The Bible in Basic English BBE
Orthodox Jewish Bible OJB
1 Truly there is a mine for silver, and a place where gold is washed out.
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8 Surely there is a mine for the kesef, and a makom for zahav where they refine it.
2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and stone is changed into brass by the fire.
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Barzel (iron) is taken out of aphar, and nechoshet is smelted out of the even (stone, ore).
3 Man puts an end to the dark, searching out to the farthest limit the stones of the deep places of the dark.
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He setteth a ketz to choshech, and searcheth out all extremities, the even (ore) of darkness and tzalmavet.
4 He makes a deep mine far away from those living in the light of day; when they go about on the earth, they have no knowledge of those who are under them, who are hanging far from men, twisting from side to side on a cord.
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He cuts out a shaft down far from the inhabitant; forgotten of the regel, they dangle, suspended, away from enosh.
5 As for the earth, bread comes out of it; but under its face it is turned up as if by fire.
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As for eretz, out of it cometh lechem, and under it is transformed as by eish.
6 Its stones are the place of sapphires, and it has dust of gold.
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The stones of it are the makom of the sapphire, and it hath ore of zahav.
7 No bird has knowledge of it, and the hawk's eye has never seen it.
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There is a hidden path of which no bird of prey has da’as, and which the falcon’s eye hath not seen.
8 The great beasts have not gone over it, and the cruel lion has not taken that way.
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The proud beasts have not trodden it, nor the shachal (lion’s cub) passed over it.
9 Man puts out his hand on the hard rock, overturning mountains by the roots.
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He [the miner] putteth forth his yad upon the rock; he upturneth the mountains by the shoresh.
10 He makes deep ways, cut through the rock, and his eye sees everything of value.
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He cutteth out channels through the tzurot (rocks), and his eye seeth every precious thing.
11 He keeps back the streams from flowing, and makes the secret things come out into the light.
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He dams up the streams from flowing, and the thing that is hidden bringeth he forth to ohr.
12 But where may wisdom be seen? and where is the resting-place of knowledge?
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But where shall chochmah be found? And where is the makom binah?
13 Man has not seen the way to it, and it is not in the land of the living.
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Enosh knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the Eretz HaChayyim.
14 The deep waters say, It is not in me: and the sea says, It is not with me.
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The tehom (abyss) saith, It is not in me; and the yam saith, It is not with me.
15 Gold may not be given for it, or a weight of silver in payment for it.
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It cannot be gotten in exchange for fine gold, neither shall kesef be weighed for the price thereof.
16 It may not be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the onyx of great price, or the sapphire.
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It cannot be valued with the fine gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
17 Gold and glass are not equal to it in price, and it may not be exchanged for jewels of the best gold.
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The zahav and the crystal cannot equal it, and the exchange of it shall not be for the jewel of gold.
18 There is no need to say anything about coral or crystal; and the value of wisdom is greater than that of pearls.
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Nor shall mention be made of coral or crystal, for the price of chochmah is above pearls.
19 The topaz of Ethiopia is not equal to it, and it may not be valued with the best gold.
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The chrysolite of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with tahor gold.
20 From where then does wisdom come, and where is the resting-place of knowledge?
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From where then cometh chochmah? And where is the makom binah?
21 For it is kept secret from the eyes of all living, unseen by the birds of the air.
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Seeing it is hidden from the eyes of kol chai, and concealed from the oph HaShomayim.
22 Destruction and Death say, We have only had word of it with our ears.
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Abaddon and Mavet say, We have heard a rumor thereof with our ears.
23 God has knowledge of the way to it, and of its resting-place;
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Elohim understandeth the way to it, and He knoweth the makom thereof.
24 For his eyes go to the ends of the earth, and he sees everything under heaven.
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For He looketh to the ketzot ha’aretz, and seeth all under Shomayim.
25 When he made a weight for the wind, measuring out the waters;
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The weight He appointed for the ruach, and He weigheth the mayim by measure.
26 When he made a law for the rain, and a way for the thunder-flames;
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When He made a decree for the matar, and a derech for the lightning of the thunder,
27 Then he saw it, and put it on record; he gave it its fixed form, searching it out completely.
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Az (then) did He see it, and declare it; He prepared it, yea, and searched it out.
28 And he said to man, Truly the fear of the Lord is wisdom, and to keep from evil is the way to knowledge.
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And unto adam He said, See, the Yirat Adonoi, that is chochmah, and to depart from rah is binah.
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