Job 28
1 For there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold which they refine.
Though there is, for silver, a vein, and a place for the gold they refine;
2 Iron is taken out of the dust, and brass is molten out of the stone.
Iron, out of the ore, is taken, and, stone, poureth out copper;
3 Man setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out to the furthest bound the stones of thick darkness and of 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 He breaketh open a shaft away from where men sojourn; they are forgotten of the foot that passeth by; they hang afar from men, they swing to and fro.
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 As for the earth, out of it cometh bread, and underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.
As for the earth, out of it, cometh forth bread, and, under it, is upturned, as it were fire;
6 The stones thereof are the place of sapphires, and it hath dust of gold.
The place of sapphires, are the stones thereof, and it hath, nuggets of gold: —
7 That path no bird of prey knoweth, neither hath the falcon's eye seen it;
A path, the vulture hath not discerned, nor hath the eye of the hawk scanned it;
8 The proud beasts have not trodden it, nor hath the lion passed thereby.
Ravenous beasts have not made a track thereof, neither hath the lion marched thereon:
9 He putteth forth his hand upon the flinty rock; He overturneth the mountains by the roots.
Upon the flint, hath he thrust forth his hand, He hath turned up mountains by the roots;
10 He cutteth out channels among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.
Among the rocks, hath he cut open streams, and, every precious thing, hath his eye seen:
11 He bindeth the streams that they trickle not; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.
From trickling, he restraineth, rivers, and, some hidden thing, is he bringing out to light.
12 But wisdom, where shall it 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 the living.
Mortal knoweth not the way thereof, neither can it be found in the land of the living;
14 The deep 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 It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.
Pure gold cannot be given in its stead, neither can silver he weighed as the value thereof;
16 It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
It cannot be put into the scales against the gold of Ophir, with costly onyx, or sapphire;
17 Gold and glass cannot equal it; neither shall the exchange thereof be vessels of fine gold.
Neither gold nor crystal can compare with it, nor can, the exchange thereof, be a vessel of pure gold,
18 No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal; yea, the price of wisdom is above rubies.
Coral or crystal, cannot be mentioned, Yea, a possession, is wisdom, above red coral;
19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
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 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.
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 say: 'We have heard a rumor thereof with our ears.'
Destruction and death, have said, With our ears, have we heard the report thereof!
23 God understandeth the way thereof, and He knoweth the place thereof.
GOD, understandeth the way thereof, and, he, discerneth the place thereof;
24 For He looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven;
For, he, unto the ends of the earth, directeth his look, under all the heavens, he seeth;
25 When He maketh a weight for the wind, and meteth out the waters by measure.
Making, for the wind, a weight, and, the waters, he proved by measure,
26 When He made a decree for the rain, and a way for the storm of thunders;
When he made, for the rain, a decree, and a way for the lightning of thunders,
27 Then did He see it, and declare it; He established it, yea, and searched it out.
Then, saw he it, and declared it, He settled it, yea also he searched it out;
28 And unto man He said: '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.
