# Job 28 📖
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## 📜 Scripture Text (NET)
(The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005)
# **III. Job’s Search for Wisdom ([28:1-28](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Job.28.1-Job.28.28&version=NET))**
## No Known Road to Wisdom
[[#Verse 01.]] “Surely there is a mine for silver,
and a place where gold is refined.
[[#Verse 02.]] Iron is taken from the ground,
and rock is poured out as copper.
[[#Verse 03.]] Man puts an end to the darkness;
he searches the farthest recesses
for the ore in the deepest darkness.
[[#Verse 04.]] Far from where people live he sinks a shaft,
in places travelers have long forgotten,
far from other people he dangles and sways.
[[#Verse 05.]] The earth, from which food comes,
is overturned below as though by fire;
[[#Verse 06.]] a place whose stones are sapphires
that contain dust of gold;
[[#Verse 07.]] a hidden path no bird of prey knows—
no falcon’s eye has spotted it.
[[#Verse 08.]] Proud beasts have not set foot on it,
and no lion has passed along it.
[[#Verse 09.]] On the flinty rock man has set to work with his hand;
he has overturned mountains at their bases.
[[#Verse 10.]] He has cut out channels through the rocks;
his eyes have spotted every precious thing.
[[#Verse 11.]] He has searched the sources of the rivers
and what was hidden he has brought into the light.
## No Price Can Buy Wisdom
[[#Verse 12.]] “But wisdom—where can it be found?
Where is the place of understanding?
[[#Verse 13.]] Mankind does not know its place;
it cannot be found in the land of the living.
[[#Verse 14.]] The deep says, ‘It is not with me.’
And the sea says, ‘It is not with me.’
[[#Verse 15.]] Fine gold cannot be given in exchange for it,
nor can its price be weighed out in silver.
[[#Verse 16.]] It cannot be measured out for purchase with the gold of Ophir,
with precious onyx or sapphires.
[[#Verse 17.]] Neither gold nor crystal can be compared with it,
nor can a vase of gold match its worth.
[[#Verse 18.]] Of coral and jasper no mention will be made;
the price of wisdom is more than pearls.
[[#Verse 19.]] The topaz of Cush cannot be compared with it;
it cannot be purchased with pure gold.
## God Alone Has Wisdom
[[#Verse 20.]] “But wisdom—where does it come from?
Where is the place of understanding?
[[#Verse 21.]] For it has been hidden
from the eyes of every living creature,
and from the birds of the sky it has been concealed.
[[#Verse 22.]] Destruction and Death say,
‘With our ears we have heard a rumor about where it can be found.’
[[#Verse 23.]] God understands the way to it,
and he alone knows its place.
[[#Verse 24.]] For he looks to the ends of the earth
and observes everything under the heavens.
[[#Verse 25.]] When he made the force of the wind
and measured the waters with a gauge,
[[#Verse 26.]] when he imposed a limit for the rain,
and a path for the thunderstorm,
[[#Verse 27.]] then he looked at wisdom and assessed its value;
he established it and examined it closely.
[[#Verse 28.]] And he said to mankind,
‘The fear of the Lord—that is wisdom,
and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”
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- "Trust God's timing in an uncertain situation."
- "Speak truth even when it’s unpopular."
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