Job 第28章
Job Continues: Where Is Wisdom?
1“Surely there is a mine for silver,
and a place for gold that they 28:1 [Mal. 3:3]refine.
2Iron is taken out of the earth,
and copper is smelted from the ore.
3Man puts an end to darkness
and searches out to the farthest limit
4He opens shafts in a valley away from where anyone lives;
they are forgotten by travelers;
they hang in the air, far away from mankind; they swing to and fro.
5As for the earth, 28:5 Ps. 104:14out of it comes bread,
but underneath it is turned up as by fire.
and it has dust of gold.
7“That path no bird of prey knows,
and the falcon’s eye has not seen it.
28:8 ch. 10:16the lion has not passed over it.
9“Man puts his hand to 28:9 Deut. 8:15; 32:13; Ps. 114:8the flinty rock
and overturns mountains by the roots.
10He cuts out channels in the rocks,
and his eye sees every precious thing.
11He dams up the streams so that they do not trickle,
and the thing that is hidden he brings out to light.
1228:12 [Prov. 16:16; Eccles. 7:24]“But where shall wisdom be found?
And where is the place of understanding?
13Man does not know its worth,
and it is not found in 28:13 See Ps. 27:13the land of the living.
1428:14 Gen. 49:25The deep says, ‘It is not in me,’
and the sea says, ‘It is not with me.’
and silver cannot be weighed as its price.
17Gold and glass cannot equal it,
nor can it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.
18No mention shall be made of 28:18 Ezek. 27:16coral or of crystal;
the price of wisdom is above 28:18 Ezek. 27:1628:18 Prov. 3:15; 8:11; 20:15; 31:10; Lam. 4:7pearls.
1928:19 Ex. 28:17; 39:10; Ezek. 28:13The topaz of Ethiopia cannot equal it,
nor can it be valued in pure gold.
20“From where, then, does wisdom come?
And where is the place of understanding?
and concealed from the birds of the air.
‘We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.’
2328:23 For ver. 23-28, see Prov. 8:22-31“God understands the way to it,
and he knows its place.
24For he 28:24 [Prov. 15:3; Zech. 4:10]looks to the ends of the earth
and sees everything under the heavens.
and apportioned the waters by measure,
26when he made a decree for the rain
and 28:26 ch. 38:25a way for the lightning of the thunder,
27then he saw it and declared it;
he established it, and searched it out.
28And he said to man,
‘Behold, 28:28 Deut. 4:6; Ps. 111:10; Prov. 1:7; [Eccles. 12:13] the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom,
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