Verse 27
Job 28:27
English Revised Version
27
Then did he see it, and declare it; he established it, yea, and searched it out.
Original Language Text
hebrew
אָ֣ז רָ֭אָ/הּ וַֽ/יְסַפְּרָ֑/הּ הֱ֝כִינָ֗/הּ וְ/גַם חֲקָרָֽ/הּ
English Translation
Then she saw and told her, she prepared her and also examined her.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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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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Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone.
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Man setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out to the furthest bound the stones of thick darkness...
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He breaketh open a shaft away from where men sojourn; they are forgotten of the foot that passeth by...
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As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.
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The stones thereof are the place of sapphires, and it hath dust of gold.
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That path no bird of prey knoweth, neither hath the falcon’s eye seen it:
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The proud beasts have not trodden it, nor hath the fierce lion passed thereby.
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He putteth forth his hand upon the flinty rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.
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10
He cutteth out channels among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.
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11
He bindeth the streams that they trickle not; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.
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12
But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?
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13
Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.
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14
The deep saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me.
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It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.
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It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
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Gold and glass cannot equal it: neither shall the exchange thereof be jewels of fine gold.
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No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal: yea, the price of wisdom is above rubies.
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The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
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20
Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
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21
Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.
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Destruction and Death say, We have heard a rumour thereof with our ears.
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23
God (Elohim) understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.
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24
For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven;
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25
To make a weight for the wind; yea, he meteth 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 did he see it, and declare it; he established it, yea, and searched it out.
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And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is under...
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