28:1 For there is a place for the silver,
whence it comes, and a place for the gold, whence it is refined.
28:2 For iron comes out of the earth, and brass is hewn out like stone.
28:3 He has set a bound to darkness, and he searches out every limit: a
stone [is] darkness, and the shadow of death.
28:4 There is a cutting off the torrent by reason of dust: so they that
forget the right way are weakened; they are removed from [among] men.
28:5 [As for] the earth, out of it shall come bread: under it has been
turned up as it were fire.
28:6 Her stones are the place of the sapphire: and [her] dust [supplies] man
with gold.
28:7 [There is] a path, the fowl has not known it, neither has the eye of
the vulture seen it:
28:8 neither have the sons of the proud trodden it, a lion has not passed
upon it.
28:9 He has stretched forth his hand on the sharp [rock], and turned up
mountains by the roots:
28:10 and he has interrupted the whirlpools of rivers, and mine eye has seen
every precious thing.
28:11 And he has laid bare the depths of rivers, and has brought his power
to light.
28:12 But whence has wisdom been discovered? and what is the place of
knowledge?
28:13 A mortal has not known its way, neither indeed has it been discovered
among men.
28:14 The depth said, It is not in me: and the sea said, It is not with me.
28:15 One shall not give fine gold instead of it, neither shall silver be
weighed in exchange for it.
28:16 Neither shall it be compared with gold of Sophir, with the precious
onyx and sapphire.
28:17 Gold and crystal shall not be equaled to it, neither shall vessels of
gold be its exchange.
28:18 Coral and fine pearl shall not be mentioned: but do thou esteem wisdom
above the most precious things.
28:19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not be equaled to it; it shall not be
compared with pure gold.
28:20 Whence then is wisdom found? and of what kind is the place of
understanding?
28:21 It has escaped the notice of every man, and has been hidden from the
birds of the sky.
28:22 Destruction and Death said, We have heard the report of it.
28:23 God has well ordered the way of it, and he knows the place of it.
28:24 For he surveys the whole [earth] under heaven, knowing the things in
the earth:
28:25 all that he has made; the weight of he winds, the measures of the
water.
28:26 When he made [them], thus he saw and numbered them, and made a way for
the pealing of the thunder.
28:27 Then he saw it, and declared it: he prepared it [and] traced it out.
28:28 And he said to man, Behold, godliness is wisdom: and to abstain from
evil is understanding. |
28:1 Surely there is a vein for the silver,
and a place for gold where they fine it.
28:2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone.
28:3 He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the
stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.
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.
28:5 As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as
it were fire.
28:6 The stones of it are the place of sapphires: 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:
28:8 The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by
it.
28:9 He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains
by the roots.
28:10 He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every
precious thing.
28:11 He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid
bringeth he forth to light.
28:12 But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of
understanding?
28:13 Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither 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.
28:15 It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the
price thereof.
28:16 It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or
the sapphire.
28:17 The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall
not be for jewels of fine gold.
28:18 No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of
wisdom is above rubies.
28:19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued
with pure gold.
28:20 Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
28:21 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the
fowls of the air.
28:22 Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our
ears.
28:23 God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.
28:24 For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole
heaven;
28:25 To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by
measure.
28:26 When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the
thunder:
28:27 Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and 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. |