Job 28:1-28 MEV

[1] "Surely there is a mine for the silver, and a place where they refine gold. [2] Iron is taken out of the earth, and copper is smelted from the ore. [3] Man puts an end to darkness, and searches every extremity for ore in the darkness and the shadow of death. [4] He breaks open a shaft away from the inhabitants; in places forgotten by feet they hang far away from men; and they totter. [5] As for the earth, from it comes bread, and underneath it is turned up as by fire. [6] Its stones are the source of sapphires, and it has dust of gold. [7] There is a path that no bird knows, and that the vulture's eye has not seen; [8] the lion cubs have not trodden it, nor has the fierce lion passed by it. [9] He puts forth his hand upon the rock; he overturns the mountains by the roots. [10] He cuts out rivers among the rocks, and his eye sees every precious thing. [11] He prevents the floods from overflowing, and the thing that is hidden he brings forth to light. [12] "But where will wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding? [13] Man does not know its price, nor is it found in the land of the living. [14] The depth says, 'It is not in me,' and the sea says, 'It is not with me.' [15] It cannot be bought for gold, nor can silver be weighed for its price. [16] It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx or the sapphire. [17] The gold and the crystal cannot equal it, and it cannot be exchanged for jewels of fine gold. [18] No mention will be made of coral or of pearls, for the price of wisdom is above rubies. [19] The topaz of Ethiopia will not equal it, nor will it be valued with pure gold. [20] "From where then does wisdom come? And where is the place of understanding? [21] It is hidden from the eyes of all living and concealed from the birds of the air. [22] Destruction and Death say, 'We have heard of its fame with our ears.' [23] God understands its way, and He knows its place. [24] For He looks to the ends of the earth, and sees under the whole heaven, [25] to make the weight of the wind, and He weighs the waters by measure. [26] When He made a decree for the rain, and a path for the lightning of the thunder, [27] then He saw it and declared it; He prepared it, yes, and searched it out. [28] To man He said: 'Look, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; And to depart from evil is understanding.' "