Job 28
1 “Surely there is a source for silver, And a place for the gold they refine;
The siluer surely hath his veyne, and ye gold his place, where they take it.
2 Iron is taken from the dust, And bronze [from] the firm stone.
Yron is taken out of the dust, and brasse is molten out of the stone.
3 He has set an end to darkness, And he is searching to all perfection, A stone of darkness and death-shade.
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 A stream has broken out from a sojourner, Those forgotten of the foot, They were low, they wandered from man.
The flood breaketh out against the inhabitant, and the waters forgotten of the foote, being higher then man, are gone away.
5 The earth! Bread comes forth from it, And its under-part is turned like fire.
Out of the same earth commeth bread, and vnder it, as it were fire is turned vp.
6 A place of the sapphire [are] its stones, And it has dust of gold.
The stones thereof are a place of saphirs, and the dust of it is golde.
7 A path—a ravenous bird has not known it, Nor has an eye of the falcon scorched it,
There is a path which no foule hath knowen, neyther hath the kites eye seene it.
8 Nor have the sons of pride trodden it, The fierce lion has not passed over it.
The lyons whelpes haue not walked it, nor the lyon passed thereby.
9 He sent forth his hand against the flint, He overturned mountains from the root.
He putteth his hand vpon the rockes, and ouerthroweth the mountaines by the rootes.
10 Among rocks, he has cleaved brooks, And his eye has seen every precious thing.
He breaketh riuers in the rockes, and his eye seeth euery precious thing.
11 He has bound overflowing rivers, And the hidden thing brings out [to] light.
He bindeth the floods, that they doe not ouerflowe, and the thing that is hid, bringeth he to light.
12 And the wisdom—from where is it found? And where [is] this, the place of understanding?
But where is wisdome found? and where is the place of vnderstanding?
13 Man has not known its arrangement, Nor is it 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 has said, It [is] not in me, And the sea has said, It is not with me.
The depth sayth, It is not in mee: the sea also sayth, It is not with me.
15 Gold is not given for it, Nor is silver weighed—its price.
Golde shall not be giuen for it, neyther shall siluer be weighed for the price thereof.
16 It is not valued with pure gold of Ophir, With precious onyx and sapphire,
It shall not be valued with the wedge of golde of Ophir, nor with the precious onix, nor the saphir.
17 Gold and crystal do not equal it, Nor [is] its exchange a vessel of fine gold.
The golde nor the chrystall shall be equall vnto it, nor the exchange shalbe for plate of fine golde.
18 Corals and pearl are not remembered, The acquisition of wisdom [is] above rubies.
No mention shall be made of coral, nor of the gabish: for wisedome is more precious then pearles.
19 The topaz of Cush does not equal it, It is not 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 And the wisdom—from where does it come? And where [is] this, the place of understanding?
Whence then commeth wisedome? and where is the place of vnderstanding,
21 It has been hid from the eyes of all living. And from the bird of the heavens It has been hidden.
Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all the liuing, and is hid from the foules of the heauen?
22 Destruction and death have said: With our ears we have heard its fame.
Destruction and death say, We haue heard the fame thereof with our eares.
23 God has understood its way, And He has known its place.
But God vnderstandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.
24 For He looks to the ends of the earth, He sees under the whole heavens,
For he beholdeth the endes of the world, and seeth all that is vnder heauen,
25 To make a weight for the wind, And He meted out the waters in measure.
To make the weight of the windes, and to weigh the waters by measure.
26 In His making for the rain a limit, And a way for the brightness of the voices,
When he made a decree for the rayne, and a way for the lightening of the thunders,
27 Then He has seen and declares it, He has prepared it, and also searched it out,
Then did he see it, and counted it: he prepared it and also considered it.
28 And He says to man: Behold, fear of the Lord, that [is] wisdom, And to turn from evil [is] understanding.”
And vnto man he said, Behold, the feare of the Lord is wisedome, and to depart from euil is vnderstanding.
