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The Book of Job.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.

XXVIII


[1]	SURELY 1 there is a mine for silver, And a place for gold which they refine.
[2]	Iron is taken out of the earth, 2 And copper is molten out of the stone.
[3]	Man setteth an end to darkness, And searcheth out, to the furthest bound, The stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.
[4]	He 3 breaketh open a shaft away from where men sojourn; They are forgotten of the foot; They hang afar from men, they swing 4 to and fro.
[5]	As for the earth, out of it cometh bread; And underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.
[6]	The stones thereof are the place of sapphires, And 5 it hath dust of gold.
[7]	That path no bird of prey knoweth, Neither hath the falcon’s eye seen it:
[8]	The proud 6 beasts have not trodden it, Nor hath the fierce lion passed thereby.
[9]	He putteth forth his hand upon the flinty rock; He overturneth the mountains by the roots.
[10]	He cutteth out channels 7 among the rocks; And his eye seeth every precious thing.
[11]	He bindeth the streams that 8 they trickle not; And the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.
[12]	But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?
[13]	Man knoweth not the price thereof; Neither is it found in the land of the living.
[14]	The deep saith, It is not in me; And the sea saith, It is not with me.
[15]	It cannot be gotten for gold, 9 Neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.
[16]	It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, With the precious onyx, 10 or the sapphire.
[17]	Gold and glass cannot equal it, Neither shall it be exchanged for jewels 11 of fine gold.
[18]	No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal: Yea, the price of wisdom is above rubies. 12
[19]	The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, Neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
[20]	Whence then cometh wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?
[21]	Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, And kept close from the birds of the heavens.
[22]	Destruction 13 and Death say We have heard a rumor thereof with our ears.

[23]	God understandeth the way thereof. And he knoweth the place thereof.
[24]	For he looketh to the ends of the earth And seeth under the whole heaven;
[25]	To 14 make a weight for the wind; Yea, he meteth out the waters by measure.
[26]	When he made a decree for the rain, And a way for the lightning of the thunder;
[27]	Then did he see it, and declare 15 it; He established it, yea, and searched it out.
[28]	And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; And to depart from evil is understanding.

Note 1. Or, For. [back]

Note 2. Or, dust. [back]

Note 3. Or, The flood breaketh out from where men sojourn; Even the waters forgotten of the foot: They are diminished, they are gone away from man. [back]

Note 4. Or, flit. [back]

Note 5. Or, And he winneth lumps of gold. [back]

Note 6. Heb. sons of pride. [back]

Note 7. Or, passages. [back]

Note 8. Heb. from weeping. [back]

Note 9. Or, treasure. [back]

Note 10. Or, beryl. [back]

Note 11. Or, vessels. [back]

Note 12. Or, red coral.Or, pearls. [back]

Note 13. Heb. Abaddon. [back]

Note 14. Or, When he maketh. [back]

Note 15. Or, recount. [back]

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