Job 28

1 ♥ 📝 S urely^H3426 there is a mine^H4161 for silver,^H3701 And a place^H4725 for gold^H2091 which they refine.^H2212

2 ♥ 📝 Iron^H1270 is taken^H3947 out of the earth,^H6083 And copper^H5154 is molten^H6694 out of the stone.^H68

3 ♥ 📝 [ Man] setteth^H7760 an end^H7093 to darkness,^H2822 And searcheth out,^H2713 to the furthest bound,^H8503 The stones^H68 of obscurity^H652 and of thick darkness.^H6757

4 ♥ 📝 He breaketh open^H6555 a shaft^H5158 away from where men sojourn;^H1481 They are forgotten^H7911 of the foot;^H7272 They hang^H1809 afar^H5128 from men,^H582 they swing to and fro.

5 ♥ 📝 As for the earth,^H776 out of it cometh^H3318 bread;^H3899 And underneath it is turned up^H2015 as it were by fire.^H784

6 ♥ 📝 The stones^H68 thereof are the place^H4725 of sapphires,^H5601 And it hath dust^H6083 of gold.^H2091

7 ♥ 📝 That path^H5410 no bird^H5861 of prey knoweth,^H3045 Neither hath the falcon's^H344 eye^H5869 seen^H7805 it:

8 ♥ 📝 The proud^H7830 beasts^H1121 have not trodden^H1869 it, Nor hath the fierce lion^H7826 passed^H5710 thereby.

9 ♥ 📝 He putteth forth^H7971 his hand^H3027 upon the flinty rock;^H2496 He overturneth^H2015 the mountains^H2022 by the roots.^H8328

10 ♥ 📝 He cutteth out^H1234 channels^H2975 among the rocks;^H6697 And his eye^H5869 seeth^H7200 every precious thing.^H3366

11 ♥ 📝 He bindeth^H2280 the streams^H5104 that they trickle^H1065 not; And the thing that is hid^H8587 bringeth he forth^H3318 to light.^H216

12 ♥ 📝 But where^H370 shall wisdom^H2451 be found?^H4672 And where is the place^H4725 of understanding?^H998

13 ♥ 📝 Man^H582 knoweth^H3045 not the price^H6187 thereof; Neither is it found^H4672 in the land^H776 of the living.^H2416

14 ♥ 📝 The deep^H8415 saith,^H559 It is not in me; And the sea^H3220 saith,^H559 It is not with me.

15 ♥ 📝 It cannot be gotten^H5414 for gold,^H5458 Neither shall silver^H3701 be weighed^H8254 for the price^H4242 thereof.

16 ♥ 📝 It cannot be valued^H5541 with the gold^H3800 of Ophir,^H211 With the precious^H3368 onyx,^H7718 or the sapphire.^H5601

17 ♥ 📝 Gold^H2091 and glass^H2137 cannot equal^H6186 it, Neither shall it be exchanged^H8545 for jewels^H3627 of fine gold.^H6337

18 ♥ 📝 No mention^H2142 shall be made of coral^H7215 or of crystal:^H1378 Yea, the price^H4901 of wisdom^H2451 is above rubies.^H6443

19 ♥ 📝 The topaz^H6357 of Ethiopia^H3568 shall not equal^H6186 it, Neither shall it be valued^H5541 with pure^H2889 gold.^H3800

20 ♥ 📝 Whence^H370 then cometh^H935 wisdom?^H2451 And where is the place^H4725 of understanding?^H998

21 ♥ 📝 Seeing it is hid^H5956 from the eyes^H5869 of all living,^H2416 And kept close^H5641 from the birds^H5775 of the heavens.^H8064

22 ♥ 📝 Destruction^H11 and Death^H4194 say,^H559 We have heard^H8085 a rumor^H8088 thereof with our ears.^H241

23 ♥ 📝 God^H430 understandeth^H995 the way^H1870 thereof, And he knoweth^H3045 the place^H4725 thereof.

24 ♥ 📝 For he looketh^H5027 to the ends^H7098 of the earth,^H776 And seeth^H7200 under the whole heaven;^H8064

25 ♥ 📝 To make^H6213 a weight^H4948 for the wind:^H7307 Yea, he meteth^H8505 out the waters^H4325 by measure.^H4060

26 ♥ 📝 When he made^H6213 a decree^H2706 for the rain,^H4306 And a way^H1870 for the lightning^H2385 of the thunder;^H6963

27 ♥ 📝 Then did he see^H7200 it, and declare^H5608 it; He established^H3559 it, yea, and searched it out.^H2713

28 ♥ 📝 And unto man^H120 he said,^H559 Behold, the fear^H3374 of the Lord,^H136 that is wisdom;^H2451 And to depart^H5493 from evil^H7451 is understanding.^H998