28:1 Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold [where] they fine [it].
28:1 "Surely there is a mine for silver, And a place where gold is refined.

28:2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass [is] molten [out of] the stone.
28:2 Iron is taken from the earth, And copper is smelted from ore.

28:3 He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.
28:3 Man puts an end to darkness, And searches every recess For ore in the darkness and the shadow of death.

28:4 The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; [even the waters] forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.
28:4 He breaks open a shaft away from people; In places forgotten by feet They hang far away from men; They swing to and fro.

28:5 [As for] the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.
28:5 As for the earth, from it comes bread, But underneath it is turned up as by fire;

28:6 The stones of it [are] the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold.
28:6 Its stones are the source of sapphires, And it contains gold dust.

28:7 [There is] a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen:
28:7 That path no bird knows, Nor has the falcon's eye seen it.

28:8 The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.
28:8 The proud lions have not trodden it, Nor has the fierce lion passed over it.

28:9 He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.
28:9 He puts his hand on the flint; He overturns the mountains at the roots.

28:10 He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.
28:10 He cuts out channels in the rocks, And his eye sees every precious thing.

28:11 He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and [the thing that is] hid bringeth he forth to light.
28:11 He dams up the streams from trickling; What is hidden he brings forth to light.

28:12 But where shall wisdom be found? and where [is] the place of understanding?
28:12 "But where can wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?

28:13 Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.
28:13 Man does not know its value, Nor is it found in the land of the living.

28:14 The depth saith, It [is] not in me: and the sea saith, [It is] not with me.
28:14 The deep says, 'It is not in me'; And the sea says, 'It is not with me.'

28:15 It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed [for] the price thereof.
28:15 It cannot be purchased for gold, Nor can silver be weighed for its price.

28:16 It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
28:16 It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, In precious onyx or sapphire.

28:17 The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it [shall not be for] jewels of fine gold.
28:17 Neither gold nor crystal can equal it, Nor can it be exchanged for jewelry of fine gold.

28:18 No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom [is] above rubies.
28:18 No mention shall be made of coral or quartz, For the price of wisdom is above rubies.

28:19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
28:19 The topaz of Ethiopia cannot equal it, Nor can it be valued in pure gold.

28:20 Whence then cometh wisdom? and where [is] the place of understanding?
28:20 "From where then does wisdom come? And where is the place of understanding?

28:21 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.
28:21 It is hidden from the eyes of all living, And concealed from the birds of the air.

28:22 Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.
28:22 Destruction and Death say, 'We have heard a report about it with our ears.'

28:23 God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.
28:23 God understands its way, And He knows its place.

28:24 For he looketh to the ends of the earth, [and] seeth under the whole heaven;
28:24 For He looks to the ends of the earth, And sees under the whole heavens,

28:25 To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.
28:25 To establish a weight for the wind, And apportion the waters by measure.

28:26 When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:
28:26 When He made a law for the rain, And a path for the thunderbolt,

28:27 Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out.
28:27 Then He saw wisdom and declared it; He prepared it, indeed, He searched it out.

28:28 And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that [is] wisdom; and to depart from evil [is] understanding.
28:28 And to man He said, 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, And to depart from evil is understanding.'"