Job 28
1 “Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold which they refine.
for there to/for silver: money exit and place to/for gold to refine
2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and copper is smelted out of the ore.
iron from dust to take: take and stone to pour bronze
3 Man sets an end to darkness, and searches out, to the furthest bound, the stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.
end to set: put to/for darkness and to/for all limit he/she/it to search stone darkness and shadow
4 He breaks open a shaft away from where people live. They are forgotten by the foot. They hang far from men, they swing back and forth.
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 comes bread. Underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.
land: soil from her to come out: produce food: bread and underneath: under her to overturn like fire
6 Sapphires come from its rocks. It has dust of gold.
place sapphire stone her and dust gold to/for him
7 That path no bird of prey knows, neither has the falcon’s eye seen it.
path not to know him bird of prey and not to see him eye falcon
8 The proud animals have not trodden it, nor has the fierce lion passed by there.
not to tread him son: type of pride not to advance upon him lion
9 He puts his hand on the flinty rock, and he overturns the mountains by the roots.
in/on/with flint to send: reach hand: power his to overturn from root mountain: mount
10 He cuts out channels among the rocks. His eye sees every precious thing.
in/on/with rock stream to break up/open and all preciousness to see: see eye his
11 He binds the streams that they don’t trickle. The thing that is hidden he brings out to light.
from weeping river to saddle/tie and secret her to come out: send light
12 “But where will wisdom be found? Where is the place of understanding?
and [the] wisdom from where? to find and where? this place understanding
13 Man doesn’t know its price, and it isn’t 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 says, ‘It isn’t in me.’ The sea says, ‘It isn’t with me.’
abyss to say not in/on/with me he/she/it and sea to say nothing with me me
15 It can’t be gotten for gold, neither will silver be weighed for its price.
not to give: give enclosure underneath: instead her and not to weigh silver: money price her
16 It can’t 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 Gold and glass can’t equal it, neither will it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.
not to arrange her gold and glass and exchange her article/utensil pure gold
18 No mention will be made of coral or of crystal. Yes, the price of wisdom is above rubies.
coral and crystal not to remember and bag/price wisdom from jewel
19 The topaz of Ethiopia will not equal it. It won’t be valued with pure gold.
not to arrange her topaz Ethiopia in/on/with gold pure not to weigh
20 Where then does wisdom come from? Where is the place of understanding?
and [the] wisdom from where? to come (in): come and where? this place understanding
21 Seeing it is hidden from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the birds of the sky.
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 understands its way, and he knows 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, and sees under the whole sky.
for he/she/it to/for end [the] land: country/planet to look underneath: under all [the] heaven to see: see
25 He establishes the force of the wind. Yes, he measures 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 made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning 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 established it, yes, and searched it out.
then to see: see her and to recount her to establish: establish her and also to search her
28 To man he said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. 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
