Job 28 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 The siluer surely hath his veyne, and ye gold his place, where they take it. “Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold that they refine. There is a mine for silver and a place where gold is refined.
2 Yron is taken out of the dust, and brasse is molten out of the stone. Iron is taken out of the earth, and copper is smelted from the ore. Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore.
3 God putteth an end to darkenesse, and he tryeth the perfection of all things: he setteth a bond of darkenesse, and of the shadowe of death. Man puts an end to darkness and searches out to the farthest limit the ore in gloom and deep darkness. Mortals put an end to the darkness; they search out the farthest recesses for ore in the blackest darkness.
4 The flood breaketh out against the inhabitant, and the waters forgotten of the foote, being higher then man, are gone away. He opens shafts in a valley away from where anyone lives; they are forgotten by travelers; they hang in the air, far away from mankind; they swing to and fro. Far from human dwellings they cut a shaft, in places untouched by human feet; far from other people they dangle and sway.
5 Out of the same earth commeth bread, & vnder it, as it were fire is turned vp. As for the earth, out of it comes bread, but underneath it is turned up as by fire. The earth, from which food comes, is transformed below as by fire;
6 The stones thereof are a place of saphirs, and the dust of it is golde. Its stones are the place of sapphires, and it has dust of gold. lapis lazuli comes from its rocks, and its dust contains nuggets of gold.
7 There is a path which no foule hath knowen, neyther hath the kites eye seene it. “That path no bird of prey knows, and the falcon’s eye has not seen it. No bird of prey knows that hidden path, no falcon’s eye has seen it.
8 The lyons whelpes haue not walked it, nor the lyon passed thereby. The proud beasts have not trodden it; the lion has not passed over it. Proud beasts do not set foot on it, and no lion prowls there.
9 He putteth his hand vpon the rockes, & ouerthroweth the mountaines by the rootes. “Man puts his hand to the flinty rock and overturns mountains by the roots. People assault the flinty rock with their hands and lay bare the roots of the mountains.
10 He breaketh riuers in the rockes, and his eye seeth euery precious thing. He cuts out channels in the rocks, and his eye sees every precious thing. They tunnel through the rock; their eyes see all its treasures.
11 He bindeth the floods, that they doe not ouerflowe, and the thing that is hid, bringeth he to light. He dams up the streams so that they do not trickle, and the thing that is hidden he brings out to light. They search the sources of the rivers and bring hidden things to light.
12 But where is wisdome found? and where is the place of vnderstanding? “But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding? But where can wisdom be found? Where does understanding dwell?
13 Man knoweth not the price thereof: for it is not found in the land of the liuing. Man does not know its worth, and it is not found in the land of the living. No mortal comprehends its worth; it cannot be found in the land of the living.
14 The depth sayth, It is not in mee: the sea also sayth, It is not with me. The deep says, ‘It is not in me,’ and the sea says, ‘It is not with me.’ The deep says, “It is not in me|; the sea says, “It is not with me.”
15 Golde shall not be giuen for it, neyther shall siluer be weighed for the price thereof. It cannot be bought for gold, and silver cannot be weighed as its price. It cannot be bought with the finest gold, nor can its price be weighed out in silver.
16 It shall not be valued with the wedge of golde of Ophir, nor with the precious onix, nor the saphir. It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire. It cannot be bought with the gold of Ophir, with precious onyx or lapis lazuli.
17 The golde nor the chrystall shall be equall vnto it, nor the exchange shalbe for plate of fine golde. Gold and glass cannot equal it, nor can it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold. Neither gold nor crystal can compare with it, nor can it be had for jewels of gold.
18 No mention shall be made of coral, nor of the gabish: for wisedome is more precious then pearles. No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal; the price of wisdom is above pearls. Coral and jasper are not worthy of mention; the price of wisdom is beyond rubies.
19 The Topaz of Ethiopia shal not be equall vnto it, neither shall it be valued with the wedge of pure gold. The topaz of Ethiopia cannot equal it, nor can it be valued in pure gold. The topaz of Cush cannot compare with it; it cannot be bought with pure gold.
20 Whence then commeth wisedome? And where is the place of vnderstanding, “From where, then, does wisdom come? And where is the place of understanding? Where then does wisdom come from? Where does understanding dwell?
21 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all the liuing, and is hid from the foules of the heauen? It is hidden from the eyes of all living and concealed from the birds of the air. It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing, concealed even from the birds in the sky.
22 Destruction and death say, We haue heard the fame thereof with our eares. Abaddon and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.’ Destruction and Death say, “Only a rumor of it has reached our ears.”
23 But God vnderstandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof. “God understands the way to it, and he knows its place. God understands the way to it and he alone knows where it dwells,
24 For he beholdeth the endes of the world, and seeth all that is vnder heauen, For he looks to the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens. for he views the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens.
25 To make the weight of the windes, and to weigh the waters by measure. When he gave to the wind its weight and apportioned the waters by measure, When he established the force of the wind and measured out the waters,
26 When he made a decree for the rayne, and a way for the lightening of the thunders, when he made a decree for the rain and a way for the lightning of the thunder, when he made a decree for the rain and a path for the thunderstorm,
27 Then did he see it, and counted it: he prepared it and also considered it. then he saw it and declared it; he established it, and searched it out. then he looked at wisdom and appraised it; he confirmed it and tested it.
28 And vnto man he said, Behold, the feare of the Lord is wisedome, and to depart from euil is vnderstanding. And he said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’” And he said to the human race, “The fear of the Lord—that is wisdom, and to shun evil is understanding.”
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