Job 28:1-13 ▼

1 “Surely there is a source for silver, || And a place for the gold they refine;

2 Iron is taken from the dust, || And bronze [from] the firm stone.

3 He has set an end to darkness, || And he is searching to all perfection, || A stone of darkness and death-shade.

4 A stream has broken out from a sojourner, || Those forgotten of the foot, || They were low, they wandered from man.

5 The earth! Bread comes forth from it, || And its under-part is turned like fire.

6 A place of the sapphire [are] its stones, || And it has dust of gold.

7 A path—a ravenous bird has not known it, || Nor has an eye of the falcon scorched it,

8 Nor have the sons of pride trodden it, || The fierce lion has not passed over it.

9 He sent forth his hand against the flint, || He overturned mountains from the root.

10 Among rocks, he has cleaved brooks, || And his eye has seen every precious thing.

11 He has bound overflowing rivers, || And the hidden thing brings out [to] light.

12 And the wisdom—from where is it found? And where [is] this, the place of understanding?

13 Man has not known its arrangement, || Nor is it found in the land of the living.