Job 28
1 There are silver mines and places where gold is refined.
for there to/for silver: money exit and place to/for gold to refine
2 Iron is extracted from the earth and copper is smelted from its ore.
iron from dust to take: take and stone to pour bronze
3 Miners take lamps into the darkness underground and search for ore as far as they can go in the shadows and the gloom.
end to set: put to/for darkness and to/for all limit he/she/it to search stone darkness and shadow
4 They dig a mineshaft far from where people live or anyone ever goes. They swing from ropes that hang in the pits.
to break through torrent: river from from with to sojourn [the] to forget from foot to languish from human to shake
5 Bread comes from the earth, but underneath it looks as if it has been turned upside-down by fire.
land: soil from her to come out: produce food: bread and underneath: under her to overturn like fire
6 Here the rocks contain lapis lazuli and the dust contains gold.
place sapphire stone her and dust gold to/for him
7 No birds of prey can see these paths, no falcon's eye can perceive.
path not to know him bird of prey and not to see him eye falcon
8 No wild beasts have passed that way; the lion has not walked there.
not to tread him son: type of pride not to advance upon him lion
9 Miners attack the hard rock; they overturn the roots of mountains.
in/on/with flint to send: reach hand: power his to overturn from root mountain: mount
10 They tunnel through the rock, looking carefully for every precious stone.
in/on/with rock stream to break up/open and all preciousness to see: see eye his
11 They dam the sources of the rivers, and bring to light what is hidden.
from weeping river to saddle/tie and secret her to come out: send light
12 But where can wisdom be found? Where is the place to gain understanding?
and [the] wisdom from where? to find and where? this place understanding
13 Human beings do not know the way to wisdom; it is not found among 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's not here,’ and the sea says, ‘It's not here either.’
abyss to say not in/on/with me he/she/it and sea to say nothing with me me
15 It cannot be bought with gold; nor can it be purchased with silver.
not to give: give enclosure underneath: instead her and not to weigh silver: money price her
16 Its value cannot be measured, even with the gold of Ophir; it is more precious than onyx or lapis lazuli.
not to weigh in/on/with gold Ophir in/on/with onyx precious and sapphire
17 Gold or fine glass cannot compare with wisdom; it cannot be exchanged for gold jewelry.
not to arrange her gold and glass and exchange her article/utensil pure gold
18 Coral and crystal are not worth mentioning; the price of wisdom is far above rubies.
coral and crystal not to remember and bag/price wisdom from jewel
19 Topaz from Ethiopia can't compare with it; it cannot be bought with the purest gold.
not to arrange her topaz Cush in/on/with gold pure not to weigh
20 So where does wisdom come from? Where is the place to gain understanding?
and [the] wisdom from where? to come (in): come and where? this place understanding
21 Wisdom is hidden from the sight of all living things, even the birds of the air cannot see it.
and to conceal from eye all alive and from bird [the] heaven to hide
22 Abaddon and Death say, ‘We've only heard a rumor of it.’
Abaddon and death to say in/on/with ear our to hear: hear report her
23 Only God understands the path to wisdom; he knows where it is found.
God to understand way: direction her and he/she/it to know [obj] place her
24 For he looks to the very end of the earth; 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 He decided how strong the wind should blow, and regulated the waters.
to/for to make: offer to/for spirit: breath weight and water to measure in/on/with measure
26 He set a limit for the rain and made a path for the lightning.
in/on/with to make he to/for rain statute: decree and way: journey to/for lightning voice: thunder
27 Then he considered wisdom. He examined it, gave it his approval, and declared it good.
then to see: see her and to recount her to establish: establish her and also to search her
28 He said to humankind, ‘To reverence the Lord is wisdom, and to turn away from evil 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
