Job 28
1 “Surely there is a source for silver, And a place for the gold they refine;
for there to/for silver: money exit and place to/for gold to refine
2 Iron is taken from the dust, And bronze [from] the firm stone.
iron from dust to take: take and stone to pour bronze
3 He has set an end to darkness, And he is searching to all perfection, A stone of darkness and death-shade.
end to set: put to/for darkness and to/for all limit he/she/it to search stone darkness and shadow
4 A stream has broken out from a sojourner, Those forgotten of the foot, They were low, they wandered from man.
to break through torrent: river from from with to sojourn [the] to forget from foot to languish from human to shake
5 The earth! Bread comes forth from it, And its under-part is turned like fire.
land: soil from her to come out: produce food: bread and underneath: under her to overturn like fire
6 A place of the sapphire [are] its stones, And it has dust of gold.
place sapphire stone her and dust gold to/for him
7 A path—a ravenous bird has not known it, Nor has an eye of the falcon scorched it,
path not to know him bird of prey and not to see him eye falcon
8 Nor have the sons of pride trodden it, The fierce lion has not passed over it.
not to tread him son: type of pride not to advance upon him lion
9 He sent forth his hand against the flint, He overturned mountains from the root.
in/on/with flint to send: reach hand: power his to overturn from root mountain: mount
10 Among rocks, he has cleaved brooks, And his eye has seen every precious thing.
in/on/with rock stream to break up/open and all preciousness to see: see eye his
11 He has bound overflowing rivers, And the hidden thing brings out [to] light.
from weeping river to saddle/tie and secret her to come out: send light
12 And the wisdom—from where is it found? And where [is] this, the place of understanding?
and [the] wisdom from where? to find and where? this place understanding
13 Man has not known its arrangement, Nor is it 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 has said, It [is] not in me, And the sea has 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 Gold is not given for it, Nor is silver weighed—its price.
not to give: give enclosure underneath: instead her and not to weigh silver: money price her
16 It is not valued with pure gold of Ophir, With precious onyx and sapphire,
not to weigh in/on/with gold Ophir in/on/with onyx precious and sapphire
17 Gold and crystal do not equal it, Nor [is] its exchange a vessel of fine gold.
not to arrange her gold and glass and exchange her article/utensil pure gold
18 Corals and pearl are not remembered, The acquisition of wisdom [is] above rubies.
coral and crystal not to remember and bag/price wisdom from jewel
19 The topaz of Cush does not equal it, It is not valued with pure gold.
not to arrange her topaz Ethiopia in/on/with gold pure not to weigh
20 And the wisdom—from where does it come? And where [is] this, the place of understanding?
and [the] wisdom from where? to come (in): come and where? this place understanding
21 It has been hid from the eyes of all living. And from the bird of the heavens It has been hidden.
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 its fame.
Abaddon and death to say in/on/with ear our to hear: hear report her
23 God has understood its way, And He has known its place.
God to understand way: direction her and he/she/it to know [obj] place her
24 For He looks to the ends of the earth, He sees under the whole heavens,
for he/she/it to/for end [the] land: country/planet to look underneath: under all [the] heaven to see: see
25 To make a weight for the wind, And He meted out the waters in measure.
to/for to make: offer to/for spirit: breath weight and water to measure in/on/with measure
26 In His making for the rain a limit, And a way for the brightness of the voices,
in/on/with to make he to/for rain statute: decree and way: journey to/for lightning voice: thunder
27 Then He has seen and declares it, He has prepared it, and also searched it out,
then to see: see her and to recount her to establish: establish her and also to search her
28 And He says to man: Behold, fear of the Lord, that [is] wisdom, And to turn 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
