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King James Bible |
Youngs Literal Translation |
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| 28:1 | Surely there is |
Surely there is for silver a source, And a place for the gold they refine; |
| 28:2 | Iron is taken out of the |
Iron from the dust is taken, And `from' the firm stone brass. |
| 28:3 | He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death. | An end hath he set to darkness, And to all perfection he is searching, A stone of darkness and death-shade. |
| 28:4 | The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men. | A stream hath broken out from a sojourner, Those forgotten of the foot, They were low, from man they wandered. |
| 28:5 | As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire. | The earth! from it cometh forth bread, And its under-part is turned like fire. |
| 28:6 | The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath |
A place of the sapphire `are' its stones, And it hath dust of gold. |
| 28:7 | There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen: | A path -- not known it hath a ravenous fowl, Nor scorched it hath an eye of the kite, |
| 28:8 | The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it. | Nor trodden it have the sons of pride, Not passed over it hath the fierce lion. |
| 28:9 | He putteth forth his hand upon the |
Against the flint he sent forth his hand, He overturned from the root mountains. |
| 28:10 | He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing. | Among rocks, brooks he hath cleaved, And every precious thing hath his eye seen. |
| 28:11 | He bindeth the floods |
From overflowing floods he hath bound, And the hidden thing bringeth out `to' light. |
| 28:12 | But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding? | And the wisdom -- whence is it found? And where `is' this, the place of understanding? |
| 28:13 | Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living. | Man hath not known its arrangement, Nor is it found in the land of the living. |
| 28:14 | The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me. | The deep hath said, `It `is' not in me,' And the sea hath said, `It is not with me.' |
| 28:15 | It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof. | Gold is not given for it, Nor is silver weighed -- its price. |
| 28:16 | It cannot be valued with the gold of |
It is not valued with pure gold of Ophir, With precious onyx and sapphire, |
| 28:17 | The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for |
Not equal it do gold and crystal, Nor `is' its exchange a vessel of fine gold. |
| 28:18 | No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies. | Corals and pearl are not remembered, The acquisition of wisdom `is' above rubies. |
| 28:19 | The topaz of |
Not equal it doth the topaz of Cush, With pure gold it is not valued. |
| 28:20 | Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding? | And the wisdom -- whence doth it come? And where `is' this, the place of understanding? |
| 28:21 | Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the |
It hath been hid from the eyes of all living. And from the fowl of the heavens It hath been hidden. |
| 28:22 | Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears. | Destruction and death have said: `With our ears we have heard its fame.' |
| 28:23 | God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof. | God hath understood its way, And He hath known its place. |
| 28:24 | For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven; | For He to the ends of the earth doth look, Under the whole heavens He doth see, |
| 28:25 | To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure. | To make for the wind a weight, And the waters He meted out in measure. |
| 28:26 | When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder: | In His making for the rain a limit, And a way for the brightness of the voices, |
| 28:27 | Then did he see it, |
Then He hath seen and declareth it, He hath prepared it, and also searched it out, |
| 28:28 | And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding. | And He saith to man: -- `Lo, fear of the Lord, that `is' wisdom, And to turn from evil `is' understanding.' |