Verse 25
Job 28:25
American Standard Version Byzantine Text
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To make a weight for the wind: Yea, he meteth out the waters by measure.
Original Language Text
hebrew
לַ/עֲשׂ֣וֹת לָ/ר֣וּחַ מִשְׁקָ֑ל וּ֝/מַ֗יִם תִּכֵּ֥ן בְּ/מִדָּֽה
English Translation
To make for the spirit a measure, and you will prepare with water in measure.
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 copper 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 obscurity an...
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He breaketh open a shaft away from where men sojourn; They are forgotten of the foot; They hang afar...
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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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He cutteth out channels among the rocks; And his eye seeth every precious thing.
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He bindeth the streams that they trickle not; And the thing that is hidden bringeth he forth to ligh...
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12
But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?
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Man knoweth not the price thereof; Neither is it found in the land of the living.
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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 it be exchanged for 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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Whence then cometh wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?
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Seeing it is hidden from the eyes of all living, And kept close from the birds of the heavens.
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Destruction and Death say, We have heard a rumor thereof with our ears.
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God (Elohim) understandeth the way thereof, And he knoweth the place thereof.
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For he looketh to the ends of the earth, And seeth under the whole heaven;
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To make a weight for the wind: Yea, he meteth out the waters by measure.
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When he made a decree for the rain, And a way for the lightning of the thunder;
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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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