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| Job 28:1 | Silver hath beginnings of its veins, and gold hath a place wherein it is melted. | Truly there is a mine for silver, and a place where gold is washed out. |
| Job 28:2 | Iron is taken out of the earth, and stone melted with heat is turned into brass. | Iron is taken out of the earth, and stone is changed into brass by the fire. |
| Job 28:3 | He hath set a time for darkness, and the end of all things he considereth, the stone also that is in the dark and the shadow of death. | Man puts an end to the dark, searching out to the farthest limit the stones of the deep places of the dark. |
| Job 28:4 | The flood divideth from the people that are on their journey, those whom the food of the needy man hath forgotten, and who cannot be come at. | He makes a deep mine far away from those living in the light of day; when they go about on the earth, they have no knowledge of those who are under them, who are hanging far from men, twisting from side to side on a cord. |
| Job 28:5 | The land, out of which bread grew in its place, hath been overturned with fire. | As for the earth, bread comes out of it; but under its face it is turned up as if by fire. |
| Job 28:6 | The stones of it are the place of sapphires, and the clods of it are gold. | Its stones are the place of sapphires, and it has dust of gold. |
| Job 28:7 | The bird hath not known the path, neither hath the eye of the vulture beheld it. | No bird has knowledge of it, and the hawk's eye has never seen it. |
| Job 28:8 | The children of the merchants have not trodden it, neither hath the lioness passed by it. | The great beasts have not gone over it, and the cruel lion has not taken that way. |
| Job 28:9 | He hath stretched forth his hand to the flint, he hath overturned mountains from the roots. | Man puts out his hand on the hard rock, overturning mountains by the roots. |
| Job 28:10 | In the rocks he hath cut out rivers, and his eye hath seen every precious thing. | He makes deep ways, cut through the rock, and his eye sees everything of value. |
| Job 28:11 | The depths also of rivers he hath searched, and hidden things he hath brought forth to light. | He keeps back the streams from flowing, and makes the secret things come out into the light. |
| Job 28:12 | But where is wisdom to be found, and where is the place of understanding? | But where may wisdom be seen? and where is the resting-place of knowledge? |
| Job 28:13 | Man knoweth not the price thereof, neither is it found in the land of them that live in delights. | Man has not seen the way to it, and it is not in the land of the living. |
| Job 28:14 | The depth saith: It is not in me: and the sea saith: It is not with me. | The deep waters say, It is not in me: and the sea says, It is not with me. |
| Job 28:15 | The finest gold shall not purchase it, neither shall silver be weighed in exchange for it | Gold may not be given for it, or a weight of silver in payment for it. |
| Job 28:16 | It shall not be compared with the dyed colours of India, or with the most precious stone sardonyx, or the sapphire. | It may not be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the onyx of great price, or the sapphire. |
| Job 28:17 | Gold or crystal cannot equal it, neither shall any vessels of gold be changed for it. | Gold and glass are not equal to it in price, and it may not be exchanged for jewels of the best gold. |
| Job 28:18 | High and eminent things shall not be mentioned in comparison of it: but wisdom is drawn out of secret places. | There is no need to say anything about coral or crystal; and the value of wisdom is greater than that of pearls. |
| Job 28:19 | The topaz of Ethiopia shall not be equal to it, neither shall it be compared to the cleanest dyeing. | The topaz of Ethiopia is not equal to it, and it may not be valued with the best gold. |
| Job 28:20 | Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding? | From where then does wisdom come, and where is the resting-place of knowledge? |
| Job 28:21 | It is hid from the eyes of all living. and the fowls of the air know it not. | For it is kept secret from the eyes of all living, unseen by the birds of the air. |
| Job 28:22 | Destruction and death have said: With our ears we have heard the fame thereof. | Destruction and Death say, We have only had word of it with our ears. |
| Job 28:23 | God understandeth the way of it, and he knoweth the place thereof. | God has knowledge of the way to it, and of its resting-place; |
| Job 28:24 | For he beholdeth the ends of the world: and looketh on all things that are under heaven. | For his eyes go to the ends of the earth, and he sees everything under heaven. |
| Job 28:25 | Who made a weight for the winds and weighed the waters by measure. | When he made a weight for the wind, measuring out the waters; |
| Job 28:26 | When he gave a law for the rain, and a way for the sounding storms. | When he made a law for the rain, and a way for the thunder-flames; |
| Job 28:27 | Then he saw it, and declared, and prepared, and searched it. | Then he saw it, and put it on record; he gave it its fixed form, searching it out completely. |
| Job 28:28 | And he said to man: Behold the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom: and to depart from evil, is understanding. | And he said to man, Truly the fear of the Lord is wisdom, and to keep from evil is the way to knowledge. |
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