1 | "Surely there is a mine for silver, And a place for gold which they refine. | Gn 2:11 Gn 2:12 Gn 23:15 Gn 24:22 1Ki 7:48-50 1Ki 10:21 1Ch 29:2-5 |
2 | Iron is taken out of the earth, And copper is smelted out of the ore. | Gn 4:22 Nm 31:22 Dt 8:9 1Ch 22:14 |
3 | Man sets an end to darkness, And searches out, to the furthest bound, The stones of obscurity and of thick darkness. | Pr 2:4 Ec 1:13 Hab 2:13 Mt 6:33 Lk 16:8 |
4 | He breaks open a shaft away from where people live. They are forgotten by the foot. They hang far from men, they swing back and forth. |
5 | As for the earth, out of it comes bread; Underneath it is turned up as it were by fire. | Gn 1:11 Gn 1:12 Gn 1:29 Ps 104:14 Ps 104:15 Isa 28:25-29 |
6 | Sapphires come from its rocks. It has dust of gold. | Jb 28:16 Ex 24:10 So 5:14 Isa 54:11 Rev 21:19 |
7 | That path no bird of prey knows, Neither has the falcon`s eye seen it. | Jb 28:21-23 Jb 11:6 Jb 38:19 Jb 38:24 Ro 11:33 |
8 | The proud animals have not trodden it, Nor has the fierce lion passed by there. |
9 | He puts forth his hand on the flinty rock, And he overturns the mountains by the roots. | Nah 1:4-6 |
10 | He cuts out channels among the rocks. His eye sees every precious thing. | Pr 14:23 Pr 24:4 Hab 3:9 |
11 | He binds the streams that they don`t trickle; The thing that is hidden he brings forth to light. | Jb 26:8 Isa 37:25 Isa 44:27 |
12 | "But where shall wisdom be found? Where is the place of understanding? | Jb 28:20 Jb 28:28 1Ki 3:9 Ps 51:6 Pr 2:4-6 Pr 3:19 Ec 7:23-25 1Co 1:19 1Co 1:20 Col 2:3 Jm 1:5 Jm 1:17 |
13 | Man doesn`t know its price; Neither is it found in the land of the living. | Jb 28:15-19 Ps 19:10 Ps 119:72 Pr 3:14 Pr 3:15 Pr 8:11 Pr 8:18 Pr 8:19 Pr 16:16 Pr 23:23 Ec 8:16 Ec 8:17 |
14 | The deep says, `It isn`t in me.` The sea says, `It isn`t with me.` | Ro 11:33 Ro 11:34 |
15 | It can`t be gotten for gold, Neither shall silver be weighed for its price. | Jb 28:18 Pr 3:13-15 Pr 8:10 Pr 8:17 Pr 8:19 Pr 16:16 |
16 | It can`t be valued with the gold of Ophir, With the precious onyx, or the sapphire. | 1Ch 29:4 Ps 45:9 Isa 13:12 |
17 | Gold and glass can`t equal it, Neither shall it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold. | Ezk 1:22 Rev 4:6 Rev 21:11 Rev 22:1 |
18 | No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal: Yes, the price of wisdom is above rubies. | Ezk 27:16 |
19 | The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, Neither shall it be valued with pure gold. | Ex 28:17 Ex 39:10 Ezk 28:13 Rev 21:20 |
20 | Whence then comes wisdom? Where is the place of understanding? | Jb 28:12 Pr 2:6 Ec 7:23 Ec 7:24 1Co 2:6-15 Jm 1:5 Jm 1:17 |
21 | Seeing it is hidden from the eyes of all living, And kept close from the birds of the sky. | Ps 49:3 Ps 49:4 Mt 11:25 Mt 13:17 Mt 13:35 1Co 2:7-10 Col 2:3 |
22 | Destruction and Death say, `We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.` | Jb 28:14 Ps 83:10-12 |
23 | "God understands its way, And he knows its place. | Ps 19:7 Ps 147:5 Pr 2:6 Pr 8:14 Mt 11:27 Lk 10:21 Lk 10:22 Ac 15:18 Ro 11:33 1Co 1:30 Jud 1:25 |
24 | For he looks to the ends of the earth, And sees under the whole sky. | 2Ch 16:9 Pr 15:3 Zc 4:10 Rev 5:6 |
25 | He establishes the force of the wind; Yes, he measures out the waters by measure. | Ps 135:7 Isa 40:12 |
26 | When he made a decree for the rain, And a way for the lightning of the thunder; | Jb 36:26 Jb 36:32 Jb 38:25 Ps 148:8 Jer 14:22 Am 4:7 Zc 10:1 |
27 | Then did he see it, and declare it. He established it, yes, and searched it out. | Ps 19:1 Pr 8:22-29 |
28 | To man he said, `Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.`" | Dt 29:29 Pr 8:4 Pr 8:5 Pr 8:26-32 |