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Job 28
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1For there is a place for the silver, whence it comes, and a place for the gold, whence it is refined.
1Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it.
2For iron comes out of the earth, and brass is hewn out like stone.
2Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone.
3He has set a bound to darkness, and he searches out every limit: a stone [is] darkness, and the shadow of death.
3He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.
4There is a cutting off the torrent by reason of dust: so they that forget the right way are weakened; they are removed from [among] men.
4The 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 shall come bread: under it has been turned up as it were fire.
5As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.
6Her stones are the place of the sapphire: and [her] dust [supplies] man with gold.
6The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold.
7[There is] a path, the fowl has not known it, neither has the eye of the vultureseen it:
7There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture’s eye hath not seen:
8neither have the sons of the proud trodden it, a lion has not passed upon it.
8The lion’s whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.
9He has stretched forth his hand on the sharp [rock], and turned up mountains by the roots:
9He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.
10and he has interrupted the whirlpools of rivers, and my eye has seen every precious thing.
10He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.
11And he has laid bare the depths of rivers, and has brought his power to light.
11He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.
12But whence has wisdom been discovered? and what is the place of knowledge?
12But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?
13A mortal has not known its way, neither indeed has it been revealed among men.
13Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.
14The depth said, It is not in me: and the sea said, It is not with me.
14The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me.
15One shall not give fine gold instead of it, neither shall silver be weighed in exchange for it.
15It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.
16Neither shall it be compared with gold of Sophir, with the precious onyx and sapphire.
16It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
17Gold and crystal shall not be equalled to it, neither shall vessels of gold be its exchange.
17The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold.
18Coral and fine pearl shall not be mentioned: but do you esteem wisdom above the most precious things.
18No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.
19The topaz of Ethiopia shall not be equalled to it; it shall not be compared with pure gold.
19The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
20Whence then is wisdom found? and of what kind is the place of understanding?
20Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
21It has escaped the notice of every man, and has been hidden from the birds of the sky.
21Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.
22Destruction and Death said, We have heard the report of it.
22Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.
23God has well ordered the way of it, and he knows the place of it.
23God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.
24For he surveys the whole [earth] under heaven, knowing the things in the earth:
24For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven;
25all that he has made; the weight of the winds, the measures of the water.
25To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.
26When he made [them], thus he saw and numbered them, and made a way for the pealing of the thunder.
26When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:
27Then he saw it, and declared it: he prepared it [and] traced it out.
27Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out.
28And he said to man, Behold, godliness is wisdom: and to abstain from evil is understanding.
28And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.