Job 28

1Surely there is a mine for silverH3701, And a placeH4725 for goldH2091 which they refineH2212.2IronH1270 is takenH3947 out of the earthH6083, And copper is molten out of the stoneH68.3Man setteth an endH7093 to darknessH2822, And searcheth out, to the furthest bound, The stonesH68 of obscurity and of thick darknessH2822.4He breaketh open a shaft away from where men sojourn; They are forgottenH7911 of the footH7272; They hangH1809 afar from men, they swing to and fro.5As for the earthH776, out of it cometh breadH3899; And underneath it is turnedH2015 up as it were by fireH784.6The stonesH68 thereof are the placeH4725 of sapphiresH5601, And it hath dustH6083 of goldH2091.7That pathH5410 no birdH5861 of preyH5861 knoweth, Neither hath the falcon’s eyeH5869 seen it:8The proud beasts have not troddenH1869 it, Nor hath the fierce lionH7826 passed thereby.9He putteth forthH7971 his handH3027 upon the flinty rock; He overturneth the mountainsH2022 by the rootsH8328.10He cutteth out channels among the rocksH6697; And his eyeH5869 seeth every preciousH3366 thing.11He bindeth the streams that they trickle not; And the thing that is hid bringeth he forthH3318 to lightH216.12But whereH335 shall wisdomH2451 be foundH4672? And whereH335 is the placeH4725 of understandingH998?13Man knoweth not the price thereof; Neither is it foundH4672 in the landH776 of the living.14The deepH8415 saith, It is not in me; And the seaH3220 saith, It is not with me.15It cannot be gotten for gold, Neither shall silverH3701 be weighedH8254 for the price thereof.16It cannot be valued with the goldH3800 of OphirH211, With the preciousH3368 onyxH7718, or the sapphireH5601.17GoldH2091 and glass cannot equal it, Neither shall it be exchangedH8545 for jewels of fine goldH2091.18No mention shall be made of coralH7215 or of crystal: Yea, the price of wisdomH2451 is above rubies.19The topazH6357 of Ethiopia shall not equal it, Neither shall it be valued with pureH2889 goldH3800.20Whence then cometh wisdomH2451? And whereH335 is the placeH4725 of understandingH998?21Seeing it is hidH5641 from the eyesH5869 of all living, And kept close from the birdsH5775 of the heavensH8064.22Destruction and DeathH4194 sayH559, We have heardH8085 a rumor thereof with our earsH241.23GodH430 understandeth the wayH1870 thereof, And he knoweth the placeH4725 thereof.24For he looketh to the endsH7098 of the earthH776, And seeth under the whole heavenH8064;25To makeH6213 a weightH4948 for the windH7307: Yea, he meteth out the watersH4325 by measure.26When he madeH6213 a decreeH2706 for the rainH4306, And a wayH1870 for the lightning of the thunderH6963;27ThenH227 did he seeH7200 it, and declare it; He establishedH3559 it, yea, and searchedH2713 it out.28And unto manH120 he saidH559, Behold, the fearH3374 of the LordH136, that is wisdomH2451; And to departH5493 from evilH7451 is understandingH998.