< Job 28 >
1 Surely there is for silver a source, And a place for the gold they refine;
for there to/for silver: money exit and place to/for gold to refine
2 Iron from the dust is taken, And [from] the firm stone brass.
iron from dust to take: take and stone to pour bronze
3 An end hath he set to darkness, And to all perfection he is searching, A stone of darkness and death-shade.
end to set: put to/for darkness and to/for all limit he/she/it to search stone darkness and shadow
4 A stream hath broken out from a sojourner, Those forgotten of the foot, They were low, from man they wandered.
to break through torrent: river from from with to sojourn [the] to forget from foot to languish from human to shake
5 The earth! from it cometh forth bread, And its under-part is turned like fire.
land: soil from her to come out: produce food: bread and underneath: under her to overturn like fire
6 A place of the sapphire [are] its stones, And it hath dust of gold.
place sapphire stone her and dust gold to/for him
7 A path — not known it hath a ravenous fowl, Nor scorched it hath an eye of the kite,
path not to know him bird of prey and not to see him eye falcon
8 Nor trodden it have the sons of pride, Not passed over it hath the fierce lion.
not to tread him son: type of pride not to advance upon him lion
9 Against the flint he sent forth his hand, He overturned from the root mountains.
in/on/with flint to send: reach hand: power his to overturn from root mountain: mount
10 Among rocks, brooks he hath cleaved, And every precious thing hath his eye seen.
in/on/with rock stream to break up/open and all preciousness to see: see eye his
11 From overflowing floods he hath bound, And the hidden thing bringeth out [to] light.
from weeping river to saddle/tie and secret her to come out: send light
12 And the wisdom — whence is it found? And where [is] this, the place of understanding?
and [the] wisdom from where? to find and where? this place understanding
13 Man hath not known its arrangement, Nor is it found in the land of the living.
not to know human valuation her and not to find in/on/with land: country/planet [the] alive
14 The deep hath said, 'It [is] not in me,' And the sea hath said, 'It is not with me.'
abyss to say not in/on/with me he/she/it and sea to say nothing with me me
15 Gold is not given for it, Nor is silver weighed — its price.
not to give: give enclosure underneath: instead her and not to weigh silver: money price her
16 It is not valued with pure gold of Ophir, With precious onyx and sapphire,
not to weigh in/on/with gold Ophir in/on/with onyx precious and sapphire
17 Not equal it do gold and crystal, Nor [is] its exchange a vessel of fine gold.
not to arrange her gold and glass and exchange her article/utensil pure gold
18 Corals and pearl are not remembered, The acquisition of wisdom [is] above rubies.
coral and crystal not to remember and bag/price wisdom from jewel
19 Not equal it doth the topaz of Cush, With pure gold it is not valued.
not to arrange her topaz Cush in/on/with gold pure not to weigh
20 And the wisdom — whence doth it come? And where [is] this, the place of understanding?
and [the] wisdom from where? to come (in): come and where? this place understanding
21 It hath been hid from the eyes of all living. And from the fowl of the heavens It hath been hidden.
and to conceal from eye all alive and from bird [the] heaven to hide
22 Destruction and death have said: 'With our ears we have heard its fame.'
Abaddon and death to say in/on/with ear our to hear: hear report her
23 God hath understood its way, And He hath known its place.
God to understand way: direction her and he/she/it to know [obj] place her
24 For He to the ends of the earth doth look, Under the whole heavens He doth see,
for he/she/it to/for end [the] land: country/planet to look underneath: under all [the] heaven to see: see
25 To make for the wind a weight, And the waters He meted out in measure.
to/for to make: offer to/for spirit: breath weight and water to measure in/on/with measure
26 In His making for the rain a limit, And a way for the brightness of the voices,
in/on/with to make he to/for rain statute: decree and way: journey to/for lightning voice: thunder
27 Then He hath seen and declareth it, He hath prepared it, and also searched it out,
then to see: see her and to recount her to establish: establish her and also to search her
28 And He saith to man: — 'Lo, fear of the Lord, that [is] wisdom, And to turn from evil [is] understanding.'
and to say to/for man look! fear Lord he/she/it wisdom and to turn aside: turn aside from bad: evil understanding