Job 28
1 for there to/for silver: money exit and place to/for gold to refine
For truly there is a source for the silver, and a place for the gold which men refine.
2 iron from dust to take: take and stone to pour bronze
Iron is taken out of the dust, and the stone is melted into copper.
3 end to set: put to/for darkness and to/for all limit he/she/it to search stone darkness and shadow
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.
4 to break through torrent: river from from with to sojourn [the] to forget from foot to languish from human to shake
He breaketh a channel far from the inhabited place; those of unsteady foot, the poorest of men move [there about].
5 land: soil from her to come out: produce food: bread and underneath: under her to overturn like fire
The earth, out of which cometh forth bread, is under its surface turned up as it were with fire.
6 place sapphire stone her and dust gold to/for him
Her stones are the place whence the sapphire cometh; and golden dust is also there;
7 path not to know him bird of prey and not to see him eye falcon
[On the] path which no bird of prey knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not surveyed;
8 not to tread him son: type of pride not to advance upon him lion
[Which] ravenous beasts have never trodden, over which the lion hath never passed.
9 in/on/with flint to send: reach hand: power his to overturn from root mountain: mount
To the flinty rock he stretcheth forth his hand; he overturneth the mountains from the root.
10 in/on/with rock stream to break up/open and all preciousness to see: see eye his
Amid rocks he heweth out canals: and every precious thing doth his eye behold.
11 from weeping river to saddle/tie and secret her to come out: send light
The various droppings of water he uniteth into streams, and what is hidden he bringeth forth to light.
12 and [the] wisdom from where? to find and where? this place understanding
But wisdom—where shall she he found? and where is the place of understanding?
13 not to know human valuation her and not to find in/on/with land: country/planet [the] alive
Man knoweth not her value: and she is not to be found in the land of the living.
14 abyss to say not in/on/with me he/she/it and sea to say nothing with me me
The deep saith, Not in me is she: and the sea saith, She is not with me.
15 not to give: give enclosure underneath: instead her and not to weigh silver: money price her
No fine gold can be given in lieu of her, and silver cannot be weighed out as her price.
16 not to weigh in/on/with gold Ophir in/on/with onyx precious and sapphire
She cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
17 not to arrange her gold and glass and exchange her article/utensil pure gold
She cannot be estimated after gold and glass; and not in exchange for her [can] vessels of refined gold [be taken.]
18 coral and crystal not to remember and bag/price wisdom from jewel
Coral and crystal will not be thought of; and the value of wisdom is above pearls.
19 not to arrange her topaz Cush in/on/with gold pure not to weigh
She cannot be estimated after the topaz of Ethiopia, nor can she be valued with pure gold.
20 and [the] wisdom from where? to come (in): come and where? this place understanding
But wisdom—whence cometh she? and where is the place of understanding?
21 and to conceal from eye all alive and from bird [the] heaven to hide
Yea, she is hidden from the eyes of all living, and from the fowls of the heavens is she concealed.
22 Abaddon and death to say in/on/with ear our to hear: hear report her
Perdition and death say, With our ears have we heard a report of her.
23 God to understand way: direction her and he/she/it to know [obj] place her
God [alone] understandeth her way, and he knoweth her place;
24 for he/she/it to/for end [the] land: country/planet to look underneath: under all [the] heaven to see: see
For he looketh to the ends of the earth, [whatever is] under the whole heaven doth he see.
25 to/for to make: offer to/for spirit: breath weight and water to measure in/on/with measure
When he imparted weight unto the wind; and [when] the waters he established by measure;
26 in/on/with to make he to/for rain statute: decree and way: journey to/for lightning voice: thunder
When he made a law for the rain, and a way for the lightning of [his] thunders;
27 then to see: see her and to recount her to establish: establish her and also to search her
Then did he see her, and make her known; he established her, and also searched her out.
28 and to say to/for man look! fear Lord he/she/it wisdom and to turn aside: turn aside from bad: evil understanding
And he said unto man, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to eschew evil is understanding.
