Job 28
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28 Sølvet har jo sit Leje, som renses, sit sted 2 Jern hentes op af Jorden, og Sten smeltes om til Kobber. 3 På Mørket gør man en Ende og ransager indtil de dybeste Kroge Mørkets og Mulmets Sten; 4 man bryder en Skakt under Foden, og glemte, foruden Fodfæste, hænger de svævende fjernt fra Mennesker. 5 Af Jorden fremvokser Brød, imedens dens Indre omvæltes som af Ild; 6 i Stenen der sidder Safiren, og der er Guldstøv i den. 7 Stien derhen er Rovfuglen ukendt, Falkens Øje udspejder den ikke; 8 den trædes ikke af stolte Vilddyr, Løven skrider ej frem ad den. 9 På Flinten lægger man Hånd og omvælter Bjerge fra Roden; 10 i Klipperne hugger man Gange, alskens Klenodier skuer Øjet; 11 man tilstopper Strømmenes Kilder og bringer det skjulte for Lyset.
12 Men Visdommen - hvor mon den findes, og hvor er Indsigtens Sted? 13 Mennesket kender ikke dens Vej, den findes ej i de levendes Land; 14 Dybet siger: "I mig er den ikke!" Havet: "Ej heller hos mig!" 15 Man får den ej for det fineste Guld, for Sølv kan den ikke købes, 16 den opvejes ikke med Ofirguld, med kostelig Sjoham eller Safir; 17 Guld og Glar kan ej måle sig med den, den fås ej i Bytte for gyldne Kar, 18 Krystal og Koraller ikke at nævne. At eje Visdom er mere end Perler, 19 Ætiopiens Topas kan ej måle sig med den, den opvejes ej med det rene Guld.
20 Men Visdommen - hvor mon den kommer fra, og hvor er Indsigtens Sted? 21 Den er dulgt for alt levendes Øje og skjult for Himmelens Fugle; 22 Afgrund og Død må sige: "Vi hørte kun tale derom." 23 Gud er kendt med dens Vej, han ved, hvor den har sit Sted; 24 thi han skuer til Jordens Ender, alt under Himmelen ser han. 25 Dengang han fastsatte Vindens Vægt og målte Vandet med Mål, 26 da han satte en Lov for Regnen, afmærked Tordenskyen dens Vej, 27 da skued og mønstred han den, han stilled den op og ransaged den.
28 Men til Mennesket sagde han: "Se, Herrens Frygt, det er Visdom, at sky det onde er Indsigt."
Job 28
King James Version
28 Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it.
2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone.
3 He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.
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.
5 As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.
6 The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold.
7 There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen:
8 The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.
9 He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.
10 He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.
11 He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.
12 But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?
13 Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.
14 The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me.
15 It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.
16 It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
17 The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold.
18 No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.
19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
20 Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
21 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.
22 Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.
23 God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.
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.
26 When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:
27 Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out.
28 And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.