Job 28
1 Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold which they refine.
| כִּי יֵשׁ לַכֶּסֶף מוֹצָא וּמָקוֹם לַזָּהָב יָזֹֽקּוּ׃ |
2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and copper is molten out of the stone.
| בַּרְזֶל מֵעָפָר יֻקָּח וְאֶבֶן יָצוּק נְחוּשָֽׁה׃ |
3 Man sets an end to darkness, and searches out to the furthest bound the stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.
| קֵץ ׀ שָׂם לַחֹשֶׁךְ וּֽלְכָל־תַּכְלִית הוּא חוֹקֵר אֶבֶן אֹפֶל וְצַלְמָֽוֶת׃ |
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.
| פָּרַץ נַחַל ׀ מֵֽעִם־גָּר הַֽנִּשְׁכָּחִים מִנִּי־רָגֶל דַּלּוּ מֵאֱנוֹשׁ נָֽעוּ׃ |
5 As for the earth, out of it comes bread, and underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.
| אֶרֶץ מִמֶּנָּה יֵֽצֵא־לָחֶם וְתַחְתֶּיהָ נֶהְפַּךְ כְּמוֹ־אֵֽשׁ׃ |
6 The stones of it are the place of sapphires, and it has dust of gold.
| מְקוֹם־סַפִּיר אֲבָנֶיהָ וְעַפְרֹת זָהָב לֽוֹ׃ |
7 No bird of prey knows that path, nor has the falcon's eye seen it.
| נָתִיב לֹֽא־יְדָעוֹ עָיִט וְלֹא שְׁזָפַתּוּ עֵין אַיָּֽה׃ |
8 The proud beasts have not trodden it, nor has the fierce lion passed thereby.
| לֹֽא־הִדְרִיכֻהוּ בְנֵי־שָׁחַץ לֹֽא־עָדָה עָלָיו שָֽׁחַל׃ |
9 He puts forth his hand upon the flinty rock. He overturns the mountains by the roots.
| בַּֽחַלָּמִישׁ שָׁלַח יָדוֹ הָפַךְ מִשֹּׁרֶשׁ הָרִֽים׃ |
10 He cuts out channels among the rocks, and his eye sees every precious thing.
| בַּצּוּרוֹת יְאֹרִים בִּקֵּעַ וְכָל־יְקָר רָאֲתָה עֵינֽוֹ׃ |
11 He binds the streams that they not trickle. And the thing that is hid he brings forth to light.
| מִבְּכִי נְהָרוֹת חִבֵּשׁ וְתַעֲלֻמָהּ יֹצִא אֽוֹר׃ |
12 But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?
| וְֽהַחָכְמָה מֵאַיִן תִּמָּצֵא וְאֵי זֶה מְקוֹם בִּינָֽה׃ |
13 Man does not know the price of it, nor is it found in the land of the living.
| לֹא־יָדַע אֱנוֹשׁ עֶרְכָּהּ וְלֹא תִמָּצֵא בְּאֶרֶץ הֽ͏ַחַיִּֽים׃ |
14 The deep says, It is not in me. And the sea says, It is not with me.
| תְּהוֹם אָמַר לֹא בִי־הִיא וְיָם אָמַר אֵין עִמָּדִֽי׃ |
15 It cannot be gotten for gold, nor shall silver be weighed for the price of it.
| לֹא־יֻתַּן סְגוֹר תַּחְתֶּיהָ וְלֹא יִשָּׁקֵל כֶּסֶף מְחִירָֽהּ׃ |
16 It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
| לֹֽא־תְסֻלֶּה בְּכֶתֶם אוֹפִיר בְּשֹׁהַם יָקָר וְסַפִּֽיר׃ |
17 Gold and glass cannot equal it, nor shall it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.
| לֹא־יַעַרְכֶנָּה זָהָב וּזְכוֹכִית וּתְמוּרָתָהּ כְּלִי־פָֽז׃ |
18 No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal. Yea, the price of wisdom is above rubies.
| רָאמוֹת וְגָבִישׁ לֹא יִזָּכֵר וּמֶשֶׁךְ חָכְמָה מִפְּנִינִֽים׃ |
19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, nor shall it be valued with pure gold.
| לֹֽא־יַעַרְכֶנָּה פִּטְדַת־כּוּשׁ בְּכֶתֶם טָהוֹר לֹא תְסֻלֶּֽה׃ |
20 Where then does wisdom come from? And where is the place of understanding?
| וְֽהַחָכְמָה מֵאַיִן תָּבוֹא וְאֵי זֶה מְקוֹם בִּינָֽה׃ |
21 Since it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept closed from the birds of the heavens.
| וְֽנֶעֶלְמָה מֵעֵינֵי כָל־חָי וּמֵעוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם נִסְתָּֽרָה׃ |
22 Destruction and Death say, We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.
| אֲבַדּוֹן וָמָוֶת אָמְרוּ בְּאָזְנֵינוּ שָׁמַעְנוּ שִׁמְעָֽהּ׃ |
23 God understands the way of it, and he knows the place of it.
| אֱלֹהִים הֵבִין דַּרְכָּהּ וְהוּא יָדַע אֶת־מְקוֹמָֽהּ׃ |
24 For he looks to the ends of the earth, and sees under the whole heaven,
| כִּי־הוּא לִקְצוֹת־הָאָרֶץ יַבִּיט תַּחַת כָּל־הַשָּׁמַיִם יִרְאֶֽה׃ |
25 to make a weight for the wind. Yea, he distributes the waters by measure.
| לַעֲשׂוֹת לָרוּחַ מִשְׁקָל וּמַיִם תִּכֵּן בְּמִדָּֽה׃ |
26 When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder,
| בַּעֲשֹׂתוֹ לַמָּטָר חֹק וְדֶרֶךְ לַחֲזִיז קֹלֽוֹת׃ |
27 then he saw it, and declared it. He established it, yea, and searched it out.
| אָז רָאָהּ וַֽיְסַפְּרָהּ הֱכִינָהּ וְגַם־חֲקָרָֽהּ׃ |
28 And to man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to depart from evil is understanding.
| וַיֹּאמֶר ׀ לָֽאָדָם הֵן יִרְאַת אֲדֹנָי הִיא חָכְמָה וְסוּר מֵרָע בִּינָֽה׃ |
