Job 28
1 Silver has its fissures where it is first found, and gold has a place where it is melted.
for there to/for silver: money exit and place to/for gold to refine
2 Iron is taken from the earth, and ore, unbound by heat, is turned into brass.
iron from dust to take: take and stone to pour bronze
3 He has established a time for darkness, and he has settled on an end for all things, as well as for the stone that is in the gloom and shadow of death.
end to set: put to/for darkness and to/for all limit he/she/it to search stone darkness and shadow
4 The burning separates a pilgrim people from those who have been forgotten by the feet of the destitute man and from the unapproachable.
to break through torrent: river from from with to sojourn [the] to forget from foot to languish from human to shake
5 The land, where bread appeared in its place, has been destroyed by fire.
land: soil from her to come out: produce food: bread and underneath: under her to overturn like fire
6 Its stones are embedded with sapphires, and its soil, with gold.
place sapphire stone her and dust gold to/for him
7 The bird does not know its path, nor has the eye of the vulture beheld it.
path not to know him bird of prey and not to see him eye falcon
8 The sons of merchants have not walked there, nor has the lioness traveled through it.
not to tread him son: type of pride not to advance upon him lion
9 He has stretched out his hand to the rocks; he has overturned the foundations of the mountains.
in/on/with flint to send: reach hand: power his to overturn from root mountain: mount
10 He has cut rivers through the rocks, and his eye has seen all precious things.
in/on/with rock stream to break up/open and all preciousness to see: see eye his
11 The depths of rivers he has also examined, and he has brought hidden things into the light.
from weeping river to saddle/tie and secret her to come out: send light
12 But, in truth, where is wisdom to be found, and where is the place of understanding?
and [the] wisdom from where? to find and where? this place understanding
13 Man does not know its price, nor is it found in the land of those who live in sweetness.
not to know human valuation her and not to find in/on/with land: country/planet [the] alive
14 The abyss declares, “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 The finest gold will not be paid for it, nor will silver be weighed in exchange for it.
not to give: give enclosure underneath: instead her and not to weigh silver: money price her
16 It will not be compared with the dyed colors of India, nor with the very costly stone sardonyx, nor with the sapphire.
not to weigh in/on/with gold Ophir in/on/with onyx precious and sapphire
17 Neither gold nor crystal will be its equal; neither will vessels of gold be fitted for it.
not to arrange her gold and glass and exchange her article/utensil pure gold
18 The exalted and the eminent will not be remembered in comparison with it. Yet wisdom is drawn out of concealment.
coral and crystal not to remember and bag/price wisdom from jewel
19 The topaz of Ethiopia will not be equal to it, nor will it be compared to the purest dyes.
not to arrange her topaz Cush in/on/with gold pure not to weigh
20 So then, where does wisdom begin, and where is the place of understanding?
and [the] wisdom from where? to come (in): come and where? this place understanding
21 It has been hidden from the eyes of all living things, just as the birds of the heavens escape notice.
and to conceal from eye all alive and from bird [the] heaven to hide
22 Perdition and death have said, “With our ears, we have heard its fame.”
Abaddon and death to say in/on/with ear our to hear: hear report her
23 God understands its way, and he knows its location.
God to understand way: direction her and he/she/it to know [obj] place her
24 For he beholds the limits of the world, and he looks upon all things that are under heaven.
for he/she/it to/for end [the] land: country/planet to look underneath: under all [the] heaven to see: see
25 He created a counterweight for the winds, and he suspended the waters to measure them.
to/for to make: offer to/for spirit: breath weight and water to measure in/on/with measure
26 At that time, he gave a law to the rain and a path to the resounding storms.
in/on/with to make he to/for rain statute: decree and way: journey to/for lightning voice: thunder
27 Then he saw and explained it, and he made ready and examined it.
then to see: see her and to recount her to establish: establish her and also to search her
28 And he said to man, “Behold the fear of the Lord. Such is wisdom. And to withdraw from evil, this is understanding.”
and to say to/for man look! fear Lord he/she/it wisdom and to turn aside: turn aside from bad: evil understanding
