Job 28
1 For there for silver [is] a mine and a place for gold [which] people refine.
Truly there is a vein for silver, And a place for gold, which men refine.
2 Iron from [the] dust it is taken and stone someone pours out copper.
Iron is obtained from earth, And stone is melted into copper.
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 putteth an end to darkness; He searcheth to the lowest depths For the stone of darkness and the shadow of death.
4 He breaks open a shaft - away from with a sojourner forgotten from foot they hang down away from humankind they swing.
From the place where they dwell they open a shaft; Forgotten by the feet, They hang down, they swing away from men.
5 [the] earth From it it comes forth food and under it it is turned over like fire.
The earth, out of which cometh bread, Is torn up underneath, as it were by fire.
6 [are] a place of Sapphire stones its and dust of gold [belong] to it.
Her stones are the place of sapphires, And she hath clods of gold for man.
7 [the] path Not it knows it a bird of prey and not it catches sight of it [the] eye of a hawk.
The path thereto no bird knoweth, And the vulture's eye hath not seen it;
8 Not they tread it [the] sons of pride not it passes by on it a lion.
The fierce wild beast hath not trodden it; The lion hath not passed over it.
9 On the flint he stretches out hand his he overturns from [the] root mountains.
Man layeth his hand upon the rock; He upturneth mountains from their roots;
10 In the rocks shafts he splits open and every precious thing it sees eye his.
He cleaveth out streams in the rocks, And his eye seeth every precious thing;
11 From weeping rivers he restrains and secret her he brings out light.
He bindeth up the streams, that they trickle not, And bringeth hidden things to light.
12 And wisdom from where? will it be found and where? this [is the] place of understanding.
But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?
13 Not he knows humankind valuation its and not it is found in [the] land of the living [ones].
Man knoweth not the price thereof, Nor can it be 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 deep saith, It is not in me; And the sea saith, 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 gotten for gold, Nor shall silver be weighed out as the price thereof.
16 Not it will be paid in [the] gold of Ophir in onyx precious and sapphire.
It cannot be bought with the gold of Ophir, With the precious onyx or the sapphire.
17 Not it will be comparable to it gold and glass and [is] exchange its a vessel of pure gold.
Gold and crystal are not to be compared with it; Nor can it be purchased with jewels of fine gold.
18 Corals and crystal not it is remembered and [the] price of wisdom [is] more than pearls.
No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal; For wisdom is more precious than pearls.
19 Not it will be comparable to it topaz of Cush in gold pure not it will be paid.
The topaz of Ethiopia cannot equal it, Nor can it be purchased with pure gold.
20 And wisdom from where? does it come and where? this [is the] place of understanding.
Whence then cometh wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?
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.
Since it is hidden from the eyes of all living, And kept close from the fowls of the air.
22 Abaddon and death they say with ears our we have heard report its.
Destruction and Death say, We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.
23 God he understands way its and he he knows place its.
God knoweth the way to it; He knoweth its dwelling-place.
24 For he to [the] ends of the earth he looks under all the heavens he sees.
For he seeth to the ends of the earth, And surveyeth all things under the whole heaven.
25 To make for the wind weight and [the] waters he has measured with a measure.
When he gave the winds their weight, And meted out the waters by measure;
26 When made he for the rain a decree and a path for [the] storm of thunder claps.
When he prescribed a law to the rain, And a path to the thunder-flash, —
27 Then he saw it and he recounted it he established it and also he examined it.
Then did he see it, and make it known; 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.
But he said unto man, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, And to depart from evil is understanding.
