Job 28
1 Truly there is a mine for silver, and a place where gold is washed out.
for there to/for silver: money exit and place to/for gold to refine
2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and stone is changed into brass by the fire.
iron from dust to take: take and stone to pour bronze
3 Man puts an end to the dark, searching out to the farthest limit the stones of the deep places of the dark.
end to set: put to/for darkness and to/for all limit he/she/it to search stone darkness and shadow
4 He makes a deep mine far away from those living in the light of day; when they go about on the earth, they have no knowledge of those who are under them, who are hanging far from men, twisting from side to side on a cord.
to break through torrent: river from from with to sojourn [the] to forget from foot to languish from human to shake
5 As for the earth, bread comes out of it; but under its face it is turned up as if by fire.
land: soil from her to come out: produce food: bread and underneath: under her to overturn like fire
6 Its stones are the place of sapphires, and it has dust of gold.
place sapphire stone her and dust gold to/for him
7 No bird has knowledge of it, and the hawk's eye has never seen it.
path not to know him bird of prey and not to see him eye falcon
8 The great beasts have not gone over it, and the cruel lion has not taken that way.
not to tread him son: type of pride not to advance upon him lion
9 Man puts out his hand on the hard rock, overturning mountains by the roots.
in/on/with flint to send: reach hand: power his to overturn from root mountain: mount
10 He makes deep ways, cut through the rock, and his eye sees everything of value.
in/on/with rock stream to break up/open and all preciousness to see: see eye his
11 He keeps back the streams from flowing, and makes the secret things come out into the light.
from weeping river to saddle/tie and secret her to come out: send light
12 But where may wisdom be seen? and where is the resting-place of knowledge?
and [the] wisdom from where? to find and where? this place understanding
13 Man has not seen the way to it, and it is not in the land of the living.
not to know human valuation her and not to find in/on/with land: country/planet [the] alive
14 The deep waters say, It is not in me: and the sea says, It is not with me.
abyss to say not in/on/with me he/she/it and sea to say nothing with me me
15 Gold may not be given for it, or a weight of silver in payment for it.
not to give: give enclosure underneath: instead her and not to weigh silver: money price her
16 It may not be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the onyx of great price, or the sapphire.
not to weigh in/on/with gold Ophir in/on/with onyx precious and sapphire
17 Gold and glass are not equal to it in price, and it may not be exchanged for jewels of the best gold.
not to arrange her gold and glass and exchange her article/utensil pure gold
18 There is no need to say anything about coral or crystal; and the value of wisdom is greater than that of pearls.
coral and crystal not to remember and bag/price wisdom from jewel
19 The topaz of Ethiopia is not equal to it, and it may not be valued with the best gold.
not to arrange her topaz Cush in/on/with gold pure not to weigh
20 From where then does wisdom come, and where is the resting-place of knowledge?
and [the] wisdom from where? to come (in): come and where? this place understanding
21 For it is kept secret from the eyes of all living, unseen by the birds of the air.
and to conceal from eye all alive and from bird [the] heaven to hide
22 Destruction and Death say, We have only had word of it with our ears.
Abaddon and death to say in/on/with ear our to hear: hear report her
23 God has knowledge of the way to it, and of its resting-place;
God to understand way: direction her and he/she/it to know [obj] place her
24 For his eyes go to the ends of the earth, and he sees everything under heaven.
for he/she/it to/for end [the] land: country/planet to look underneath: under all [the] heaven to see: see
25 When he made a weight for the wind, measuring out the waters;
to/for to make: offer to/for spirit: breath weight and water to measure in/on/with measure
26 When he made a law for the rain, and a way for the thunder-flames;
in/on/with to make he to/for rain statute: decree and way: journey to/for lightning voice: thunder
27 Then he saw it, and put it on record; he gave it its fixed form, searching it out completely.
then to see: see her and to recount her to establish: establish her and also to search her
28 And he said to man, Truly the fear of the Lord is wisdom, and to keep from evil is the way to knowledge.
and to say to/for man look! fear Lord he/she/it wisdom and to turn aside: turn aside from bad: evil understanding
