Revised Version 1895

Job 28:12-23

12Butwhereוְאֵ֥יve.'EiH335shallwisdomוְֽ֭הַחָכְמָהVe.ha.cha.khe.mahH2451befoundתִּמָּצֵ֑אti.ma.Tze'H4672? andwhereH335is theplaceמְק֣וֹםme.KomH4725ofunderstandingבִּינָֽה׃bi.NahH998?

13Manאֱנ֣וֹשׁ'e.No.oshH582knowethnotלֹא־lo'-H3808the price thereof;neitherוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808is itfoundתִ֝מָּצֵ֗אti.ma.Tze'H4672in thelandבְּאֶ֣רֶץbe.'E.retzH776of thelivingהַֽחַיִּֽים׃Ha.chai.YimH2416.

14Thedeepתְּה֣וֹםte.HomH8415saith, It isnotH3808inmeH5978: and theseaוְיָ֥םve.YamH3220saith, It isnotH3808withmeH5978.

15Itcannotלֹא־lo'-H3808be gotten forgoldסְג֣וֹרse.GorH5458,neitherוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808shallsilverכֶּ֣סֶףKe.sefH3701beweighedיִ֝שָּׁקֵ֗לyi.sha.KelH8254for thepriceH3701thereof.

16Itcannotלֹֽא־lo'-H3808be valued with thegoldבְּכֶ֣תֶםbe.Khe.temH3800ofOphirאוֹפִ֑יר'o.FirH211, with thepreciousיָקָ֣רya.KarH3368onyxבְּשֹׁ֖הַםbe.Sho.hamH7718, or thesapphireוְסַפִּֽיר׃ve.sa.PirH5601.

17Goldזָ֭הָבza.hoH2091andglassוּזְכוֹכִ֑יתu.ze.kho.KhitH2137cannotH3808equal it:neitherH3808shall theexchangeוּתְמ֖וּרָתָ֣הּu.te.Mu.ra.TahH8545thereof bejewelsכְּלִי־ke.li-H3627offineפָֽז׃FazH6337goldH2091.

18Noלֹ֣אlo'H3808mentionיִזָּכֵ֑רyi.za.KherH2142shall be made ofcoralרָאמ֣וֹתra.MotH7215or ofcrystalוְ֭גָבִישׁVe.ga.vishH1378: yea, the price ofwisdomחָ֝כְמָ֗הchokh.mahH2451is above rubies.

19Thetopazפִּטְדַת־pit.dat-H6357ofEthiopiaכּ֑וּשׁKushH3568shallnotלֹֽא־lo'-H3808equal it,neitherלֹ֣אlo'H3808shall it be valued withpureטָ֝ה֗וֹרta.HorH2889goldבְּכֶ֥תֶםbe.Khe.temH3800.

20Whence then comethwisdomוְֽ֭הַחָכְמָהVe.ha.cha.khe.mahH2451? andwhereוְאֵ֥יve.'EiH335is theplaceמְק֣וֹםme.KomH4725ofunderstandingבִּינָֽה׃bi.NahH998?

21Seeing it ishidנִסְתָּֽרָה׃nis.Ta.rahH5641from theeyesמֵעֵינֵ֣יme.'ei.NeiH5869ofallכָל־khol-H3605livingחָ֑יChaiH2416, and keptcloseוְֽ֭נֶעֶלְמָהVe.ne.'el.mahH5956from the fowls of the air.

22Destructionאֲבַדּ֣וֹן'a.va.DonH11andDeathוָ֭מָוֶתVa.ma.vetH4194sayאָ֣מְר֑וּ'a.me.RuH559,WeH8085haveheardH8085a rumour thereof with ourearsבְּ֝אָזְנֵ֗ינוּbe.'a.ze.Nei.nuH241.

23Godאֱ֭לֹהִים'E.lo.HimH430understandeth thewayדַּרְכָּ֑הּdar.KahH1870thereof, and he knoweth theplaceמְקוֹמָֽהּ׃me.ko.MahH4725thereof.

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