Job 28
1 The siluer surely hath his veyne, and ye gold his place, where they take it.
Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold which they refine;
2 Yron is taken out of the dust, and brasse is molten out of the stone.
Iron is taken out of the dust, and copper is molten out of the stone.
3 God putteth an end to darkenesse, and he tryeth the perfection of all things: he setteth a bond of darkenesse, and of the shadowe of death.
[Man] putteth an end to the darkness, and exploreth to the utmost limit, the stones of darkness and of the shadow of death.
4 The flood breaketh out against the inhabitant, and the waters forgotten of the foote, being higher then man, are gone away.
He openeth a shaft far from the inhabitants [of the earth]: forgotten of the foot, they hang suspended; away below men they hover.
5 Out of the same earth commeth bread, and vnder it, as it were fire is turned vp.
As for the earth, out of it cometh bread, and underneath it is turned up as by fire;
6 The stones thereof are a place of saphirs, and the dust of it is golde.
The stones of it are the place of sapphires, and it hath dust of gold.
7 There is a path which no foule hath knowen, neyther hath the kites eye seene it.
It is a path no bird of prey knoweth, and the vulture's eye hath not seen it;
8 The lyons whelpes haue not walked it, nor the lyon passed thereby.
The proud beasts have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed over it.
9 He putteth his hand vpon the rockes, and ouerthroweth the mountaines by the rootes.
[Man] putteth forth his hand upon the flinty rock, he overturneth the mountains by the root.
10 He breaketh riuers in the rockes, and his eye seeth euery precious thing.
He cutteth out channels in the rocks, and his eye seeth every precious thing.
11 He bindeth the floods, that they doe not ouerflowe, and the thing that is hid, bringeth he to light.
He bindeth the streams that they drip not, and what is hidden he bringeth forth to light.
12 But where is wisdome found? and where is the place of vnderstanding?
But wisdom, where shall it be found? and where is the place of understanding?
13 Man knoweth not the price thereof: for it is not found in the land of the liuing.
Man knoweth not the value thereof; and it is not found in the land of the living.
14 The depth sayth, It is not in mee: the sea also sayth, It is not with me.
The deep saith, It is not in me; and the sea saith, It is not with me.
15 Golde shall not be giuen for it, neyther shall siluer be weighed for the price thereof.
Choice gold cannot be given for it, nor silver be weighed for its price.
16 It shall not be valued with the wedge of golde of Ophir, nor with the precious onix, nor the saphir.
It is not set in the balance with gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, and the sapphire.
17 The golde nor the chrystall shall be equall vnto it, nor the exchange shalbe for plate of fine golde.
Gold and glass cannot be compared to it, nor vessels of fine gold be its exchange.
18 No mention shall be made of coral, nor of the gabish: for wisedome is more precious then pearles.
Corals and crystal are no more remembered; yea, the acquisition of wisdom is above rubies.
19 The Topaz of Ethiopia shall not be equall vnto it, neither shall it be valued with the wedge of pure gold.
The topaz of Ethiopia shall not be compared to it, neither shall it be set in the balance with pure gold.
20 Whence then commeth wisedome? and where is the place of vnderstanding,
Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
21 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all the liuing, and is hid from the foules of the heauen?
For it is hidden from the eyes of all living, and concealed from the fowl of the heavens.
22 Destruction and death say, We haue heard the fame thereof with our eares.
Destruction and death say, We have heard its report with our ears.
23 But God vnderstandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.
God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth its place:
24 For he beholdeth the endes of the world, and seeth all that is vnder heauen,
For he looketh to the ends of the earth, he seeth under the whole heaven.
25 To make the weight of the windes, and to weigh the waters by measure.
In making a weight for the wind, and meting out the waters by measure,
26 When he made a decree for the rayne, and a way for the lightening of the thunders,
In appointing a statute for the rain, and a way for the thunder's flash:
27 Then did he see it, and counted it: he prepared it and also considered it.
Then did he see it, and declare it; he established it, yea, and searched it out;
28 And vnto man he said, Behold, the feare of the Lord is wisedome, and to depart from euil is vnderstanding.
And unto man he said, Lo, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
