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| Job 28:1 | Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it. | 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 brass is molten out of the stone. | Iron is taken out of the earth, and stone is changed into brass by the fire. |
| Job 28:3 | He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, 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 breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men. | 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 | As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were 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 it hath dust of gold. | Its stones are the place of sapphires, and it has dust of gold. |
| Job 28:7 | There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen: | No bird has knowledge of it, and the hawk's eye has never seen it. |
| Job 28:8 | The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it. | The great beasts have not gone over it, and the cruel lion has not taken that way. |
| Job 28:9 | He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots. | Man puts out his hand on the hard rock, overturning mountains by the roots. |
| Job 28:10 | He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing. | He makes deep ways, cut through the rock, and his eye sees everything of value. |
| Job 28:11 | He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he 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 shall wisdom 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 the living. | 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 | It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof. | Gold may not be given for it, or a weight of silver in payment for it. |
| Job 28:16 | It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, 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 | The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold. | 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 | No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies. | 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 equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold. | 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 | Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air. | For it is kept secret from the eyes of all living, unseen by the birds of the air. |
| Job 28:22 | Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears. | Destruction and Death say, We have only had word of it with our ears. |
| Job 28:23 | God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof. | God has knowledge of the way to it, and of its resting-place; |
| Job 28:24 | For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven; | For his eyes go to the ends of the earth, and he sees everything under heaven. |
| Job 28:25 | To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure. | When he made a weight for the wind, measuring out the waters; |
| Job 28:26 | When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder: | When he made a law for the rain, and a way for the thunder-flames; |
| Job 28:27 | Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out. | Then he saw it, and put it on record; he gave it its fixed form, searching it out completely. |
| Job 28:28 | And unto man he said, 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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