Job 28 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 For there is a going forth for silver, and a place for gold they will purify 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 Iron shall be taken from the dust, and stone will pour out brass. 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 He set an end to darkness, and he searched out for all completeness: the stone of darkness and the shadow 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 torrent broke out from the sojourner; being forgotten of the foot, they were weak, they wandered from men. 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 The earth, from it will come forth bread, and under it was turned as fire. 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 Its stones the place of the sapphire, and dust gold to it. 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 A beaten path the birds knew not, and the vulture's eye scanned it not: “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 sons of pride trod it not, and the lion passed not by upon it. 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 stretched forth his hand upon the flint; he overturned the mountains from the roots. “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 cut rivers in the rocks, and his eye saw every 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 bound the rivers from weeping, and he will bring forth the hidden thing 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 And from whence shall wisdom be found? and where this place of understanding? “But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding? But where can wisdom be found? Where does understanding dwell?
13 And man knew not its estimation, and it shall not be found in the land of the living. 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 said, It is not in me: and the sea said, 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 Shut up gold shall not be given for it, and silver shall not be weighed its price. 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 weighed with gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, and the sapphire. 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 Gold and crystal shall not compare with it, and its exchange, vessels of pure gold. 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 High things, and crystal, shall not be remembered: and the drawing out of wisdom above pearls. 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 Cush shall not compare with it; with pure gold it shall not be weighed. 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 And from whence shall wisdom come? and where this place of understanding? “From where, then, does wisdom come? And where is the place of understanding? Where then does wisdom come from? Where does understanding dwell?
21 And being hid from the eyes of all living, and covered from the birds of the heavens. 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 said, We heard its report with our ears: 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 God understood its way, and he knew its place. “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 will look to the ends of the earth, he will see under all the heavens; 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 for the wind; and he weighed 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 In his making a law for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the voices. 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 he saw, and he will recount it; he prepared it, and also he searched it out. 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 he will say to man, Behold, the fear of Jehovah, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding. 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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