Job:28 Parallel Bible - WLD BAS |
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| Job 28:1 | "Surely there is a mine for silver, And a place for gold which they refine. | 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 copper is smelted out of the ore. | Iron is taken out of the earth, and stone is changed into brass by the fire. |
| Job 28:3 | Man sets an end to darkness, And searches out, to the furthest bound, The stones of obscurity and of thick darkness. | 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 | He breaks open a shaft away from where people live. They are forgotten by the foot. They hang far from men, they swing back and forth. | 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 comes bread; Underneath it is turned up as it were by 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 | Sapphires come from its rocks. It has dust of gold. | Its stones are the place of sapphires, and it has dust of gold. |
| Job 28:7 | That path no bird of prey knows, Neither has the falcon's eye seen it. | No bird has knowledge of it, and the hawk's eye has never seen it. |
| Job 28:8 | The proud animals have not trodden it, Nor has the fierce lion passed by there. | The great beasts have not gone over it, and the cruel lion has not taken that way. |
| Job 28:9 | He puts forth his hand on the flinty rock, And he overturns the mountains by the roots. | Man puts out his hand on the hard rock, overturning mountains by the roots. |
| Job 28:10 | He cuts out channels among the rocks. His eye sees every precious thing. | He makes deep ways, cut through the rock, and his eye sees everything of value. |
| Job 28:11 | He binds the streams that they don't trickle; The thing that is hidden he brings 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? Where is the place of understanding? | But where may wisdom be seen? and where is the resting-place of knowledge? |
| Job 28:13 | Man doesn't know its price; 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 deep says, 'It isn't in me.' The sea says, 'It isn't with me.' | The deep waters say, It is not in me: and the sea says, It is not with me. |
| Job 28:15 | It can't be gotten for gold, Neither shall silver be weighed for its price. | Gold may not be given for it, or a weight of silver in payment for it. |
| Job 28:16 | It can't 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 | Gold and glass can't equal it, Neither shall it be exchanged 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 crystal: Yes, 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 comes wisdom? 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 hidden from the eyes of all living, And kept close from the birds of the sky. | 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 a rumor of it with our ears.' | Destruction and Death say, We have only had word of it with our ears. |
| Job 28:23 | "God understands its way, And he knows its place. | God has knowledge of the way to it, and of its resting-place; |
| Job 28:24 | For he looks to the ends of the earth, And sees under the whole sky. | For his eyes go to the ends of the earth, and he sees everything under heaven. |
| Job 28:25 | He establishes the force of the wind; Yes, he measures out 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 established it, yes, 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 | To man he said, 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. 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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