Job Capítulo 28

28 : 1 Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold which they refine.

28 : 2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and copper is molten out of the stone.

28 : 3 Man sets an end to darkness, and searches out to the furthest bound the stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.

28 : 4 He breaks open a shaft away from where men sojourn, paths forgotten by the foot. They hang afar from men; they swing to and fro.

28 : 5 As for the earth, out of it comes bread, and underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.

28 : 6 The stones of it are the place of sapphires, and it has dust of gold.

28 : 7 No bird of prey knows that path, nor has the falcon's eye seen it.

28 : 8 The proud beasts have not trodden it, nor has the fierce lion passed thereby.

28 : 9 He puts forth his hand upon the flinty rock. He overturns the mountains by the roots.

28 : 10 He cuts out channels among the rocks, and his eye sees every precious thing.

28 : 11 He binds the streams that they not trickle. And the thing that is hid he brings forth to light.

28 : 12 But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?

28 : 13 Man does not know the price of it, nor is it found in the land of the living.

28 : 14 The deep says, It is not in me. And the sea says, It is not with me.

28 : 15 It cannot be gotten for gold, nor shall silver be weighed for the price of it.

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

28 : 17 Gold and glass cannot equal it, nor shall it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.

28 : 18 No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal. Yea, the price of wisdom is above rubies.

28 : 19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, nor shall it be valued with pure gold.

28 : 20 Where then does wisdom come from? And where is the place of understanding?

28 : 21 Since it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept closed from the birds of the heavens.

28 : 22 Destruction and Death say, We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.

28 : 23 God understands the way of it, and he knows the place of it.

28 : 24 For he looks to the ends of the earth, and sees under the whole heaven,

28 : 25 to make a weight for the wind. Yea, he distributes the waters by measure.

28 : 26 When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder,

28 : 27 then he saw it, and declared it. He established it, yea, and searched it out.

28 : 28 And to man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to depart from evil is understanding.