Verse 24
Job 28:24
King James Version
24
For he looketh to the ends of the earth,
and seeth under the whole heaven;
Original Language Text
hebrew
כִּי ה֭וּא לִ/קְצוֹת הָ/אָ֣רֶץ יַבִּ֑יט תַּ֖חַת כָּל הַ/שָּׁמַ֣יִם יִרְאֶֽה
English Translation
For he will look to the ends of the earth; he will see under all the heavens.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 28 Context
1
Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold
where
they fine
it.
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2
Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass
is molten
out of the stone.
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3
He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the sha...
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4
The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant;
even the waters
forgotten of the foot: they are dried u...
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5
As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.
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6
The stones of it
are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold.
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7
There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture’s eye hath not seen:
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8
The lion’s whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.
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9
He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.
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10
He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.
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11
He bindeth the floods from overflowing; 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 depth saith, It
is not in me: and the sea saith,
It is not with me.
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15
It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed
for the price thereof.
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16
It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
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17
The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it
shall not be for jewels of fine gol...
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18
No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom
is above rubies.
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19
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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22
Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame 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;
25
To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth 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 prepared it, yea, and searched it out.
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28
And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that
is
wisdom; and to depart from evil
is unde...
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