Job 28
1 Silver hath beginnings of its veins, and gold hath a place wherein it is melted.
Though there is, for silver, a vein, and a place for the gold they refine;
2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and stone melted with heat is turned into brass.
Iron, out of the ore, is taken, and, stone, poureth out copper;
3 He hath set a time for darkness, and the end of all things he considereth, the stone also that is in the dark and the shadow of death.
An end, hath one set to the darkness, and, into every extremity, is, he, making search, for the stone of darkness and death-shade;
4 The flood divideth from the people that are on their journey, those whom the food of the needy man hath forgotten, and who cannot be come at.
He hath sunken a shaft, away from the inhabitants; Places forsaken by the foot, they hang down, away from men, sway to and fro;
5 The land, out of which bread grew in its place, hath been overturned with fire.
As for the earth, out of it, cometh forth bread, and, under it, is upturned, as it were fire;
6 The stones of it are the place of sapphires, and the clods of it are gold.
The place of sapphires, are the stones thereof, and it hath, nuggets of gold: —
7 The bird hath not known the path, neither hath the eye of the vulture beheld it.
A path, the vulture hath not discerned, nor hath the eye of the hawk scanned it;
8 The children of the merchants have not trodden it, neither hath the lioness passed by it.
Ravenous beasts have not made a track thereof, neither hath the lion marched thereon:
9 He hath stretched forth his hand to the flint, he hath overturned mountains from the roots.
Upon the flint, hath he thrust forth his hand, He hath turned up mountains by the roots;
10 In the rocks he hath cut out rivers, and his eye hath seen every precious thing.
Among the rocks, hath he cut open streams, and, every precious thing, hath his eye seen:
11 The depths also of rivers he hath searched, and hidden things he hath brought forth to light.
From trickling, he restraineth, rivers, and, some hidden thing, is he bringing out to light.
12 But where is wisdom to be found, and where is the place of understanding?
Yet where can, 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 them that live in delights.
Mortal knoweth not the way thereof, neither can it be 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.
The resounding deep, hath said, It is not in me! And, the sea, hath said, It is not with me!
15 The finest gold shall not purchase it, neither shall silver be weighed in exchange for it.
Pure gold cannot be given in its stead, neither can silver he weighed as the value thereof;
16 It shall not be compared with the dyed colours of India, or with the most precious stone sardonyx, or the sapphire.
It cannot be put into the scales against the gold of Ophir, with costly onyx, or sapphire;
17 Gold or crystal cannot equal it, neither shall any vessels of gold be changed for it.
Neither gold nor crystal can compare with it, nor can, the exchange thereof, be a vessel of pure gold,
18 High and eminent things shall not be mentioned in comparison of it: but wisdom is drawn out of secret places.
Coral or crystal, cannot be mentioned, Yea, a possession, is wisdom, above red coral;
19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not be equal to it, neither shall it be compared to the cleanest dyeing.
The topaz of Ethiopia cannot compare with it, Against purest gold, can it not be weighed.
20 Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
Whence then cometh, wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?
21 It is hid from the eyes of all living. and the fowls of the air know it not.
Seeing it hath been hid from the eyes of every living thing, and, from the bird of the heavens, hath it been concealed?
22 Destruction and death have said: With our ears we have heard the fame thereof.
Destruction and death, have said, With our ears, have we heard the report thereof!
23 God understandeth the way of it, and he knoweth the place thereof.
GOD, understandeth the way thereof, and, he, discerneth the place thereof;
24 For he beholdeth the ends of the world: and looketh on all things that are under heaven.
For, he, unto the ends of the earth, directeth his look, under all the heavens, he seeth;
25 Who made a weight for the winds and weighed the waters by measure.
Making, for the wind, a weight, and, the waters, he proved by measure,
26 When he gave a law for the rain, and a way for the sounding storms.
When he made, for the rain, a decree, and a way for the lightning of thunders,
27 Then he saw it, and declared, and prepared, and searched it.
Then, saw he it, and declared it, He settled it, yea also he searched it out;
28 And he said to man: Behold the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom: and to depart from evil, is understanding.
And said to the son of earth, Lo! the reverence of the Lord, that, is wisdom, and, to avoid evil, is understanding.
