Verse 8
Job 28:8
New Living Translation
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No wild animal has walked upon these treasures;<br>no lion has ever set his paw there.<br>
Original Language Text
hebrew
לֹֽא הִדְרִיכֻ֥/הוּ בְנֵי שָׁ֑חַץ לֹֽא עָדָ֖ה עָלָ֣י/ו שָֽׁחַל
English Translation
He did not guide the sons of Shachat; he did not bring reproach upon me.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 28 Context
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“People know where to mine silver<br>and how to refine gold.<br>
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They know where to dig iron from the earth<br>and how to smelt copper from rock.<br>
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They know how to shine light in the darkness<br>and explore the farthest regions of the earth<br>as...
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They sink a mine shaft into the earth<br>far from where anyone lives.<br>They descend on ropes, swin...
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Food is grown on the earth above,<br>but down below, the earth is melted as by fire.<br>
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Here the rocks contain precious lapis lazuli,<br>and the dust contains gold.<br>
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These are treasures no bird of prey can see,<br>no falcon’s eye observe.<br>
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No wild animal has walked upon these treasures;<br>no lion has ever set his paw there.<br>
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People know how to tear apart flinty rocks<br>and overturn the roots of mountains.<br>
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They cut tunnels in the rocks<br>and uncover precious stones.<br>
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They dam up the trickling streams<br>and bring to light the hidden treasures.<br>
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“But do people know where to find wisdom?<br>Where can they find understanding?<br>
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No one knows where to find it,<br>for it is not found among the living.<br>
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‘It is not here,’ says the ocean.<br>‘Nor is it here,’ says the sea.<br>
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It cannot be bought with gold.<br>It cannot be purchased with silver.<br>
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It’s worth more than all the gold of Ophir,<br>greater than precious onyx or lapis lazuli.<br>
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Wisdom is more valuable than gold and crystal.<br>It cannot be purchased with jewels mounted in fine...
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Coral and jasper are worthless in trying to get it.<br>The price of wisdom is far above rubies.<br>
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Precious peridot from Ethiopia cannot be exchanged for it.<br>It’s worth more than the purest gold.<...
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“But do people know where to find wisdom?<br>Where can they find understanding?<br>
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It is hidden from the eyes of all humanity.<br>Even the sharp-eyed birds in the sky cannot discover...
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Destruction and Death say,<br>‘We’ve heard only rumors of where wisdom can be found.’<br>
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“God (Elohim) alone understands the way to wisdom;<br>he knows where it can be found,<br>
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for he looks throughout the whole earth<br>and sees everything under the heavens.<br>
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He decided how hard the winds should blow<br>and how much rain should fall.<br>
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He made the laws for the rain<br>and laid out a path for the lightning.<br>
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Then he saw wisdom and evaluated it.<br>He set it in place and examined it thoroughly.<br>
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And this is what he says to all humanity:<br>‘The fear of the Lord is true wisdom;<br>to forsake evi...
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