Job 28
1 Truly there is a vein for silver, And a place for gold, which men refine.
The siluer surely hath his veyne, and ye gold his place, where they take it.
2 Iron is obtained from earth, And stone is melted into copper.
Yron is taken out of the dust, and brasse is molten out of the stone.
3 Man putteth an end to darkness; He searcheth to the lowest depths For the stone of darkness and 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 From the place where they dwell they open a shaft; Forgotten by the feet, They hang down, they swing away from men.
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 bread, Is torn up underneath, as it were by fire.
Out of the same earth commeth bread, and vnder it, as it were fire is turned vp.
6 Her stones are the place of sapphires, And she hath clods of gold for man.
The stones thereof are a place of saphirs, and the dust of it is golde.
7 The path thereto no bird knoweth, And the vulture's eye hath not seen it;
There is a path which no foule hath knowen, neyther hath the kites eye seene it.
8 The fierce wild beast hath not trodden it; The lion hath not passed over it.
The lyons whelpes haue not walked it, nor the lyon passed thereby.
9 Man layeth his hand upon the rock; He upturneth mountains from their roots;
He putteth his hand vpon the rockes, and ouerthroweth the mountaines by the rootes.
10 He cleaveth out streams in the rocks, And his eye seeth every precious thing;
He breaketh riuers in the rockes, and his eye seeth euery precious thing.
11 He bindeth up the streams, that they trickle not, And bringeth hidden things to light.
He bindeth the floods, that they doe not ouerflowe, and the thing that is hid, bringeth he to light.
12 But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?
But where is wisdome found? and where is the place of vnderstanding?
13 Man knoweth not the price thereof, Nor can it 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, It is not in me; And the sea saith, It is not with me.
The depth sayth, It is not in mee: the sea also sayth, It is not with me.
15 It cannot be gotten for gold, Nor shall silver be weighed out as the price thereof.
Golde shall not be giuen for it, neyther shall siluer be weighed for the price thereof.
16 It cannot be bought 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 Gold and crystal are not to be compared with it; Nor can it be purchased with jewels of fine gold.
The golde nor the chrystall shall be equall vnto it, nor the exchange shalbe for plate of fine golde.
18 No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal; For wisdom is more precious than pearls.
No mention shall be made of coral, nor of the gabish: for wisedome is more precious then pearles.
19 The topaz of Ethiopia cannot equal it, Nor can it be purchased 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 Whence then cometh wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?
Whence then commeth wisedome? and where is the place of vnderstanding,
21 Since it is hidden from the eyes of all living, And kept close from the fowls of the air.
Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all the liuing, and is hid from the foules of the heauen?
22 Destruction and Death say, We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.
Destruction and death say, We haue heard the fame thereof with our eares.
23 God knoweth the way to it; He knoweth its dwelling-place.
But God vnderstandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.
24 For he seeth to the ends of the earth, And surveyeth all things under the whole heaven.
For he beholdeth the endes of the world, and seeth all that is vnder heauen,
25 When he gave the winds their weight, And meted out the waters by measure;
To make the weight of the windes, and to weigh the waters by measure.
26 When he prescribed a law to the rain, And a path to the thunder-flash, —
When he made a decree for the rayne, and a way for the lightening of the thunders,
27 Then did he see it, and make it known; He established it, and searched it out.
Then did he see it, and counted it: he prepared it and also considered it.
28 But he said unto man, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, And to depart from evil is understanding.
And vnto man he said, Behold, the feare of the Lord is wisedome, and to depart from euil is vnderstanding.
