Job 28
1 For truly there is a source for the silver, and a place for the gold which men refine.
The siluer surely hath his veyne, and ye gold his place, where they take it.
2 Iron is taken out of the dust, and the stone is melted into copper.
Yron is taken out of the dust, and brasse is molten out of the stone.
3 An end doth he set to darkness, and the very utmost limit doth he search out, the stones of darkness, and of the shadow of death.
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.
4 He breaketh a channel far from the inhabited place; those of unsteady foot, the poorest of men move [there about].
The flood breaketh out against the inhabitant, and the waters forgotten of the foote, being higher then man, are gone away.
5 The earth, out of which cometh forth bread, is under its surface turned up as it were with fire.
Out of the same earth commeth bread, and vnder it, as it were fire is turned vp.
6 Her stones are the place whence the sapphire cometh; and golden dust is also there;
The stones thereof are a place of saphirs, and the dust of it is golde.
7 [On the] path which no bird of prey knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not surveyed;
There is a path which no foule hath knowen, neyther hath the kites eye seene it.
8 [Which] ravenous beasts have never trodden, over which the lion hath never passed.
The lyons whelpes haue not walked it, nor the lyon passed thereby.
9 To the flinty rock he stretcheth forth his hand; he overturneth the mountains from the root.
He putteth his hand vpon the rockes, and ouerthroweth the mountaines by the rootes.
10 Amid rocks he heweth out canals: and every precious thing doth his eye behold.
He breaketh riuers in the rockes, and his eye seeth euery precious thing.
11 The various droppings of water he uniteth into streams, and what is hidden he bringeth forth to light.
He bindeth the floods, that they doe not ouerflowe, and the thing that is hid, bringeth he to light.
12 But wisdom—where shall she he found? and where is the place of understanding?
But where is wisdome found? and where is the place of vnderstanding?
13 Man knoweth not her value: and she is not to be found in the land of the living.
Man knoweth not the price thereof: for it is not found in the land of the liuing.
14 The deep saith, Not in me is she: and the sea saith, She is not with me.
The depth sayth, It is not in mee: the sea also sayth, It is not with me.
15 No fine gold can be given in lieu of her, and silver cannot be weighed out as her price.
Golde shall not be giuen for it, neyther shall siluer be weighed for the price thereof.
16 She cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
It shall not be valued with the wedge of golde of Ophir, nor with the precious onix, nor the saphir.
17 She cannot be estimated after gold and glass; and not in exchange for her [can] vessels of refined gold [be taken.]
The golde nor the chrystall shall be equall vnto it, nor the exchange shalbe for plate of fine golde.
18 Coral and crystal will not be thought of; and the value of wisdom is above pearls.
No mention shall be made of coral, nor of the gabish: for wisedome is more precious then pearles.
19 She cannot be estimated after the topaz of Ethiopia, nor can she be valued with pure gold.
The Topaz of Ethiopia shall not be equall vnto it, neither shall it be valued with the wedge of pure gold.
20 But wisdom—whence cometh she? and where is the place of understanding?
Whence then commeth wisedome? and where is the place of vnderstanding,
21 Yea, she is hidden from the eyes of all living, and from the fowls of the heavens is she concealed.
Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all the liuing, and is hid from the foules of the heauen?
22 Perdition and death say, With our ears have we heard a report of her.
Destruction and death say, We haue heard the fame thereof with our eares.
23 God [alone] understandeth her way, and he knoweth her place;
But God vnderstandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.
24 For he looketh to the ends of the earth, [whatever is] under the whole heaven doth he see.
For he beholdeth the endes of the world, and seeth all that is vnder heauen,
25 When he imparted weight unto the wind; and [when] the waters he established by measure;
To make the weight of the windes, and to weigh the waters by measure.
26 When he made a law for the rain, and a way for the lightning of [his] thunders;
When he made a decree for the rayne, and a way for the lightening of the thunders,
27 Then did he see her, and make her known; he established her, and also searched her out.
Then did he see it, and counted it: he prepared it and also considered it.
28 And he said unto man, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to eschew evil is understanding.
And vnto man he said, Behold, the feare of the Lord is wisedome, and to depart from euil is vnderstanding.
