Job 28

1Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it.

כִּי יֵשׁ לַכֶּסֶף מֹוצָא וּמָקֹום לַזָּהָב יָזֹקּוּ׃ (1026)

See also: 1 Peter 1:7, Proverbs 17:3, Isaiah 48:10, Malachi 3:2-3, Genesis 2:11-12, Genesis 23:15, Genesis 24:22, 1 Kings 7:48-50, 1 Kings 10:21, 1 Chronicles 29:2-5, Psalms 12:6, Proverbs 27:21, Zechariah 13:9

2Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone.

בַּרְזֶל מֵעָפָר יֻקָּח וְאֶבֶן יָצוּק נְחוּשָׁה׃ (1381)

See also: Deuteronomy 8:9, Genesis 4:22, Numbers 31:22, Exodus 25:3, 1 Chronicles 22:14

3He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.

קֵץ ׀ שָׂם לַחֹשֶׁךְ וּלְכָל־תַּכְלִית הוּא חֹוקֵר אֶבֶן אֹפֶל וְצַלְמָוֶת׃ (2896)

See also: Job 3:5, Ecclesiastes 1:13, Job 10:21-22, Job 12:22, Job 38:16-17, Proverbs 2:4, Habakkuk 2:13, Matthew 6:33, Luke 16:8

4The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.

פָּרַץ נַחַל ׀ מֵעִם־גָּר הַנִּשְׁכָּחִים מִנִּי־רָגֶל דַּלּוּ מֵאֱנֹושׁ נָעוּ׃ (2140)

See also: Nahum 1:4-6, Job 9:5

10He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.

בַּצּוּרֹות יְאֹרִים בִּקֵּעַ וְכָל־יְקָר רָאֲתָה עֵינֹו׃ (2245)

See also: Proverbs 14:23, Proverbs 24:4, Habakkuk 3:9

11He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.

מִבְּכִי נְהָרֹות חִבֵּשׁ וְתַעֲלֻמָהּ יֹצִא אֹור׃ (1902)

See also: Isaiah 45:2-3, 1 Corinthians 4:5, Job 26:8, Isaiah 37:25, Isaiah 44:27, Job 41:5

12But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?

וְהַחָכְמָה מֵאַיִן תִּמָּצֵא וְאֵי זֶה מְקֹום בִּינָה׃ (998)

See also: James 1:5, Job 28:20, Proverbs 2:4-6, Proverbs 23:23, Proverbs 3:19, 1 Corinthians 1:19-20, Colossians 2:3, Job 28:28, Ecclesiastes 7:23-25, James 1:17, 1 Kings 3:9, Psalms 51:6, Ecclesiastes 7:24, James 3:17, Job 36:3, Proverbs 20:15

13Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.

לֹא־יָדַע אֱנֹושׁ עֶרְכָּהּ וְלֹא תִמָּצֵא בְּאֶרֶץ הַחַיִּים׃ (1701)

See also: Psalms 27:13, Proverbs 3:14, Proverbs 16:16, Jeremiah 11:19, Proverbs 8:11, Proverbs 8:18-19, Job 28:15-19, Job 28:21-22, Psalms 19:10, Psalms 52:5, Psalms 119:72, Proverbs 23:23, Ecclesiastes 8:16-17, Isaiah 53:8, Ezekiel 32:23, Ezekiel 32:24, Matthew 13:44-46, Isaiah 38:11

14The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me.

תְּהֹום אָמַר לֹא בִי־הִיא וְיָם אָמַר אֵין עִמָּדִי׃ (1233)

See also: Job 28:22, Romans 11:33-34, Job 41:32

15It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.

לֹא־יֻתַּן סְגֹור תַּחְתֶּיהָ וְלֹא יִשָּׁקֵל כֶּסֶף מְחִירָהּ׃ (2483)

See also: Proverbs 8:11, Proverbs 16:16, Psalms 19:10, Proverbs 3:13-15, Proverbs 8:10-11, Proverbs 8:19, Genesis 23:16, Job 28:13, Job 28:18, Proverbs 8:17

16It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.

לֹא־תְסֻלֶּה בְּכֶתֶם אֹופִיר בְּשֹׁהַם יָקָר וְסַפִּיר׃ (2298)

See also: Genesis 2:12, Job 28:6, Genesis 10:29, 1 Kings 9:28, Psalms 45:9, Isaiah 13:12, Ezekiel 28:13, Revelation 21:19, Exodus 28:9, Exodus 28:18, Exodus 28:20, Exodus 39:6, 1 Chronicles 29:2, 1 Chronicles 29:4

17The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold.

לֹא־יַעַרְכֶנָּה זָהָב וּזְכֹוכִית וּתְמוּרָתָהּ כְּלִי־פָז׃ (2073)

See also: Revelation 22:1, Proverbs 16:16, Ezekiel 1:22, Revelation 4:6, Revelation 21:11

18No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.

רָאמֹות וְגָבִישׁ לֹא יִזָּכֵר וּמֶשֶׁךְ חָכְמָה מִפְּנִינִים׃ (1955)

See also: Matthew 13:45, Proverbs 3:15, Proverbs 31:10, Lamentations 4:7, Ezekiel 27:16, Exodus 28:17, Job 28:15, Proverbs 8:11, Matthew 7:6, 1 Timothy 2:9, Revelation 17:4, Revelation 18:12, Revelation 21:21

19The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.

לֹא־יַעַרְכֶנָּה פִּטְדַת־כּוּשׁ בְּכֶתֶם טָהֹור לֹא תְסֻלֶּה׃ (2413)

See also: Exodus 28:17, Exodus 39:10, Proverbs 8:19, Ezekiel 28:13, Revelation 21:20

20Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?

וְהַחָכְמָה מֵאַיִן תָּבֹוא וְאֵי זֶה מְקֹום בִּינָה׃ (876)

See also: Job 28:12, Job 12:13, Job 28:28, James 1:5, James 1:17, Job 12:22, Job 28:23, Proverbs 2:6, Ecclesiastes 7:23-24, 1 Corinthians 2:6-15, Job 36:3, Job 37:19

21Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.

וְנֶעֶלְמָה מֵעֵינֵי כָל־חָי וּמֵעֹוף הַשָּׁמַיִם נִסְתָּרָה׃ (1761)

See also: Psalms 49:3-4, Matthew 11:25, 1 Corinthians 2:7-10, Colossians 2:3, Job 28:7, Matthew 13:35, Job 28:13, Matthew 13:17

22Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.

אֲבַדֹּון וָמָוֶת אָמְרוּ בְּאָזְנֵינוּ שָׁמַעְנוּ שִׁמְעָהּ׃ (1769)

See also: Job 42:5, Job 26:6, Psalms 83:10-12, Job 28:14

23God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.

אֱלֹהִים הֵבִין דַּרְכָּהּ וְהוּא יָדַע אֶת־מְקֹומָהּ׃ (1076)

See also: Proverbs 8:22-31, 1 Corinthians 1:30, James 3:17, Romans 11:33, Jude 1:25, Job 28:20, Psalms 147:5, Proverbs 2:6, Psalms 19:7, Proverbs 8:14, Matthew 11:27, Luke 10:21-22, Acts 15:18

24For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven;

כִּי־הוּא לִקְצֹות־הָאָרֶץ יַבִּיט תַּחַת כָּל־הַשָּׁמַיִם יִרְאֶה׃ (2464)

See also: Psalms 33:13, Proverbs 15:3, Job 38:18, Zechariah 4:10, 2 Chronicles 16:9, Job 11:9, Job 37:15, Revelation 5:6

25To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.

לַעֲשֹׂות לָרוּחַ מִשְׁקָל וּמַיִם תִּכֵּן בְּמִדָּה׃ (2137)

See also: Isaiah 40:12, Psalms 135:7, Job 38:5, Genesis 7:4, Job 12:15

26When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:

בַּעֲשׂתֹו לַמָּטָר חֹק וְדֶרֶךְ לַחֲזִיז קֹלֹות׃ (1993)

See also: Job 38:25, Job 37:3, Proverbs 8:22, Job 5:10, Zechariah 10:1, Job 36:26, Job 36:32, Job 37:11, Job 38:27, Psalms 29:3-10, Psalms 148:8, Jeremiah 14:22, Amos 4:7

27Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out.

אָז רָאָהּ וַיְסַפְּרָהּ הֱכִינָהּ וְגַם־חֲקָרָהּ׃ (1027)