Job 28, sung word for word in more than 20 music styles, with the words on screen. Free. Choose a style and a voice to play it.
1 -“Surely there is a mine for silver and a place where gold is refined.
2 -Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore.
3 -Man puts an end to the darkness; he probes the farthest recesses for ore in deepest darkness.
4 -Far from human habitation he cuts a shaft in places forgotten by the foot of man. Far from men he dangles and sways.
5 -Food may come from the earth, but from below it is transformed as by fire.
6 -Its rocks are the source of sapphires, containing flecks of gold.
7 -No bird of prey knows that path; no falcon’s eye has seen it.
8 -Proud beasts have never trodden it; no lion has ever prowled over it.
9 -The miner strikes the flint; he overturns mountains at their base.
10 -He hews out channels in the rocks, and his eyes spot every treasure.
11 -He stops up the sources of the streams to bring what is hidden to light.
12 -But where can wisdom be found, and where does understanding dwell?
13 -No man can know its value, nor is it found in the land of the living.
14 -The ocean depths say, ‘It is not in me,’ while the sea declares, ‘It is not with me.’
15 -It cannot be bought with gold, nor can its price be weighed out in silver.
16 -It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire.
17 -Neither gold nor crystal can compare to it, nor jewels of fine gold be exchanged for it.
18 -Coral and quartz are unworthy of mention; the price of wisdom is beyond rubies.
19 -Topaz from Cush cannot compare to it, nor can it be valued in pure gold.
20 -From where then does wisdom come, and where does understanding dwell?
21 -It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing and concealed from the birds of the air.
22 -Abaddon and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor about it.’
23 -But God understands its way, and He knows its place.
24 -For He looks to the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens.
25 -When God fixed the weight of the wind and measured out the waters,
26 -when He set a limit for the rain and a path for the thunderbolt,
27 -then He looked at wisdom and appraised it; He established it and searched it out.
28 -And He said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”
(Berean Standard Bible)
