Job 28
1 For truly there is a source for the silver, and a place for the gold which men refine.
for there to/for silver: money exit and place to/for gold to refine
2 Iron is taken out of the dust, and the stone is melted into copper.
iron from dust to take: take and stone to pour bronze
3 An end doth he set to darkness, and the very utmost limit doth he search out, the stones of darkness, and of 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 He breaketh a channel far from the inhabited place; those of unsteady foot, the poorest of men move [there about].
to break through torrent: river from from with to sojourn [the] to forget from foot to languish from human to shake
5 The earth, out of which cometh forth bread, is under its surface turned up as it were with 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 whence the sapphire cometh; and golden dust is also there;
place sapphire stone her and dust gold to/for him
7 [On the] path which no bird of prey knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not surveyed;
path not to know him bird of prey and not to see him eye falcon
8 [Which] ravenous beasts have never trodden, over which the lion hath never passed.
not to tread him son: type of pride not to advance upon him lion
9 To the flinty rock he stretcheth forth his hand; he overturneth the mountains from the root.
in/on/with flint to send: reach hand: power his to overturn from root mountain: mount
10 Amid rocks he heweth out canals: and every precious thing doth his eye behold.
in/on/with rock stream to break up/open and all preciousness to see: see eye his
11 The various droppings of water he uniteth into streams, and what is hidden he bringeth forth to light.
from weeping river to saddle/tie and secret her to come out: send light
12 But wisdom—where shall she he found? and where is the place of understanding?
and [the] wisdom from where? to find and where? this place understanding
13 Man knoweth not her value: and she is not to be found in the land of the living.
not to know human valuation her and not to find in/on/with land: country/planet [the] alive
14 The deep saith, Not in me is she: and the sea saith, She is not with me.
abyss to say not in/on/with me he/she/it and sea to say nothing with me me
15 No fine gold can be given in lieu of her, and silver cannot be weighed out as her price.
not to give: give enclosure underneath: instead her and not to weigh silver: money price her
16 She cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
not to weigh in/on/with gold Ophir in/on/with onyx precious and sapphire
17 She cannot be estimated after gold and glass; and not in exchange for her [can] vessels of refined gold [be taken.]
not to arrange her gold and glass and exchange her article/utensil pure gold
18 Coral and crystal will not be thought of; and the value of wisdom is above pearls.
coral and crystal not to remember and bag/price wisdom from jewel
19 She cannot be estimated after the topaz of Ethiopia, nor can she be valued with pure gold.
not to arrange her topaz Cush in/on/with gold pure not to weigh
20 But wisdom—whence cometh she? and where is the place of understanding?
and [the] wisdom from where? to come (in): come and where? this place understanding
21 Yea, she is hidden from the eyes of all living, and from the fowls of the heavens is she concealed.
and to conceal from eye all alive and from bird [the] heaven to hide
22 Perdition and death say, With our ears have we heard a report of her.
Abaddon and death to say in/on/with ear our to hear: hear report her
23 God [alone] understandeth her way, and he knoweth her place;
God to understand way: direction her and he/she/it to know [obj] place her
24 For he looketh to the ends of the earth, [whatever is] under the whole heaven doth he see.
for he/she/it to/for end [the] land: country/planet to look underneath: under all [the] heaven to see: see
25 When he imparted weight unto the wind; and [when] the waters he established by measure;
to/for to make: offer to/for spirit: breath weight and water to measure in/on/with measure
26 When he made a law for the rain, and a way for the lightning of [his] thunders;
in/on/with to make he to/for rain statute: decree and way: journey to/for lightning voice: thunder
27 Then did he see her, and make her known; he established her, and also searched her out.
then to see: see her and to recount her to establish: establish her and also to search her
28 And he said unto man, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to eschew 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
