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   From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca   
      
   Day 9, 9 January 2026   
      
   1) Job 28, Job 29, Job 30   
      
   Job 28   
      
   Interlude: Where Wisdom Is Found   
   1 "Surely there is a mine for the silver,   
   and a place where they refine gold.   
   2 (Dt 8:9) Iron is taken out of the earth,   
   and copper is smelted from the ore.   
   3 (Ecc 1:13) Man puts an end to darkness,   
   and searches every extremity   
   for ore in the darkness and the shadow of death.   
   4 He breaks open a shaft away from the inhabitants;   
   in places forgotten by feet   
   they hang far away from men; and they totter.   
   5 As for the earth, from it comes bread,   
   and underneath it is turned up as by fire.   
   6 (Ex 24:10) Its stones are the source of sapphires,   
   and it has dust of gold.   
   7 There is a path that no bird knows,   
   and that the vulture's eye has not seen;   
   8 the lion cubs have not trodden it,   
   nor has the fierce lion passed by it.   
   9 He puts forth his hand upon the rock;   
   he overturns the mountains by the roots.   
   10 He cuts out rivers among the rocks,   
   and his eye sees every precious thing.   
   11 He prevents the floods from overflowing,   
   and the thing that is hidden he brings forth to light.   
   12 (Job 28:28) "But where will wisdom be found?   
   And where is the place of understanding?   
   13 Man does not know its price,   
   nor is it found in the land of the living.   
   14 The depth says, 'It is not in me,'   
   and the sea says, 'It is not with me.'   
   15 (Pr 16:16; 8:10-11) It cannot be bought for gold,   
   nor can silver be weighed for its price.   
   16 (Ps 45:9; Isa 13:12) It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir,   
   with the precious onyx or the sapphire.   
   17 The gold and the crystal cannot equal it,   
   and it cannot be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.   
   18 (Pr 3:15; 31:10) No mention will be made of coral or of pearls,   
   for the price of wisdom is above rubies.   
   19 (Ex 28:17; 39:10) The topaz of Ethiopia will not equal it,   
   nor will it be valued with pure gold.   
   20 "From where then does wisdom come?   
   And where is the place of understanding?   
   21 It is hidden from the eyes of all living   
   and concealed from the birds of the air.   
   22 (Job 26:6) Destruction and Death say,   
   'We have heard of its fame with our ears.'   
   23 (Pr 8:22-31) God understands its way,   
   and He knows its place.   
   24 (Pr 15:3; Zec 4:10) For He looks to the ends of the earth,   
   and sees under the whole heaven,   
   25 Ps 135:7 to make the weight of the wind,   
   and He weighs the waters by measure.   
   26 Job 38:25; 37:3 When He made a decree for the rain,   
   and a path for the lightning of the thunder,   
   27 then He saw it and declared it;   
   He prepared it, yes, and searched it out.   
   28 (Ps 111:10; Pr 1:7) To man He said:   
   'Look, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom;   
   And to depart from evil is understanding.' "   
      
   Job 28   
   1 Surely there is a vein for the silver,   
   And a place for gold where they fine it.   
   2 Iron is taken out of the earth,   
   And brass is molten out of the stone.   
   3 He setteth an end to darkness,   
   And searcheth out all perfection:   
   The stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.   
   4 The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant;   
   Even the waters forgotten of the foot:   
   They are dried up, they are gone away from men.   
   5 As for the earth, out of it cometh bread:   
   And under it is turned up as it were fire.   
   6 The stones of it are the place of sapphires:   
   And it hath dust of gold.   
   7 There is a path which no fowl knoweth,   
   And which the vulture's eye hath not seen:   
   8 The lion's whelps have not trodden it,   
   Nor the fierce lion passed by it.   
   9 He putteth forth his hand upon the rock;   
   He overturneth the mountains by the roots.   
   10 He cutteth out rivers among the rocks;   
   And his eye seeth every precious thing.   
   11 He bindeth the floods from overflowing;   
   And the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.   
   12 But where shall wisdom be found?   
   And where is the place of understanding?   
   13 Man knoweth not the price thereof;   
   Neither is it found in the land of the living.   
   14 The depth saith, It is not in me:   
   And the sea saith, It is not with me.   
   15 It cannot be gotten for gold,   
   Neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.   
   16 It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir,   
   With the precious onyx, or the sapphire.   
   17 The gold and the crystal cannot equal it:   
   And the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold.   
   18 No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls:   
   For the price of wisdom is above rubies.   
   19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it,   
   Neither shall it be valued with pure gold.   
   20 Whence then cometh wisdom?   
   And where is the place of understanding?   
   21 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living,   
   And kept close from the fowls of the air.   
   22 Destruction and death say,   
   We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.   
   23 God understandeth the way thereof,   
   And he knoweth the place thereof.   
   24 For he looketh to the ends of the earth,   
   And seeth under the whole heaven;   
   25 To make the weight for the winds;   
   And he weigheth the waters by measure.   
   26 When he made a decree for the rain,   
   And a way for the lightning of the thunder:   
   27 Then did he see it, and declare it;   
   He prepared it, yea, and searched it out.   
   28 And unto man he said,   
   Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom;   
   And to depart from evil is understanding.   
      
   (Look to the Lord for Wisdom)   
      
   Job 29   
      
   Job's Final Defense   
   1 (Job 27:1) Moreover Job continued his discourse:   
   2 "Oh, that I were as in months past,   
   as in the days when God watched over me;   
   3 (Job 18:6; Ps 18:28) when His lamp shone upon my head,   
   and when by His light I walked through darkness;   
   4 (Ps 25:14; Pr 3:32) as I was in the days of my autumn youth,   
   when the friendly counsel of God was over my tent;   
   5 (Ps 128:3) when the Almighty was still with me,   
   when my children were around me;   
   6 (Job 20:17; Ps 81:16) when my steps were bathed in butter,   
   and the rock poured out rivers of oil for me!   
   7 "When I went out to the gate of the city,   
   when I took my seat in the square,   
   8 the young men saw me and hid themselves,   
   and the aged arose and stood up.   
   9 (Job 21:5) The princes refrained from talking,   
   and put their hand on their mouth.   
   10 (Ps 137:6; Eze 3:26) The nobles held their peace,   
   and their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.   
   11 When the ear heard, then it blessed me;   
   and when the eye saw, then it approved me,   
   12 (Ps 72:12; Pr 21:13) because I delivered the poor who cried,   
   and the fatherless, and him who had none to help him.   
   13 (Isa 27:13) The blessing of the perishing man came upon me,   
   and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.   
   14 (Ps 132:9; Isa 59:17) I put on righteousness, and it clothed me;   
   my judgment was like a robe and a diadem.   
   15 (Nu 10:31) I was eyes for the blind,   
   and I was feet for the lame.   
   16 (Pr 29:7) I was a father to the poor,   
   and I searched out the case that I did not know.   
   17 (Ps 3:7; Pr 30:14) I broke the jaws of the wicked   
   and plucked the victim from his teeth.   
   18 "Then I said, 'I will die in my nest,   
   and I will multiply my days as the sand.   
      
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