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    Job 28

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    Abaddon and Death have heard only a rumour about wisdom; God knows its place.

    The miner’s hidden worldvv. 1–11

    The chapter begins underground, where human ingenuity is magnificently inconvenient to the darkness. Man finds silver, gold, iron, copper, sapphires, and flecks of gold; he cuts shafts, overturns mountains, hews channels, and stops up streams. Birds of prey and proud beasts have missed the path entirely, which is perhaps just as well for the birds.

    The rumour of wisdomvv. 12–22

    Then the chapter turns from what a miner can prise out of the earth to what no living creature can locate. Wisdom cannot be found in the land of the living, cannot be bought with gold, and will not be outshone by the treasures of Ophir, Cush, or anywhere else. The ocean depths and the sea decline responsibility; even Abaddon and Death have only heard a rumour.

    The one who knows its placevv. 23–28

    God, unlike the miners, the birds, the sea, and Death, understands wisdom’s way and knows its place. The chapter gives Him the whole map: the ends of the earth, everything beneath the heavens, the weight of wind, the measure of waters, the limit of rain, and the path of the thunderbolt. Having established and searched out wisdom, He says what it is for man: the fear of the Lord, and turning away from evil.

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    1. Job 28:1“Surely there is a mine for silver and a place where gold is refined.

    2. Job 28:2Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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    Where this is echoed

    Readers' own connections, from OpenBible's crowd-voted cross-references — agreement about relevance, and not scholarly confidence. 172 passages were voted onto 26 verses of this chapter; the 16 shown lead on votes, and each is listed at the verse it was voted onto most strongly.

    • 28Psalms 111:10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow His precepts gain rich understanding. His praise endures forever!
    • 28Proverbs 1:7The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
    • 28Proverbs 9:10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
    • 28Proverbs 3:7Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and turn away from evil.
    • 28Ecclesiastes 12:13When all has been heard, the conclusion of the matter is this: Fear God and keep His commandments, because this is the whole duty of man.
    • 28Deuteronomy 4:6Observe them carefully, for this will show your wisdom and understanding in the sight of the peoples, who will hear of all these statutes and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.”
    • 28James 3:13–17Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good conduct, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom.
    • 28Psalms 34:14Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.
    • 12Job 28:20From where, then, does wisdom come, and where does understanding dwell?
    • 12James 1:5Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.
    • 12Proverbs 2:4–6if you seek it like silver and search it out like hidden treasure,
    • 28Deuteronomy 29:29The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, so that we may follow all the words of this law.’’
    • 12Proverbs 3:19The LORD founded the earth by wisdom and established the heavens by understanding.
    • 23Proverbs 8:22–31The LORD created me as His first course, before His works of old.
    • 121 Corinthians 1:19–20For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”
    • 12Colossians 2:3in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

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