Job 28

1 Silver hath beginnings of its veins, and gold hath a place wherein it is melted.

for there to/for silver: money exit and place to/for gold to refine

2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and stone melted with heat is turned into brass.

iron from dust to take: take and stone to pour bronze

3 He hath set a time for darkness, and the end of all things he considereth, the stone also that is in the dark and the shadow of death.

end to set: put to/for darkness and to/for all limit he/she/it to search stone darkness and shadow

4 The flood divideth from the people that are on their journey, those whom the food of the needy man hath forgotten, and who cannot be come at.

to break through torrent: river from from with to sojourn [the] to forget from foot to languish from human to shake

5 The land, out of which bread grew in its place, hath been overturned with fire.

land: soil from her to come out: produce food: bread and underneath: under her to overturn like fire

6 The stones of it are the place of sapphires, and the clods of it are gold.

place sapphire stone her and dust gold to/for him

7 The bird hath not known the path, neither hath the eye of the vulture beheld it.

path not to know him bird of prey and not to see him eye falcon

8 The children of the merchants have not trodden it, neither hath the lioness passed by it.

not to tread him son: type of pride not to advance upon him lion

9 He hath stretched forth his hand to the flint, he hath overturned mountains from the roots.

in/on/with flint to send: reach hand: power his to overturn from root mountain: mount

10 In the rocks he hath cut out rivers, and his eye hath seen every precious thing.

in/on/with rock stream to break up/open and all preciousness to see: see eye his

11 The depths also of rivers he hath searched, and hidden things he hath brought forth to light.

from weeping river to saddle/tie and secret her to come out: send light

12 But where is wisdom to be found, and where is the place of understanding?

and [the] wisdom from where? to find and where? this place understanding

13 Man knoweth not the price thereof, neither is it found in the land of them that live in delights.

not to know human valuation her and not to find in/on/with land: country/planet [the] alive

14 The depth saith: It is not in me: and the sea saith: It is not with me.

abyss to say not in/on/with me he/she/it and sea to say nothing with me me

15 The finest gold shall not purchase it, neither shall silver be weighed in exchange for it.

not to give: give enclosure underneath: instead her and not to weigh silver: money price her

16 It shall not be compared with the dyed colours of India, or with the most precious stone sardonyx, or the sapphire.

not to weigh in/on/with gold Ophir in/on/with onyx precious and sapphire

17 Gold or crystal cannot equal it, neither shall any vessels of gold be changed for it.

not to arrange her gold and glass and exchange her article/utensil pure gold

18 High and eminent things shall not be mentioned in comparison of it: but wisdom is drawn out of secret places.

coral and crystal not to remember and bag/price wisdom from jewel

19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not be equal to it, neither shall it be compared to the cleanest dyeing.

not to arrange her topaz Ethiopia in/on/with gold pure not to weigh

20 Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?

and [the] wisdom from where? to come (in): come and where? this place understanding

21 It is hid from the eyes of all living. and the fowls of the air know it not.

and to conceal from eye all alive and from bird [the] heaven to hide

22 Destruction and death have said: With our ears we have heard the fame thereof.

Abaddon and death to say in/on/with ear our to hear: hear report her

23 God understandeth the way of it, and he knoweth the place thereof.

God to understand way: direction her and he/she/it to know [obj] place her

24 For he beholdeth the ends of the world: and looketh on all things that are under heaven.

for he/she/it to/for end [the] land: country/planet to look underneath: under all [the] heaven to see: see

25 Who made a weight for the winds and weighed the waters by measure.

to/for to make: offer to/for spirit: breath weight and water to measure in/on/with measure

26 When he gave a law for the rain, and a way for the sounding storms.

in/on/with to make he to/for rain statute: decree and way: journey to/for lightning voice: thunder

27 Then he saw it, and declared, and prepared, and searched it.

then to see: see her and to recount her to establish: establish her and also to search her

28 And he said to man: Behold the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom: and to depart from evil, is understanding.

and to say to/for man look! fear Lord he/she/it wisdom and to turn aside: turn aside from bad: evil understanding