Job 28
1 Truly there is a vein for silver, And a place for gold, which men refine.
for there to/for silver: money exit and place to/for gold to refine
2 Iron is obtained from earth, And stone is melted into copper.
iron from dust to take: take and stone to pour bronze
3 Man putteth an end to darkness; He searcheth to the lowest depths For the stone of 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 From the place where they dwell they open a shaft; Forgotten by the feet, They hang down, they swing away from men.
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 bread, Is torn up underneath, as it were by 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 sapphires, And she hath clods of gold for man.
place sapphire stone her and dust gold to/for him
7 The path thereto no bird knoweth, And the vulture's eye hath not seen it;
path not to know him bird of prey and not to see him eye falcon
8 The fierce wild beast hath not trodden it; The lion hath not passed over it.
not to tread him son: type of pride not to advance upon him lion
9 Man layeth his hand upon the rock; He upturneth mountains from their roots;
in/on/with flint to send: reach hand: power his to overturn from root mountain: mount
10 He cleaveth out streams in the rocks, And his eye seeth every precious thing;
in/on/with rock stream to break up/open and all preciousness to see: see eye his
11 He bindeth up the streams, that they trickle not, And bringeth hidden things to light.
from weeping river to saddle/tie and secret her to come out: send light
12 But where shall wisdom 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, Nor can it 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, 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 It cannot be gotten for gold, Nor shall silver be weighed out as the price thereof.
not to give: give enclosure underneath: instead her and not to weigh silver: money price her
16 It cannot be bought 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 Gold and crystal are not to be compared with it; Nor can it be purchased with jewels of fine gold.
not to arrange her gold and glass and exchange her article/utensil pure gold
18 No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal; For wisdom is more precious than pearls.
coral and crystal not to remember and bag/price wisdom from jewel
19 The topaz of Ethiopia cannot equal it, Nor can it be purchased with pure gold.
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 Since it is hidden from the eyes of all living, And kept close from the fowls of the air.
and to conceal from eye all alive and from bird [the] heaven to hide
22 Destruction and Death say, We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.
Abaddon and death to say in/on/with ear our to hear: hear report her
23 God knoweth the way to it; He knoweth its dwelling-place.
God to understand way: direction her and he/she/it to know [obj] place her
24 For he seeth to the ends of the earth, And surveyeth all things under the whole heaven.
for he/she/it to/for end [the] land: country/planet to look underneath: under all [the] heaven to see: see
25 When he gave the winds their weight, And meted out 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 prescribed a law to the rain, And a path to the thunder-flash, —
in/on/with to make he to/for rain statute: decree and way: journey to/for lightning voice: thunder
27 Then did he see it, and make it known; He established it, and searched it out.
then to see: see her and to recount her to establish: establish her and also to search her
28 But he said unto 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
