold and glass can't equal it, Neither shall it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.  

 

 

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  No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal: Yes, the price of wisdom is above rubies.  

 

 

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  The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, Neither shall it be valued with pure gold.  

 

 

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  Whence then comes wisdom? Where is the place of understanding?  

 

 

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  Seeing it is hidden from the eyes of all living, And kept close from the birds of the sky.  

 

 

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  Destruction and Death say, 'We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.'  

 

 

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  'God understands its way, And he knows its place.  

 

 

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  For he looks to the ends of the earth, And sees under the whole sky.  

 

 

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  He establishes the force of the wind; Yes, he measures out the waters by measure.  

 

 

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  When he made a decree for the rain, And a way for the lightning of the thunder;  

 

 

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  Then did he see it, and declare it. He established it, yes, and searched it out.  

 

 

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28


 

  To man he said, 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.''  

 

 

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