Job 28 (DRA)

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v1

Silver hath beginnings of its veins, and gold hath a place wherein it is melted.

v2

Iron is taken out of the earth, and stone melted with heat is turned into brass.

v3

He hath set a time for darkness, and the end of all things he considereth, the stone also that is in the dark and the shadow of death.

v4

The flood divideth from the people that are on their journey, those whom the food of the needy man hath forgotten, and who cannot be come at.

v5

The land, out of which bread grew in its place, hath been overturned with fire.

v6

The stones of it are the place of sapphires, and the clods of it are gold.

v7

The bird hath not known the path, neither hath the eye of the vulture beheld it.

v8

The children of the merchants have not trodden it, neither hath the lioness passed by it.

v9

He hath stretched forth his hand to the flint, he hath overturned mountains from the roots.

v10

In the rocks he hath cut out rivers, and his eye hath seen every precious thing.

v11

The depths also of rivers he hath searched, and hidden things he hath brought forth to light.

v12

But where is wisdom to be found, and where is the place of understanding?

v13

Man knoweth not the price thereof, neither is it found in the land of them that live in delights.

v14

The depth saith: It is not in me: and the sea saith: It is not with me.

v15

The finest gold shall not purchase it, neither shall silver be weighed in exchange for it.

v16

It shall not be compared with the dyed colours of India, or with the most precious stone sardonyx, or the sapphire.

v17

Gold or crystal cannot equal it, neither shall any vessels of gold be changed for it.

v18

High and eminent things shall not be mentioned in comparison of it: but wisdom is drawn out of secret places.

v19

The topaz of Ethiopia shall not be equal to it, neither shall it be compared to the cleanest dyeing.

v20

Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?

v21

It is hid from the eyes of all living. and the fowls of the air know it not.

v22

Destruction and death have said: With our ears we have heard the fame thereof.

v23

God understandeth the way of it, and he knoweth the place thereof.

v24

For he beholdeth the ends of the world: and looketh on all things that are under heaven.

v25

Who made a weight for the winds and weighed the waters by measure.

v26

When he gave a law for the rain, and a way for the sounding storms.

v27

Then he saw it, and declared, and prepared, and searched it.

v28

And he said to man: Behold the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom: and to depart from evil, is understanding.

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