279Or, For
28: 2 Iron is taken out of the earth, And copper is molten out of the stone.
28: 3 Man setteth an end to darkness, And searcheth out, to the furthest bound, The stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.
28: 4 280He breaketh open a shaft away from where men sojourn; They are forgotten of the foot; They hang afar from men, they 281swing to and fro.
280Or, The flood breaketh out from where men sojourn; Even the waters forgotten of the foot: They are diminished, they are gone away from man.
281Or, flit to and fro.
28: 5 As for the earth, out of it cometh bread; And underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.
28: 6 The stones thereof are the place of sapphires, 282And it hath dust of gold.
282Or, And he winneth lumps of gold.
28: 7 That path no bird of prey knoweth, Neither hath the falcon’s eye seen it:
28: 8 The 283proud beasts have not trodden it, Nor hath the fierce lion passed thereby.
283Hb. sons of pride have not trodden it,
28: 9 He putteth forth his hand upon the flinty rock; He overturneth the mountains by the roots.
28: 10 He cutteth out 284channels among the rocks; And his eye seeth every precious thing.
284Or, passages
28: 11 He bindeth the streams 285that they trickle not; And the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.
285Hb. from weeping;
28: 12 But where shall 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: 14 The deep saith, It is not in me; And the sea saith, It is not with me.
28: 15 It cannot be gotten for 286gold, Neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.
286Or, treasure,
28: 16 It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, With the precious 287onyx, or the sapphire.
287Or, beryl,
28: 17 Gold and glass cannot equal it, Neither shall it be exchanged for 288jewels of fine gold.
288Or, vessels
28: 18 No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal: Yes, the price of wisdom is above 289rubies.
289Or, red coral. Or, pearls.
28: 19 The topaz of 290Cush shall not equal it, Neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
290That is, Ethiopia or, Black Africa
28: 20 Whence then cometh wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?
28: 21 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, And kept close from the birds of the heavens.
28: 22 291Destruction and Death say, We have heard a rumor thereof with our ears.
291Hb. Abaddon
28: 23 God understandeth the way thereof, And he knoweth the place thereof.
28: 24 For he looketh to the ends of the earth, And seeth under the whole heavens;
28: 25 292To make a weight for the wind: Yes, he meteth out the waters by measure.
292Or, When he maketh a weight for the wind:
28: 26 When he made a decree for the rain, And a way for the lightning of the thunder;
28: 27 Then did he see it, and 293declare it; He established it, yes, and searched it out.
293Or, recount
28: 28 And unto men he said, Behold, the awe of 294Jehovah, that is wisdom; And to depart from evil is understanding.
294Sopherim changed to, the Lord,
