Job 28
1 Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold [where] they fine [it].
| כִּי יֵשׁ לַכֶּסֶף מוֹצָא וּמָקוֹם לַזָּהָב יָזֹֽקּוּ׃ |
2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass [is] melted [out of] the stone.
| בַּרְזֶל מֵעָפָר יֻקָּח וְאֶבֶן יָצוּק נְחוּשָֽׁה׃ |
3 He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shades of death.
| קֵץ ׀ שָׂם לַחֹשֶׁךְ וּֽלְכָל־תַּכְלִית הוּא חוֹקֵר אֶבֶן אֹפֶל וְצַלְמָֽוֶת׃ |
4 The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant: [even the waters] forgotten by the foot: they are dried up, they have gone away from men.
| פָּרַץ נַחַל ׀ מֵֽעִם־גָּר הַֽנִּשְׁכָּחִים מִנִּי־רָגֶל דַּלּוּ מֵאֱנוֹשׁ נָֽעוּ׃ |
5 [As for] the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.
| אֶרֶץ מִמֶּנָּה יֵֽצֵא־לָחֶם וְתַחְתֶּיהָ נֶהְפַּךְ כְּמוֹ־אֵֽשׁ׃ |
6 The stones of it [are] the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold.
| מְקוֹם־סַפִּיר אֲבָנֶיהָ וְעַפְרֹת זָהָב לֽוֹ׃ |
7 [There is] a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vultur's eye hath not seen:
| נָתִיב לֹֽא־יְדָעוֹ עָיִט וְלֹא שְׁזָפַתּוּ עֵין אַיָּֽה׃ |
8 The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.
| לֹֽא־הִדְרִיכֻהוּ בְנֵי־שָׁחַץ לֹֽא־עָדָה עָלָיו שָֽׁחַל׃ |
9 He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.
| בַּֽחַלָּמִישׁ שָׁלַח יָדוֹ הָפַךְ מִשֹּׁרֶשׁ הָרִֽים׃ |
10 He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.
| בַּצּוּרוֹת יְאֹרִים בִּקֵּעַ וְכָל־יְקָר רָאֲתָה עֵינֽוֹ׃ |
11 He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and [the thing that is] hid he bringeth forth to light.
| מִבְּכִי נְהָרוֹת חִבֵּשׁ וְתַעֲלֻמָהּ יֹצִא אֽוֹר׃ |
12 But where shall wisdom be found? and where [is] the place of understanding?
| וְֽהַחָכְמָה מֵאַיִן תִּמָּצֵא וְאֵי זֶה מְקוֹם בִּינָֽה׃ |
13 Man knoweth not the price of it; neither is it found in the land of the living.
| לֹא־יָדַע אֱנוֹשׁ עֶרְכָּהּ וְלֹא תִמָּצֵא בְּאֶרֶץ הֽ͏ַחַיִּֽים׃ |
14 The depth saith, It [is] not in me: and the sea saith, [It is] not with me.
| תְּהוֹם אָמַר לֹא בִי־הִיא וְיָם אָמַר אֵין עִמָּדִֽי׃ |
15 It cannot be obtained for gold, neither shall silver be weighed [for] the price of it.
| לֹא־יֻתַּן סְגוֹר תַּחְתֶּיהָ וְלֹא יִשָּׁקֵל כֶּסֶף מְחִירָֽהּ׃ |
16 It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
| לֹֽא־תְסֻלֶּה בְּכֶתֶם אוֹפִיר בְּשֹׁהַם יָקָר וְסַפִּֽיר׃ |
17 The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it [shall not be for] jewels of fine gold.
| לֹא־יַעַרְכֶנָּה זָהָב וּזְכוֹכִית וּתְמוּרָתָהּ כְּלִי־פָֽז׃ |
18 No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom [is] above rubies.
| רָאמוֹת וְגָבִישׁ לֹא יִזָּכֵר וּמֶשֶׁךְ חָכְמָה מִפְּנִינִֽים׃ |
19 The topaz of Cush shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
| לֹֽא־יַעַרְכֶנָּה פִּטְדַת־כּוּשׁ בְּכֶתֶם טָהוֹר לֹא תְסֻלֶּֽה׃ |
20 Whence then cometh wisdom? and where [is] the place of understanding?
| וְֽהַחָכְמָה מֵאַיִן תָּבוֹא וְאֵי זֶה מְקוֹם בִּינָֽה׃ |
21 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.
| וְֽנֶעֶלְמָה מֵעֵינֵי כָל־חָי וּמֵעוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם נִסְתָּֽרָה׃ |
22 Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame of it with our ears.
| אֲבַדּוֹן וָמָוֶת אָמְרוּ בְּאָזְנֵינוּ שָׁמַעְנוּ שִׁמְעָֽהּ׃ |
23 God understandeth the way of it, and he knoweth its place.
| אֱלֹהִים הֵבִין דַּרְכָּהּ וְהוּא יָדַע אֶת־מְקוֹמָֽהּ׃ |
24 For he looketh to the ends of the earth, [and] seeth under the whole heaven;
| כִּי־הוּא לִקְצוֹת־הָאָרֶץ יַבִּיט תַּחַת כָּל־הַשָּׁמַיִם יִרְאֶֽה׃ |
25 To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.
| לַעֲשׂוֹת לָרוּחַ מִשְׁקָל וּמַיִם תִּכֵּן בְּמִדָּֽה׃ |
26 When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:
| בַּעֲשֹׂתוֹ לַמָּטָר חֹק וְדֶרֶךְ לַחֲזִיז קֹלֽוֹת׃ |
27 Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out.
| אָז רָאָהּ וַֽיְסַפְּרָהּ הֱכִינָהּ וְגַם־חֲקָרָֽהּ׃ |
28 And to man he said, Behold, the fear of the LORD, that [is] wisdom; and to depart from evil [is] understanding.
| וַיֹּאמֶר ׀ לָֽאָדָם הֵן יִרְאַת אֲדֹנָי הִיא חָכְמָה וְסוּר מֵרָע בִּינָֽה׃ |
