< Job 28 >

1 For there is a place for the silver, whence it comes, and a place for the gold, whence it is refined.
for there to/for silver: money exit and place to/for gold to refine
2 For iron comes out of the earth, and brass is hewn out like stone.
iron from dust to take: take and stone to pour bronze
3 He has set a bound to darkness, and he searches out every limit: a stone [is] darkness, 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 There is a cutting off the torrent by reason of dust: so they that forget the right way are weakened; they are removed from [among] men.
to break through torrent: river from from with to sojourn [the] to forget from foot to languish from human to shake
5 [As for] the earth, out of it shall come bread: under it has been turned up as it were fire.
land: soil from her to come out: produce food: bread and underneath: under her to overturn like fire
6 Her stones are the place of the sapphire: and [her] dust [supplies] man with gold.
place sapphire stone her and dust gold to/for him
7 [There is] a path, the fowl has not known it, neither has the eye of the vulture seen it:
path not to know him bird of prey and not to see him eye falcon
8 neither have the sons of the proud trodden it, a lion has not passed upon it.
not to tread him son: type of pride not to advance upon him lion
9 He has stretched forth his hand on the sharp [rock], and turned up mountains by the roots:
in/on/with flint to send: reach hand: power his to overturn from root mountain: mount
10 and he has interrupted the whirlpools of rivers, and mine eye has seen every precious thing.
in/on/with rock stream to break up/open and all preciousness to see: see eye his
11 And he has laid bare the depths of rivers, and has brought his power to light.
from weeping river to saddle/tie and secret her to come out: send light
12 But whence has wisdom been discovered? and what is the place of knowledge?
and [the] wisdom from where? to find and where? this place understanding
13 A mortal has not known its way, neither indeed has it been discovered among men.
not to know human valuation her and not to find in/on/with land: country/planet [the] alive
14 The depth said, It is not in me: and the sea said, 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 One shall not give fine gold instead of 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 Neither shall it be compared with gold of Sophir, with the precious onyx and sapphire.
not to weigh in/on/with gold Ophir in/on/with onyx precious and sapphire
17 Gold and crystal shall not be equalled to it, neither shall vessels of gold be its exchange.
not to arrange her gold and glass and exchange her article/utensil pure gold
18 Coral and fine pearl shall not be mentioned: but do you esteem wisdom above the most precious things.
coral and crystal not to remember and bag/price wisdom from jewel
19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not be equalled to it; it shall not be compared with pure gold.
not to arrange her topaz Ethiopia in/on/with gold pure not to weigh
20 Whence then is wisdom found? and of what kind is the place of understanding?
and [the] wisdom from where? to come (in): come and where? this place understanding
21 It has escaped the notice of every man, and has been hidden from the birds of the sky.
and to conceal from eye all alive and from bird [the] heaven to hide
22 Destruction and Death said, We have heard the report of it.
Abaddon and death to say in/on/with ear our to hear: hear report her
23 God has well ordered the way of it, and he knows the place of it.
God to understand way: direction her and he/she/it to know [obj] place her
24 For he surveys the whole [earth] under heaven, knowing the things in the earth:
for he/she/it to/for end [the] land: country/planet to look underneath: under all [the] heaven to see: see
25 all that he has made; the weight of the winds, the measures of the water.
to/for to make: offer to/for spirit: breath weight and water to measure in/on/with measure
26 When he made [them], thus he saw and numbered them, and made a way for the pealing of the thunder.
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 it: he prepared it [and] traced it out.
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, godliness is wisdom: and to abstain 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

< Job 28 >