Job 28:8 (NLT)
No wild animal has walked upon these treasures;
no lion has ever set his paw there.
No wild animal has walked upon these treasures;
no lion has ever set his paw there.
THE BIBLE - Verse by Verse (Job Chapter 1 to 42)
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Job 28:9 (NLT) - 9 People know how to tear apart flinty rocks and overturn the roots of mountains.
Job 28:10-11 (NLT) -
10 They cut tunnels in the rocks and uncover precious stones.
11 They dam up the trickling stream sand bring to light the hidden treasures.
10 They cut tunnels in the rocks and uncover precious stones.
11 They dam up the trickling stream sand bring to light the hidden treasures.
Job 28:12 (NLT) - 12 “But do people know where to find wisdom? Where can they find understanding?
Job 28:13-14 (NLT)
13 No one knows where to find it, for it is not found among the living.
14 ‘It is not here,’ says the ocean. ‘Nor is it here,’ says the sea.
13 No one knows where to find it, for it is not found among the living.
14 ‘It is not here,’ says the ocean. ‘Nor is it here,’ says the sea.
Job 28:15-16 (NLT)
15 It cannot be bought with gold. It cannot be purchased with silver.
16 It’s worth more than all the gold of Ophir, greater than precious onyx or lapis lazuli.
15 It cannot be bought with gold. It cannot be purchased with silver.
16 It’s worth more than all the gold of Ophir, greater than precious onyx or lapis lazuli.
Job 28:17 (NLT)
17 Wisdom is more valuable than gold and crystal. It cannot be purchased with jewels mounted in fine gold.
17 Wisdom is more valuable than gold and crystal. It cannot be purchased with jewels mounted in fine gold.
Job 28:18 (NLT)
18 Coral and jasper are worthless in trying to get it. The price of wisdom is far above rubies.
18 Coral and jasper are worthless in trying to get it. The price of wisdom is far above rubies.
Job 28:19 (NLT)
19 Precious peridot from Ethiopia cannot be exchanged for it. It’s worth more than the purest gold.
19 Precious peridot from Ethiopia cannot be exchanged for it. It’s worth more than the purest gold.
Job 28:20 (NLT) - 20 “But do people know where to find wisdom? Where can they find understanding?
Job 28:21 (NLT) - 21 It is hidden from the eyes of all humanity. Even the sharp-eyed birds in the sky cannot discover it.
Job 28:22 (NLT) - 22 Destruction and Death say, ‘We’ve heard only rumors of where wisdom can be found.’
Job 28:23 (NLT) - 23 “God alone understands the way to wisdom; he knows where it can be found,
Job 28:24 (NLT) - 24 for he looks throughout the whole earth and sees everything under the heavens.
Job 28:25 (NLT) - 25 He decided how hard the winds should blow and how much rain should fall.
Job 28:26-27 (NLT) -
26 He made the laws for the rain and laid out a path for the lightning.
27 Then he saw wisdom and evaluated it. He set it in place and examined it thoroughly.
26 He made the laws for the rain and laid out a path for the lightning.
27 Then he saw wisdom and evaluated it. He set it in place and examined it thoroughly.
Job 28:28 (NLT) - 28 And this is what he says to all humanity: ‘The fear of the Lord is true wisdom; to forsake evil is real understanding.’”
Job 29:1 (NLT) - 1 Job continued speaking:
Job 29:2 (NLT) - 2 “I long for the years gone by when God took care of me,
Job 29:3 (NLT) - 3 when he lit up the way before me and I walked safely through the darkness.
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