Verse 3
Job 28:3
World English Bible, British Edition
3
Man sets an end to darkness,
and searches out, to the furthest bound,
the stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.
Original Language Text
hebrew
קֵ֤ץ שָׂ֤ם לַ/חֹ֗שֶׁךְ וּֽ/לְ/כָל תַּ֭כְלִית ה֣וּא חוֹקֵ֑ר אֶ֖בֶן אֹ֣פֶל וְ/צַלְמָֽוֶת
English Translation
He set a limit to the darkness and to every end; it is a law that he investigates the stone of gloom and the shadow of death.
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Chapter 28 Context
1
“Surely there is a mine for silver,
and a place for gold which they refine.
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2
Iron is taken out of the earth,
and copper is smelted out of the ore.
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3
Man sets an end to darkness,
and searches out, to the furthest bound,
the stones of obscurity and of...
4
He breaks open a shaft away from where people live.
They are forgotten by the foot.
They hang far fr...
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5
As for the earth, out of it comes bread.
Underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.
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6
Sapphires come from its rocks.
It has dust of gold.
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7
That path no bird of prey knows,
neither has the falcon’s eye seen it.
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8
The proud animals have not trodden it,
nor has the fierce lion passed by there.
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9
He puts his hand on the flinty rock,
and he overturns the mountains by the roots.
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10
He cuts out channels amongst the rocks.
His eye sees every precious thing.
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11
He binds the streams that they don’t trickle.
The thing that is hidden he brings out to light.
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12
“But where will wisdom be found?
Where is the place of understanding?
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13
Man doesn’t know its price,
and it isn’t found in the land of the living.
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14
The deep says, ‘It isn’t in me.’
The sea says, ‘It isn’t with me.’
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15
It can’t be gotten for gold,
neither will silver be weighed for its price.
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16
It can’t be valued with the gold of Ophir,
with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
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17
Gold and glass can’t equal it,
neither will it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.
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18
No mention will be made of coral or of crystal.
Yes, the price of wisdom is above rubies.
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19
The topaz of Ethiopia will not equal it.
It won’t be valued with pure gold.
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20
Where then does wisdom come from?
Where is the place of understanding?
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21
Seeing it is hidden from the eyes of all living,
and kept close from the birds of the sky.
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22
Destruction and Death say,
‘We have heard a rumour of it with our ears.’
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23
“God (Elohim) understands its way,
and he knows its place.
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24
For he looks to the ends of the earth,
and sees under the whole sky.
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25
He establishes the force of the wind.
Yes, he measures out the waters by measure.
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26
When he made a decree for the rain,
and a way for the lightning of the thunder,
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27
then he saw it, and declared it.
He established it, yes, and searched it out.
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28
To man he said,
‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom.
To depart from evil is understanding....
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