Sermons citing Job 28

^28:3 Man puts an end to the darkness; he probes the farthest recesses for ore in deepest darkness.

^28:4 Far from human habitation he cuts a shaft in places forgotten by the foot of man. Far from men he dangles and sways.

^28:5 Food may come from the earth, but from below it is transformed as by fire.

^28:6 Its rocks are the source of sapphires, containing flecks of gold.

^28:7 No bird of prey knows that path; no falcon’s eye has seen it.

^28:8 Proud beasts have never trodden it; no lion has ever prowled over it.

^28:9 The miner strikes the flint; he overturns mountains at their base.

^28:10 He hews out channels in the rocks, and his eyes spot every treasure.

^28:11 He stops up the sources of the streams to bring what is hidden to light.

^28:12 But where can wisdom be found, and where does understanding dwell?

^28:13 No man can know its value, nor is it found in the land of the living.

^28:14 The ocean depths say, ‘It is not in me,’ while the sea declares, ‘It is not with me.’

^28:15 It cannot be bought with gold, nor can its price be weighed out in silver.

^28:16 It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire.

^28:17 Neither gold nor crystal can compare to it, nor jewels of fine gold be exchanged for it.

^28:18 Coral and quartz are unworthy of mention; the price of wisdom is beyond rubies.

^28:19 Topaz from Cush cannot compare to it, nor can it be valued in pure gold.

^28:20 From where, then, does wisdom come, and where does understanding dwell?

^28:21 It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing and concealed from the birds of the air.

^28:22 Abaddon and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor about it.’

^28:23 But God understands its way, and He knows its place.

^28:24 For He looks to the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens.

^28:25 When God fixed the weight of the wind and measured out the waters,

^28:26 when He set a limit for the rain and a path for the thunderbolt,

^28:27 then He looked at wisdom and appraised it; He established it and searched it out.

^28:28 And He said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”