Job 28 — TOJB

28Verse 1Surely there is a mine for the kesef,
and a makom for zahav where they refine it.
^{Verse 2}Barzel (iron) is taken out of aphar,
and nechoshet is smelted out of the even (stone, ore).
^{Verse 3}He setteth a ketz to choshech,
and searcheth out all extremities,
the even (ore) of darkness and tzalmavet.
^{Verse 4}He cuts out a shaft down far from the inhabitant;
forgotten of the regel,
they dangle, suspended, away from enosh.
^{Verse 5}As for eretz, out of it cometh lechem,
and under it is transformed as by eish.
^{Verse 6}The stones of it are the makom of the sapphire,
and it hath ore of zahav.
^{Verse 7}There is a hidden path of which no bird of prey has da'as,
and which the falconʼs eye hath not seen.
^{Verse 8}The proud beasts have not trodden it,
nor the shachal (lionʼs cub) passed over it.
^{Verse 9}He [the miner] putteth forth his yad upon the rock;
he upturneth the mountains by the shoresh.
^{Verse 10}He cutteth out channels through the tzurot (rocks),
and his eye seeth every precious thing.
^{Verse 11}He dams up the streams from flowing,
and the thing that is hidden bringeth he forth to ohr.
^{Verse 12}But where shall chochmah be found?
And where is the makom binah?
^{Verse 13}Enosh knoweth not the price thereof;
neither is it found in the Eretz HaChayyim.
^{Verse 14}The tehom (abyss) saith, It is not in me;
and the yam saith, It is not with me.
^{Verse 15}It cannot be gotten in exchange for fine gold,
neither shall kesef be weighed for the price thereof.
^{Verse 16}It cannot be valued with the fine gold of Ophir,
with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
^{Verse 17}The zahav and the crystal cannot equal it,
and the exchange of it shall not be for the jewel of gold.
^{Verse 18}Nor shall mention be made of coral or crystal,
for the price of chochmah is above pearls.
^{Verse 19}The chrysolite of Ethiopia shall not equal it,
neither shall it be valued with tahor gold.
^{Verse 20}From where then cometh chochmah?
And where is the makom binah?
^{Verse 21}Seeing it is hidden from the eyes of kol chai,
and concealed from the oph HaShomayim.
^{Verse 22}Abaddon and Mavet say,
We have heard a rumor thereof with our ears.
^{Verse 23}Elohim understandeth the way to it,
and He knoweth the makom thereof.
^{Verse 24}For He looketh to the ketzot ha'aretz,
and seeth all under Shomayim.
^{Verse 25}The weight He appointed for the ruach,
and He weigheth the mayim by measure.
^{Verse 26}When He made a decree for the matar,
and a derech for the lightning of the thunder,
^{Verse 27}Az (then) did He see it, and declare it;
He prepared it, yea, and searched it out.
^{Verse 28}And unto adam He said,
See, the Yirat Adonoi, that is chochmah,
and to depart from rah is binah.