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[1] “Surely there is a mine for silver,
and a place for gold which they refine.
[2] Iron is taken out of the earth,
and copper is smelted out of the ore.
[3] Man sets an end to darkness,
and searches out, to the furthest bound,
the stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.
[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.
[5] As for the earth, out of it comes bread.
Underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.
[6] Sapphires come from its rocks.
It has dust of gold.
[7] That path no bird of prey knows,
neither has the falcon’s eye seen it.
[8] The proud animals have not trodden it,
nor has the fierce lion passed by there.
[9] He puts his hand on the flinty rock,
and he overturns the mountains by the roots.
[10] He cuts out channels among the rocks.
His eye sees every precious thing.
[11] He binds the streams that they don’t trickle.
The thing that is hidden he brings out to light. [12] “But where will wisdom be found?
Where is the place of understanding?
[13] Man doesn’t know its price,
and it isn’t found in the land of the living.
[14] The deep says, ‘It isn’t in me.’
The sea says, ‘It isn’t with me.’
[15] It can’t be gotten for gold,
neither will silver be weighed for its price.
[16] It can’t be valued with the gold of Ophir,
with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.§
[17] Gold and glass can’t equal it,
neither will it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.
[18] No mention will be made of coral or of crystal.
Yes, the price of wisdom is above rubies.
[19] The topaz of Ethiopia will not equal it.
It won’t be valued with pure gold.
[20] Where then does wisdom come from?
Where is the place of understanding?
[21] Seeing it is hidden from the eyes of all living,
and kept close from the birds of the sky.
[22] Destruction and Death say,
‘We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.’ [23] “God understands its way,
and he knows its place.
[24] For he looks to the ends of the earth,
and sees under the whole sky.
[25] He establishes the force of the wind.
Yes, he measures out the waters by measure.
[26] When he made a decree for the rain,
and a way for the lightning of the thunder,
[27] then he saw it, and declared it.
He established it, yes, and searched it out.
[28] To man he said,
‘Behold, the fear of the Lord,§ that is wisdom.
To depart from evil is understanding.’ ”
and a place for gold which they refine.
[2] Iron is taken out of the earth,
and copper is smelted out of the ore.
[3] Man sets an end to darkness,
and searches out, to the furthest bound,
the stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.
[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.
[5] As for the earth, out of it comes bread.
Underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.
[6] Sapphires come from its rocks.
It has dust of gold.
[7] That path no bird of prey knows,
neither has the falcon’s eye seen it.
[8] The proud animals have not trodden it,
nor has the fierce lion passed by there.
[9] He puts his hand on the flinty rock,
and he overturns the mountains by the roots.
[10] He cuts out channels among the rocks.
His eye sees every precious thing.
[11] He binds the streams that they don’t trickle.
The thing that is hidden he brings out to light. [12] “But where will wisdom be found?
Where is the place of understanding?
[13] Man doesn’t know its price,
and it isn’t found in the land of the living.
[14] The deep says, ‘It isn’t in me.’
The sea says, ‘It isn’t with me.’
[15] It can’t be gotten for gold,
neither will silver be weighed for its price.
[16] It can’t be valued with the gold of Ophir,
with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.§
[17] Gold and glass can’t equal it,
neither will it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.
[18] No mention will be made of coral or of crystal.
Yes, the price of wisdom is above rubies.
[19] The topaz of Ethiopia will not equal it.
It won’t be valued with pure gold.
[20] Where then does wisdom come from?
Where is the place of understanding?
[21] Seeing it is hidden from the eyes of all living,
and kept close from the birds of the sky.
[22] Destruction and Death say,
‘We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.’ [23] “God understands its way,
and he knows its place.
[24] For he looks to the ends of the earth,
and sees under the whole sky.
[25] He establishes the force of the wind.
Yes, he measures out the waters by measure.
[26] When he made a decree for the rain,
and a way for the lightning of the thunder,
[27] then he saw it, and declared it.
He established it, yes, and searched it out.
[28] To man he said,
‘Behold, the fear of the Lord,§ that is wisdom.
To depart from evil is understanding.’ ”
Footnotes
- § 28:16 or, lapis lazuli
- § 28:28 The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.”
King James Version
[1] Surely H3426 there is a vein H4161§ for the silver, H3701
And a place H4725 for gold H2091 where they fine H2212 (QalImpf) it.
[2] Iron H1270 is taken H3947 (HophImpf) out of the earth, H6083§
And brass H5154 is molten H6694 (QalImpf) out of the stone. H68
[3] He setteth H7760 (QalPerf) an end H7093 to darkness, H2822
And searcheth out H2713 (QalActPtc) all perfection: H8503
The stones H68 of darkness, H652 and the shadow of death. H6757
[4] The flood H5158 breaketh out H6555 (QalPerf) from the inhabitant; H1481 (QalActPtc)
Even the waters forgotten H7911 (NiphPtc) of the foot: H7272
They are dried up, H1809 (QalPerf) they are gone away H5128 (QalPerf) from men. H582
[5] As for the earth, H776 out of it cometh H3318 (QalImpf) bread: H3899
And under it is turned up H2015 (NiphPerf) as it were fire. H784
[6] The stones H68 of it are the place H4725 of sapphires: H5601
And it hath dust H6083 of gold. H2091§
[7] There is a path H5410 which no fowl H5861 knoweth, H3045 (QalPerf)
And which the vulture’s H344 eye H5869 hath not seen: H7805 (QalPerf)
[8] The lion’s H7830 whelps H1121 have not trodden H1869 (HiphPerf) it,
Nor the fierce lion H7826 passed H5710 (QalPerf) by it.
[9] He putteth forth H7971 (QalPerf) his hand H3027 upon the rock; H2496§
He overturneth H2015 (QalPerf) the mountains H2022 by the roots. H8328
[10] He cutteth out H1234 (PielPerf) rivers H2975 among the rocks; H6697
And his eye H5869 seeth H7200 (QalPerf) every precious thing. H3366
[11] He bindeth H2280 (PielPerf) the floods H5104 from overflowing; H1065§
And the thing that is hid H8587 bringeth he forth H3318 (HiphImpf) to light. H216
[12] But where H370 shall wisdom H2451 be found? H4672 (NiphImpf)
And where is the place H4725 of understanding? H998
[13] Man H582 knoweth H3045 (QalPerf) not the price H6187 thereof;
Neither is it found H4672 (NiphImpf) in the land H776 of the living. H2416
[14] The depth H8415 saith, H559 (QalPerf) It is not in me:
And the sea H3220 saith, H559 (QalPerf) It is not with me.
[15] It cannot be gotten H5414 (HophImpf) for gold, H5458§
Neither shall silver H3701 be weighed H8254 (NiphImpf) for the price H4242 thereof.
[16] It cannot be valued H5541 (PualImpf) with the gold H3800 of Ophir, H211
With the precious H3368 onyx, H7718 or the sapphire. H5601
[17] The gold H2091 and the crystal H2137 cannot equal H6186 (QalImpf) it:
And the exchange H8545 of it shall not be for jewels H3627 of fine gold. H6337§
[18] No mention H2142 (NiphImpf) shall be made of coral, H7215§ or of pearls: H1378
For the price H4901 of wisdom H2451 is above rubies. H6443
[19] The topaz H6357 of Ethiopia H3568 shall not equal H6186 (QalImpf) it,
Neither shall it be valued H5541 (PualImpf) with pure H2889 gold. H3800
[20] Whence H370 then cometh H935 (QalImpf) wisdom? H2451
And where is the place H4725 of understanding? H998
[21] Seeing it is hid H5956 (NiphPerf) from the eyes H5869 of all living, H2416
And kept close H5641 (NiphPerf) from the fowls H5775 of the air. H8064§
[22] Destruction H11 and death H4194 say, H559 (QalPerf)
We have heard H8085 (QalPerf) the fame H8088 thereof with our ears. H241
[23] God H430 understandeth H995 (HiphPerf) the way H1870 thereof,
And he knoweth H3045 (QalPerf) the place H4725 thereof.
[24] For he looketh H5027 (HiphImpf) to the ends H7098 of the earth, H776
And seeth H7200 (QalImpf) under the whole heaven; H8064
[25] To make H6213 (QalInf) the weight H4948 for the winds; H7307
And he weigheth H8505 (PielPerf) the waters H4325 by measure. H4060
[26] When he made H6213 (QalInf) a decree H2706 for the rain, H4306
And a way H1870 for the lightning H2385 of the thunder: H6963
[27] Then did he see H7200 (QalPerf) it, and declare H5608 (PielImpf) it;§
He prepared H3559 (HiphPerf) it, yea, and searched it out. H2713 (QalPerf)
[28] And unto man H120 he said, H559 (QalImpf)
Behold, the fear H3374 of the Lord, H136 that is wisdom; H2451
And to depart H5493 (QalInf) from evil H7451 is understanding. H998
And a place H4725 for gold H2091 where they fine H2212 (QalImpf) it.
[2] Iron H1270 is taken H3947 (HophImpf) out of the earth, H6083§
And brass H5154 is molten H6694 (QalImpf) out of the stone. H68
[3] He setteth H7760 (QalPerf) an end H7093 to darkness, H2822
And searcheth out H2713 (QalActPtc) all perfection: H8503
The stones H68 of darkness, H652 and the shadow of death. H6757
[4] The flood H5158 breaketh out H6555 (QalPerf) from the inhabitant; H1481 (QalActPtc)
Even the waters forgotten H7911 (NiphPtc) of the foot: H7272
They are dried up, H1809 (QalPerf) they are gone away H5128 (QalPerf) from men. H582
[5] As for the earth, H776 out of it cometh H3318 (QalImpf) bread: H3899
And under it is turned up H2015 (NiphPerf) as it were fire. H784
[6] The stones H68 of it are the place H4725 of sapphires: H5601
And it hath dust H6083 of gold. H2091§
[7] There is a path H5410 which no fowl H5861 knoweth, H3045 (QalPerf)
And which the vulture’s H344 eye H5869 hath not seen: H7805 (QalPerf)
[8] The lion’s H7830 whelps H1121 have not trodden H1869 (HiphPerf) it,
Nor the fierce lion H7826 passed H5710 (QalPerf) by it.
[9] He putteth forth H7971 (QalPerf) his hand H3027 upon the rock; H2496§
He overturneth H2015 (QalPerf) the mountains H2022 by the roots. H8328
[10] He cutteth out H1234 (PielPerf) rivers H2975 among the rocks; H6697
And his eye H5869 seeth H7200 (QalPerf) every precious thing. H3366
[11] He bindeth H2280 (PielPerf) the floods H5104 from overflowing; H1065§
And the thing that is hid H8587 bringeth he forth H3318 (HiphImpf) to light. H216
[12] But where H370 shall wisdom H2451 be found? H4672 (NiphImpf)
And where is the place H4725 of understanding? H998
[13] Man H582 knoweth H3045 (QalPerf) not the price H6187 thereof;
Neither is it found H4672 (NiphImpf) in the land H776 of the living. H2416
[14] The depth H8415 saith, H559 (QalPerf) It is not in me:
And the sea H3220 saith, H559 (QalPerf) It is not with me.
[15] It cannot be gotten H5414 (HophImpf) for gold, H5458§
Neither shall silver H3701 be weighed H8254 (NiphImpf) for the price H4242 thereof.
[16] It cannot be valued H5541 (PualImpf) with the gold H3800 of Ophir, H211
With the precious H3368 onyx, H7718 or the sapphire. H5601
[17] The gold H2091 and the crystal H2137 cannot equal H6186 (QalImpf) it:
And the exchange H8545 of it shall not be for jewels H3627 of fine gold. H6337§
[18] No mention H2142 (NiphImpf) shall be made of coral, H7215§ or of pearls: H1378
For the price H4901 of wisdom H2451 is above rubies. H6443
[19] The topaz H6357 of Ethiopia H3568 shall not equal H6186 (QalImpf) it,
Neither shall it be valued H5541 (PualImpf) with pure H2889 gold. H3800
[20] Whence H370 then cometh H935 (QalImpf) wisdom? H2451
And where is the place H4725 of understanding? H998
[21] Seeing it is hid H5956 (NiphPerf) from the eyes H5869 of all living, H2416
And kept close H5641 (NiphPerf) from the fowls H5775 of the air. H8064§
[22] Destruction H11 and death H4194 say, H559 (QalPerf)
We have heard H8085 (QalPerf) the fame H8088 thereof with our ears. H241
[23] God H430 understandeth H995 (HiphPerf) the way H1870 thereof,
And he knoweth H3045 (QalPerf) the place H4725 thereof.
[24] For he looketh H5027 (HiphImpf) to the ends H7098 of the earth, H776
And seeth H7200 (QalImpf) under the whole heaven; H8064
[25] To make H6213 (QalInf) the weight H4948 for the winds; H7307
And he weigheth H8505 (PielPerf) the waters H4325 by measure. H4060
[26] When he made H6213 (QalInf) a decree H2706 for the rain, H4306
And a way H1870 for the lightning H2385 of the thunder: H6963
[27] Then did he see H7200 (QalPerf) it, and declare H5608 (PielImpf) it;§
He prepared H3559 (HiphPerf) it, yea, and searched it out. H2713 (QalPerf)
[28] And unto man H120 he said, H559 (QalImpf)
Behold, the fear H3374 of the Lord, H136 that is wisdom; H2451
And to depart H5493 (QalInf) from evil H7451 is understanding. H998
Footnotes
- § 28:1 Or, a mine
- § 28:2 Or, dust
- § 28:6 Or, gold ore
- § 28:9 Or, flint
- § 28:11 Heb. from weeping
- § 28:15 Heb. fine gold shall not be given for it
- § 28:17 Or, vessel of fine gold
- § 28:18 Or, Ramoth
- § 28:21 Or, heaven
- § 28:27 Or, did number it
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