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 smelted out of the ore.

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 people live. They are forgotten by the foot. They hang far from men, they swing back and forth.

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

28:6 Sapphires come from its rocks. It has dust of gold.

28:7 That path no bird of prey knows, Neither has the falcon`s eye seen it.

28:8 The proud animals have not trodden it, Nor has the fierce lion passed by there.

28:9 He puts forth his hand on the flinty rock, And he overturns the mountains by the roots.

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

28:11 He binds the streams that they don`t trickle; The thing that is hidden he brings forth to light.

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

28:13 Man doesn`t know its price; Neither is it found in the land of the living.

28:14 The deep says, `It isn`t in me.` The sea says, `It isn`t with me.`

28:15 It can`t be gotten for gold, Neither shall silver be weighed for its price.

28:16 It can`t be valued with the gold of Ophir, With the precious onyx, or the sapphire.

28:17 Gold and glass can`t equal it, Neither shall it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.

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

28:19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, Neither shall it be valued with pure gold.

28:20 Whence then comes wisdom? Where is the place of understanding?

28:21 Seeing it is hidden from the eyes of all living, And kept close from the birds of the sky.

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

28:23 God understands its way, And he knows its place.

28:24 For he looks to the ends of the earth, And sees under the whole sky.

28:25 He establishes the force of the wind; Yes, he measures out 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 did he see it, and declare it. He established it, yes, and searched it out.