Job 28
1 For there for silver [is] a mine and a place for gold [which] people refine.
“Surely there is a mine for silver and a place where gold is refined.
2 Iron from [the] dust it is taken and stone someone pours out copper.
Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore.
3 An end - someone puts to the darkness and to every outermost part he [is] searching for [the] stone of gloom and deep darkness.
Man puts an end to the darkness; he probes the farthest recesses for ore in deepest darkness.
4 He breaks open a shaft - away from with a sojourner forgotten from foot they hang down away from humankind they swing.
Far from human habitation he cuts a shaft in places forgotten by the foot of man. Far from men he dangles and sways.
5 [the] earth From it it comes forth food and under it it is turned over like fire.
Food may come from the earth, but from below it is transformed as by fire.
6 [are] a place of Sapphire stones its and dust of gold [belong] to it.
Its rocks are the source of sapphires, containing flecks of gold.
7 [the] path Not it knows it a bird of prey and not it catches sight of it [the] eye of a hawk.
No bird of prey knows that path; no falcon’s eye has seen it.
8 Not they tread it [the] sons of pride not it passes by on it a lion.
Proud beasts have never trodden it; no lion has ever prowled over it.
9 On the flint he stretches out hand his he overturns from [the] root mountains.
The miner strikes the flint; he overturns mountains at their base.
10 In the rocks shafts he splits open and every precious thing it sees eye his.
He hews out channels in the rocks, and his eyes spot every treasure.
11 From weeping rivers he restrains and secret her he brings out light.
He stops up the sources of the streams to bring what is hidden to light.
12 And wisdom from where? will it be found and where? this [is the] place of understanding.
But where can wisdom be found, and where does understanding dwell?
13 Not he knows humankind valuation its and not it is found in [the] land of the living [ones].
No man can know its value, nor is it found in the land of the living.
14 [the] deep It says not [is] in me it and [the] sea it says not [it] [is] with me.
The ocean depths say, ‘It is not in me,’ while the sea declares, ‘It is not with me.’
15 Not it will be given fine gold for it and not it will be weighed out silver price its.
It cannot be bought with gold, nor can its price be weighed out in silver.
16 Not it will be paid in [the] gold of Ophir in onyx precious and sapphire.
It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire.
17 Not it will be comparable to it gold and glass and [is] exchange its a vessel of pure gold.
Neither gold nor crystal can compare to it, nor jewels of fine gold be exchanged for it.
18 Corals and crystal not it is remembered and [the] price of wisdom [is] more than pearls.
Coral and quartz are unworthy of mention; the price of wisdom is beyond rubies.
19 Not it will be comparable to it topaz of Cush in gold pure not it will be paid.
Topaz from Cush cannot compare to it, nor can it be valued in pure gold.
20 And wisdom from where? does it come and where? this [is the] place of understanding.
From where then does wisdom come, and where does understanding dwell?
21 And it has been concealed from [the] eyes of every living [thing] and from [the] bird[s] of the heavens it has been hidden.
It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing and concealed from the birds of the air.
22 Abaddon and death they say with ears our we have heard report its.
Abaddon and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor about it.’
23 God he understands way its and he he knows place its.
But God understands its way, and He knows its place.
24 For he to [the] ends of the earth he looks under all the heavens he sees.
For He looks to the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens.
25 To make for the wind weight and [the] waters he has measured with a measure.
When God fixed the weight of the wind and measured out the waters,
26 When made he for the rain a decree and a path for [the] storm of thunder claps.
when He set a limit for the rain and a path for the thunderbolt,
27 Then he saw it and he recounted it he established it and also he examined it.
then He looked at wisdom and appraised it; He established it and searched it out.
28 And he said - to humankind here! [the] fear of [the] Lord that [is] wisdom and to turn from evil [is] understanding.
And He said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”
